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Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Boston

Boston Dept: Video: Time for common sense, comprehensive immigration reform, Obama says video, according to Globe and Mail. Tucked away amid the rich farmland of the East Midlands, Boston isn t the kind of place that gets much national attention. It has only about 65,000 residents and the economy is built around farming and food processing. But ever since Poland and nine other countries joined the EU in 2004, giving their citizens the right to work in Britain and other EU countries, Boston has become a magnet for Poles and other East Europeans eager to find work. Most find jobs in local packing plants, or get seasonal stints picking vegetables on farms just the types of jobs employers find hard to fill and new immigrants, even those who can barely speak English, find easy to get. Boston a has one of the highest openings for this kind of low-skill employment and where immigrants come from in England and Wales Video Video: Indian family wins right to stay in Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.