Read more immigrant stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9151/immigrant.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:23:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69967/french-roust-migrant-jungle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench riot police stormed in today to clear an immigrant camp known as "the Jungle," the Guardian reports. The camp in woodlands outside Calais was home to hundreds of asylum seekers living in squalid conditions. Most were men and boys from Afghanistan seeking to cross to Britain on trucks going...http://www.newser.com/story/69967/french-roust-migrant-jungle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 3:36:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68158/america-why-so-furious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith town halls gone mad and anti-Obama protesters toting guns, this is America’s angriest summer in recent memory, McClatchy reports. The fury of voters has deep roots, from a long history of hate groups to anti-Vietnam marches to rage against George W. Bush when he left office—but it’s only...http://www.newser.com/story/68158/america-why-so-furious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 16:30:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66467/nanny-diplomat-made-me-a-slave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA migrant worker in Britain took what looked like a plush job as a diplomat’s nanny—only to be treated as a sex slave with little recourse to the law, the Independent reports, uncovering a predicament faced by other workers. “I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never allowed to...http://www.newser.com/story/66467/nanny-diplomat-made-me-a-slave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 14:33:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64774/russian-green-card-marriages-are-big-biz-in-ny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussian women are so eager for green cards that one New York-area weekly devotes an entire page to marriage ads, the New York Post reports. A Post reporter, posing as an immigrant angling for a green card, contacted a marriage broker and got the going rate: $31,500, $6,500...http://www.newser.com/story/64774/russian-green-card-marriages-are-big-biz-in-ny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 16:34:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60973/decades-of-us-immigration-history-comes-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is sending the files on some 21 million immigrants to the National Archives, revealing volumes of early 20th-century history, USA Today reports. The documents tell the stories of celebrities like Salvador Dali as well as the successes and tribulations of ordinary people, from refugees to “enemy aliens.” “As...http://www.newser.com/story/60973/decades-of-us-immigration-history-comes-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60081/recession-pushes-african-immigrants-to-head-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US recession is driving many middle-class African immigrants home, where life is slower and growth has lately pointed to a bright economic future, the Washington Post reports. Diaspora societies of immigrants say many members are planning to return to Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.“The people I know here work...http://www.newser.com/story/60081/recession-pushes-african-immigrants-to-head-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 6:48:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59583/cleveland-eyes-phillys-immigrant-driven-renewal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 2000, Philadelphia looked a lot like Cleveland: Surging crime, empty houses, a sliding population. Since then, a tide of immigrants has spurred entrepreneurship, filled high-tech jobs, and put Philly on course for its first population increase in 60 years. Now Ohioans hope to do the same, but they must...http://www.newser.com/story/59583/cleveland-eyes-phillys-immigrant-driven-renewal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 13:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58143/cinco-de-mayo-marginalizes-non-mexican-latinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCinco de Mayo has become a very visible celebration in the US, but the Mexican holiday’s prevalence is just one indicator of the marginalization of other Latino immigrants, the AP reports. The Mexican-American population is almost equal to that of all other Latin American immigrants combined, resulting in a focus...http://www.newser.com/story/58143/cinco-de-mayo-marginalizes-non-mexican-latinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 15:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55646/ny-gunman-fired-98-shots-in-a-minute.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJiverly Wong unleashed 98 shots within a little more than a minute in his shooting spree last week at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, police said today. The Vietnamese immigrant carried a 9mm Beretta and a .45-caliber handgun, and a bag of full ammunition clips. Nearly all of...http://www.newser.com/story/55646/ny-gunman-fired-98-shots-in-a-minute.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 9:24:59 CDT