By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer. November 5, 2007

Aggressive immigration enforcement has led to record numbers of detainees in California and around the nation, prompting the federal government to speed up deportations and increasingly rely on transfers and contracts with local jails and private companies. The detainee population jumped to nearly 27,900 nationwide in fiscal year 2007, up from about 19,700 the previous year, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In California, the population increased to more than 3,700, up from a little more than 3,200 last year. Two weeks ago, the population surpassed 30,000 nationally and nearly reached 4,000 in California. The main reason cited for the upward trend is the government’s decision to end its practice of catching immigrants and immediately releasing them.

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Irwin Block, CanWest News Service. Monday, October 22, 2007

MONTREAL – A Montreal Imam originally granted refugee status was to have been deported to Tunisia on Monday despite appeals from Amnesty International and Muslim supporters. For security reasons, the Canada Border Services Agency, charged with his removal, refused to reveal any details of the scheduled departure of Said Jaziri, 36. The agency would not say when his flight was leaving and would only disclose details once he had arrived in Tunis, said spokesman Eric Paradis.

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FLOOD THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER’S OFFICE WITH CALL/FAXES/EMAIL TODAY!!!

Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers have informed Mr. Laibar Singh that he will be deported on Monday October 22nd. It is outrageous that the Canadian government continues to push for the deportation of a paralyzed man who has received an unbelievable amount of support from the community and people all across Canada who are demanding that he be allowed to remain on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY TO PRESSURE IMMIGRATION MINISTER FINLAY!

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By Robert Verkaik, Independent. Published: 08 October 2007

An important part of the Government’s immigration policy has suffered a serious blow after a leading airline announced it would no longer carry failed asylum-seekers who were being forcibly removed from the United Kingdom. XL Airways, which has a fleet of 24 aircraft, said it was opposed to the policy because it had “sympathy for all dispossessed people in the world”. Last week, The Independent revealed that hundreds of failed asylum-seekers have claimed they have suffered physical and racial abuse during the removal process at the hands of private security guards.  The Government relies on airlines using chartered and scheduled aircraft to deport asylum-seekers who have failed to win a right to remain in the UK.

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Fri. Sep. 28 2007 CTV.ca News Staff

Canada’s Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says there will be “consequences” for any illegal refugees who try to enter Canada without proper documentation.  “People cannot come into this country without proper documentation and consequences will follow if they do,” he told reporters in Calgary. His comments came on the heels of reports suggesting that busloads of illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. were on their way to Windsor, Ont.

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