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#Drumpf admin fires 7th federal #immigration hearing judge in #SanFrancisco during recent months.
Today's prize winner in #MAGAT wa…

Trump admin. fires assistant chief S.F. immigration judge
Loi McCleskey is the 7th immigration judge in San Francisco fired by the Trump administration in recent months.

‘She looks every bit the city professional - sharp blazer, confident tone, polished backdrop.
‘But the woman issuing a rallying cry for this weekend's anti-#immigration marches and the end to #Australia's "invasion" hasn't just stepped out of a CBD boardroom.
‘She's a…

The AI avatars rallying Australians to their cause | AAP

This is about 29 different kinds of wrong. #wrongfulconviction #immigration
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It’s no accident. Their lawlessness must stop.
The American People will stop them.
#USpol #ice #immigration #law

My dad is starting a new chapter of life today, in Spain! He has only visited twice in 70 years since he emigrated to Canada. But this time, he’s got his citizenship back. So it’s really like he’s coming home.
Pretty cool.
I can hardly wait to go visit :)
#spain #retirement #life #franco #immigration

I became a US citizen yesterday!
4 years in the making, a dream for much longer than that. I was fortunate to have one of the fastest routes to citizenship and to have mostly experienced a very smooth process with lovely immigration agents who processed my cases with respect and dignity.
I spent the last 9 months living in fear, watching immigrants get demonized and even permanent residency (green cards) to be treated as “a privilege” to be revoked at whim.
I've been quiet, afraid to say anything in public that could be misinterpreted or used against me.
I've repeatedly said goodbye to my city, I've cried walking my favorite streets, bracing for the worst as top officials bragged about getting rid of immigrants and "cleaning up" the country as if we were filth.
Now, I intend to find ways to use my citizenship for the greater good and to be civically engaged in ways not available to people here on visas and green cards, affected but forced to suffer in silence. I am looking forward to discovering what that will look like for me.
#USA #citizenship #immigration #immigrants
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"Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas. Allows for case-by-case exemptions if in the national interest"
1. Prepare for more offshoring.
2. Case-by-case exemption. Sure "national interest". 🤑
#USA #employment #immigration #business

Fascinating that BC's population dropped marginally (2154 people) last quarter ... but it still had the second highest inter-provincial migration of any province!
If we're anything like Alberta, then it's a good bet the biggest source of decline was in temporary international residents.
#CanPoli #Immigration #Population #CdnPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli

literally as I finished this post I got an email from my own employer on more cuts to the International student unit.
It's happening everywhere. The chickens have come home to roost.
There is a reckoning happening in government policy on immigration, education, health care, and the purpose of government to fund services and support workers.
Do we choose the door to the right: shut-the-borders-and-do-austerity
Or the door to the left: Reform immigration and labour laws, eliminate exploitation, encourage education and fund it through taxation of corporations and the rich.
I know which one I would prefer.
#immigration #TFW #BC #CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli #University #ForeignWorkers

Long post! #immigration #TFW #BC #CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli #University #ForeignWorkers
I’ve been looking for hard numbers on foreign workers/international student workers. This story on cuts at Coast Mountain College in Prince Rupert surprisingly included examples!
As of March 28, 2025 (presumably in Prince Rupert):
McDonald's: 50 of 80 employees on temporary visas
Safeway: 50% of its 78 staff
Save On Foods: 35%
Tim Hortons: 30%
Skeena Taxi: 60%
Chances Casino: 55%
Crest Hotel: 35%
Three other local restaurants were 100% per cent reliant on temporary foreign workers.
— I want to make clear — I am not 'anti-immigrant’ — I am anti-business using cheap, exploitative, labour.
I am also against public universities/colleges (and thus government) relying on exorbitant tuitions to fund domestic programs, also admitted by a former President of CMC here!
"“Pursuing international students was a strategy developed when I chaired the board at Coast Mountain College," Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond said. "It wasn't a money grab, but rather a tactic to build out a broader offering of courses for the sake of local students. Pond added that he suspects the restrictions on foreign students will limit what the college is able to offer to Prince Rupert students.””
Governments and public institutions thave gotten drunk on international tuition to pad education budgets just like businesses have got drunk on high profit margins from hiring low-cost TFWs and raising consumer prices!
It's a money grab on both ends and in the middle are exploited immigrants and young Canadians looking for work.
"Many businesses struggle to recruit residents or convince Canadians from other regions…resulting in heavy reliance on international students and temporary foreign workers to pick up the slack."
This is a Business-Industry lie! Try applying for a minimum wage job! It's damn near impossible.
Con/Lib Government did this!
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/college-struggles-worker-supply-fades-as-immigration-changes-hammer-bcs-northwest-8247783