project area: According to the notice, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will replace the existing barriers with bollard walls to deter and prevent illegal crossings, according to CTV. Bollard walls are made up of sturdy, vertical posts that are spaced to provide visibility to the other side but are difficult to walk through There is presently a need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States to deter illegal crossings in the project area, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in the notice. The notice published in the Federal Register said the area extends around 20 miles 32 kilometres west of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry. The targeted area is part of the U.S. Border Patrol's El Paso Sector that federal officials say remains an active route for human smuggling and drug trafficking. Santa Teresa, New Mexico -- a booming industrial border town -- is west of El Paso, Texas. In 2016, officials said the Border Patrol in the sector arrested more than 25,000 immigrant suspended of trying to enter the country illegally and seized around 67,000 pounds of marijuana. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

quebec solidaire: Leader Francois Legault is putting the emphasis on his team and presented a new slogan the team of change, according to CTV. Legault began the two-day meeting by telling MNAs and other that he hopes they are well-rested because there will not be any vacation until after October 1, the date of the vote. Adele this week to prepare for the spring session of the National Assembly -- but more importantly, to lay the groundwork for this year's provincial election. CAQ is doing well in polls and believes it could form next government; a new poll by Mainstreet Research shows the CAQ ahead with 32 per cent of the vote, the Liberal Party just behind that at 31 per cent, the PQ lagging behind at 18 per cent, and Quebec solidaire at 15 per cent. It's a challenge that another third party, the ADQ, faced a decade ago, when Quebecers decided that Mario Dumont did not have a strong enough team to become government. The party said it recognizes it needs to break the perception that Legault is a one-man show. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

red-state senators: Perhaps the most powerful Democrat in Washington, Schumer has so far succeeded in keeping his party unified in a bid to use the government funding fight to push for protections for some 700,000 young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, according to The Chronicle Herald. But he has little margin for error in this first major test of his muscle and manoeuvring as leader. For immigration advocates, he's their best hope. The pragmatist is balancing the demands of a liberal base eager for a fight with President Donald Trump and the political realities of red-state senators anxious about their re-election prospects this fall. The question is, how do we get out of here in a way that reflects what the majority of the body wants to do, said Sen. Some of those senators met with Schumer Sunday morning and urged a compromise to end the shutdown. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sandra antoun: Antoun, along with his wife and three children fled to Damascus where they would live for a year before packing up their few belongings and relocating to Lebanon, according to CBC. War destroyed everything Now, with the assistance of the Bedeque and Area Newcomers Relocation Committee, the family is settling into their new home, restarting their life in Canada. The family was forced to flee in 2012 from war-torn Zabadani, a city of 26,000 hit hard hard by the Syrian civil war. Before and after images of the Antouns' home in Syria. We were living a very good life in Syria, and a very happy life before the war. Submitted by Sandra Antoun There's no limit for your dreams ' Syrian family finds home in P.E.I. We had a long journey, a hard journey, Antoun said through his daughter Rosaline, who was taught English in school in Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

senate: The measure needed 60 votes, and Democrats provided 33 of the 81 it got, according to The Chronicle Herald. Eighteen senators, including members of both parties, were opposed. Senate Republican leader McConnell's commitment to quickly tackle the issue of immigrant Dreamers was contingent on Democrats providing enough votes now for a stopgap spending measure lasting a little less than three weeks. Before the government can reopen the Senate must vote on final passage, the House must approve in turn, and President Donald Trump must sign the measure. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer lent his backing to the agreement during a speech on the chamber's floor. Democrats climbed onboard after two days of negotiations that ended with new reassurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the Senate would consider immigration proposals in the coming weeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

yazidi association: Hon, according to National Observer. Justin Trudeau, will you meet me Hadji Hesso, the association's president, said the organization hopes the federal government can bring more Yazidi refugees to Canada, noting there are children who have been freed after the defeat of ISIL in Iraq, but who have no one to help them. In a video posted to Facebook by the Yazidi Association of Manitoba, 13-year-old Emad Mishko Tamo holds up a sign thanking Canada for helping him, followed by another sign stating that he wants to share his story and be a voice for other Yazidi children still in captivity. ; There's a thousand other kids like me who are still held captive, one of Emad's signs states. A lot of these children are coming back but there's no parents, there's no family left. Emad was separated from his mother, Nofa Mihlo Zaghla, after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant displaced thousands of members of the Kurdish-minority Yazidis in 2014, but he was freed last summer in the city of Mosul. They've all been killed or massacred and nobody knows where the rest of their families are, Hesso said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

box-office chart: That makes Sony's reboot the studio's best non-Spider-Man movie domestically, not adjusting for inflation, according to CTV. The film's unexpectedly strong staying power has lent a boost to the January box office but kept new releases from reaching the top of the box-office chart. Jumanji, starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, sold 20 million in tickets, according to studio estimates Sunday, bringing its five-week domestic total to 317 million. Jumanji has also reigned overseas, where it has grossed 450.8 million and topped all films internationally for three straight weeks. The Warner Bros. release, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, is a fact-based tale, adapted from Doug Stanton's bestseller Horse Soldiers, about a group of Special Forces soldiers sent into northern Afghanistan just weeks after Sept. 11. 12 Strong appealed largely to an older crowd. The war drama 12 Strong, starring Chris Hemsworth, debuted in second with 16.5 million in ticket sales. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

city: I didn't take the chance to move somewhere else because I like it here and I'm used to it, my family is here, according to CTV. Elias was brought from Syria to Moncton by his brother-in-law eight years ago. I decided to stay, it's a nice city, friendly people, says Elian Elias. Since arriving in the Maritimes, he has opened three businesses including a restaurant in the city's downtown. I've seen too many sad stories every day, he says. For two hours every day, Elias offers hot food to the homeless at zero cost. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

house officials: This week, the department's top official made it clear that, when it comes to elections, her focus is on safeguarding state and local voting systems from cyberattacks and other manipulation, according to CTV. While the U.S. Department of Justice has broad authority to investigate voter fraud claims, White House officials said previously that Homeland Security was the best agency to take over the work of the now-disbanded Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He transferred the work of the commission investigating his claim to the Department of Homeland Security. A Justice Department official declined comment this week on whether the agency was conducting any reviews related to voter fraud, but confirmed that no voter data collected by the commission, nor analysis of the data, was given to the agency before the commission was disbanded. They and numerous state election officials were alarmed when the commission issued a broad request to states last spring for detailed information on their voters, including partial Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and voting history. The end of the commission is welcome news to voting rights advocates concerned that its ultimate goal was to promote voter-suppression efforts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrants: Part of the study, to be presented at a national conference in March on immigration and settlement policies, examines the ethnic differences in after-tax incomes across first, second and third generations of immigrants by ethnicity in the prime working age between 35 and 44, according to Toronto Star. For immigrants white or non-white that upward socioeconomic mobility based on earnings fizzled by the third generation when all groups, except for the Korean and Japanese, made significantly less money than their second-generation parents. While visible-minority immigrants tend to earn less than their white immigrant counterparts, their kids more than make up the income gap between the two groups and also outperform their white peers in the second generation, according to a report by the Association of Canadian Studies based on 2016 census data. Article Continued Below According to Jack Jedwab, the report's author, visible-minority immigrants made an average of 38,065 a year, compared to 47,978 earned by white immigrants. The white group also includes those who self-identified as Aboriginal, who makes up 6.1 per cent of the group. react-empty 206 While all children of immigrants of colour did better than their parents, some communities fared better than others. Read more Do your neighbours make more than you Search our map of income in the GTAOverall, children of visible-minority immigrants made a 47 per cent leap in their average earnings above their parents, making 55,994 annually, surpassing their white second-generation peers, who made 54,174 annually or 13 per cent more than their own parents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

noon monday: Under the proposal taking shape, Democratic would agree to a three-week spending measure until Feb. 8 in return for a commitment from the Republican leadership in the Senate to address immigration policy and other pressing legislative matters in the coming weeks, according to Metro News. But Democrats appeared to be holding out for a firmer commitment from McConnell. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said negotiations were still underway late into the night, with a vote to break a Democratic filibuster on a short-term funding bill scheduled for noon Monday. We have yet to reach an agreement on a path forward, Schumer said late Sunday. Democrats have sought to use the spending bill to win concessions, including protections for roughly 700,000 younger immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children. McConnell's comments followed hours of behind-the-scenes talks between the leaders and rank-and-file lawmakers over how to end the display of legislative dysfunction, which began Friday at midnight after Democrats blocked a temporary spending measure. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people subject: While 3,639 of them voluntarily complied with their removal order, the others were forced to leave with escorts or had transportation costs paid by the government, according to CBC. The data, provided to CBC News from the Canada Border Services Agency CBSA shows a similar pattern over the past six years. 15,000 on Canada's deportation list America's loss could be Canada's gain Sharry Aiken, an immigration law expert at Queen's University, said people subject to removal orders who don't leave voluntarily don't necessarily go underground or intentionally evade immigration authorities. In 2017, there were 8,200 removals of failed refugee claimants, people who had outstayed their travel, work or student visa or were considered a risk to public safety. Many of them just don't have the money to leave. I think a program that supports individuals to leave and resettle with dignity in their home countries is appropriate, particularly when it comes to failed refugee claims, she told CBC News. She said Canada could follow the lead of other countries, including several in Europe, that offer generous repatriation allowances. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

policy adviser: We're a nation of laws, according to Toronto Star. Cecilia Mu oz, a longtime immigrant-rights advocate who served as President Barack Obama's domestic policy adviser, calls those words pejorative and prefers alternatives such as undocumented immigrants. I think it's a way to define a problem, Larson said. Aliens, in the public mind, are not a good thing, Mu oz said. Article Continued Below But people on both sides say the yawning gap in language has come to symbolize and directly contribute to the inability of Congress, and the general public, to forge consensus. Their disagreement over how to describe an estimated population of 11 million people might seem like minor semantics in the tempestuous, decades-long debate over how to overhaul the nation's immigration system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

emad: There's a thousand other kids like me who are still held captive, one of Emad's signs states, according to Toronto Star. Hon. In a video posted to Facebook by the Yazidi Association of Manitoba, 13-year-old Emad Mishko Tamo holds up a sign thanking Canada for helping him, followed by another sign stating that he wants to share his story and be a voice for other Yazidi children still in captivity. Justin Trudeau, will you meet me Article Continued Below Read more Tearful mother-and-child reunion after 12-year-old former Daesh captive arrives in Winnipeg Yazidi refugee's son, 12, found recovering from gunshot wounds at refugee camp Hadji Hesso, the association's president, said the organization hopes the federal government can bring more Yazidi refugees to Canada, noting there are children who have been freed after the defeat of Daesh, also known as ISIS or ISIL, in Iraq, but who have no one to help them. react-empty 163 A lot of these children are coming back but there's no parents, there's no family left. Emad was separated from his mother, Nofa Mihlo Zaghla, after Daesh displaced thousands of members of the Kurdish-minority Yazidis in 2014, but he was freed last summer in the city of Mosul. They've all been killed or massacred and nobody knows where the rest of their families are, Hesso said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

british columbia: The province is no longer very British, if it ever was.article continues below Trending Stories Gang activity on the rise in Vancouver Robson Square pot market out of control,' Vancouver police say Song remains the same over rumours Led Zeppelin played at Eric Hamber high school Strong winds knock out power; Mt, according to Vancouver Courier. Washington snowed in; ferry sailings resumerelated Trutch Street, named for 'racist' politician, up for debate One-year-old Crosstown elementary could be getting a new name So why, Pires asks again, is it still called British Columbia To which, again, I reply Because Saskatchewan had first choice No, Victoria's Pires is serious about this, just as he was a decade ago when he pitched the idea to then-premier Gordon Campbell and B.C.'s MLAs. The demographics have shifted further, he says, with people drawn here from around the world. Or, at least, the former president of Victoria's Inter-Cultural Association is serious about getting people to think of what it takes to be an inclusive society. Whole countries do it. And no, he says, it doesn't help when the name of place can be read as a declaration of who really belongs.B.C. wouldn't be the first place to change its name. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

community centre: Gone are the porno theatres, street prostitution and vacant storefronts, according to Vancouver Courier. In their place; breweries, restaurants and organic bakeries. The past decade has seen one of Vancouver's oldest working-class neighbourhoods undergo a remarkable transformation. Kingsway, Broadway and Main are sprouting with shiny new condos reaching for the sky as new businesses and residents move in every day. Washington snowed in; ferry sailings resume Earlier this year, global commercial real estate juggernaut Cushman& Wakefield named Main Street one of the top 15 coolest streets in North America. There's even a new community centre and library.article continues below Trending Stories Gang activity on the rise in Vancouver Robson Square pot market out of control,' Vancouver police say Song remains the same over rumours Led Zeppelin played at Eric Hamber high school Strong winds knock out power; Mt. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

daniel highway: While their experiences were similar, Highway says, they talk about them in very different ways, according to CBC. He doesn't tell the whole story, Daniel Highway says, adding that he cannot speak to his brother's opinion on the matter. Daniel Highway, 70, went to Guy Hill Residential School in The Pas, Man., four years ahead of his brother Tomson. Tomson Highway was not available for comment. The whole story Tomson Highway, now an acclaimed author and playwright, recounted his experiences at Guy Hill in a 2015 article for Huffington Post. The positive stuff that my brother talks about would never outweigh all the abuse, the sexual abuse, of all those kids separated from their family ... all the bullying, the sexual abuse between the students. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

noon monday: Under the proposal taking shape, Democratic would agree to a three-week spending measure until Feb. 8 in return for a commitment from the Republican leadership in the Senate to address immigration policy and other pressing legislative matters in the coming weeks, according to The Chronicle Herald. But Democrats appeared to be holding out for a firmer commitment from McConnell. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said negotiations were still underway late into the night, with a vote to break a Democratic filibuster on a short-term funding bill scheduled for noon Monday. We have yet to reach an agreement on a path forward, Schumer said late Sunday. Democrats have sought to use the spending bill to win concessions, including protections for roughly 700,000 younger immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children. McConnell's comments followed hours of behind-the-scenes talks between the leaders and rank-and-file lawmakers over how to end the display of legislative dysfunction, which began Friday at midnight after Democrats blocked a temporary spending measure. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

organization: The Organization for the Prevention of Violence received 1.29 million over the next three years for a project to counter violent extremism in Alberta, according to CBC. Other cities in Canada, including Calgary, Toronto and Montreal have received money under the same federal program. The Edmonton Police Service will receive 2.27 million over the next five years for The Resiliency Project, which will address potential sources of violent extremism both online and offline, in collaboration with the City of Edmonton and the Organization for the Prevention of Violence. Alberta has a problem with extremism, said John McCoy, executive director, of the Organization for the Prevention of Violence. Alberta has a problem with extremism, John McCoy, executive director, Organization for the Prevention of Violence, told reporters Friday. Based on what knowledge we have, Alberta is disproportionately impacted by these issues in comparison to most other provinces in Canada, McCoy said Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

requests: That could mean trouble for those who need CBSA documents to support residency claims or citizenship applications, who accounted for 45 per cent of all access to information requests to the agency in 2016-17, according to Toronto Star. People are not asking for this information on a lark. The Canada Border Services Agency says an increased number of requests under the federal access to information system, coupled with a limited number of staff to process those requests, was responsible for the backlog. They need it, said Chantal Desloges, a Toronto-based immigration and refugee lawyer. The Access to Information Act allows Canadian citizens or permanent residents to request government documents for a 5 fee. Their future next steps are contingent on getting this information, so it holds everybody back. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

serbian: Waving Serbian flags, hundreds of people cheered Vucic as he arrived in the Serb-dominated, northern part of the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008, according to Metro News. Serbia has refused to recognize the statehood of the majority ethnic Albanian Kosovo and maintains strong influence in Serb-populated areas, mostly in the north. Amid tight security, Aleksandar Vucic paid a visit to Kosovo that officials said was designed to ease concerns among Kosovo Serbs following the slaying Tuesday of one of their leading politicians, Oliver Ivanovic. Upon arrival, Vucic first visited an Orthodox Serbian monastery before laying a wreath at the site of the attack on Ivanovic in the divided town of Mitrovica. We will do all we can to solve decades- and centuries-old disputes, to secure a lasting peace and security for each ethnic Albanian and Serbian family. Serbia not only wants peace, but will do its best to preserve it, Vucic said in Banjska. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

service jobs: Antonio and Victor Benitez suffered broken bones and each lost a child, according to CTV. Antonio's wife was killed, while Victor's wife is missing and his toddler son was injured. The Mexican brothers are gardeners and part of the town's working-class immigrant population, which suffered outsized losses from the recent mudslides that killed at least 20, injured dozens and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes. Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from immigrant families working in service jobs in the largely white and retired Pacific coast town of 9,000. Among them was 30-year-old Pinit Sutthithepa from Thailand who worked at a Toyota dealership in Santa Barbara and sent money to his wife and two children for years before being able to bring them to the United States in 2016. Many of these families are from developing countries seizing the opportunities provided by the area's wealth to make a better life for their children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

toddler son: Antonio and Victor Benitez suffered broken bones and each lost a child, according to Toronto Star. Antonio's wife was killed, while Victor's wife is missing and his toddler son was injured. The Mexican brothers are gardeners and part of the town's working-class immigrant population, which suffered outsized losses from the recent mudslides that killed at least 20, injured dozens and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes. Read more We will heal together' California residents gather to mourn 20 dead in mudslides Article Continued Below Officials release name of 20th person found dead in California mudslides Rescue crews continue difficult search amid California mudslide wreckage Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from immigrant families working in service jobs in the largely white and retired Pacific coast town of 9,000. The mudslides killed him, his 6-year-old son and his 79-year-old stepfather. Many of these families are from developing countries seizing the opportunities provided by the area's wealth to make a better life for their children. react-empty 163 Among them was 30-year-old Pinit Sutthithepa from Thailand who worked at a Toyota dealership in Santa Barbara and sent money to his wife and two children for years before being able to bring them to the United States in 2016. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

year: The threat galvanized millions of people to take to the streets across the globe, smashing bystanderism and launching a pipeline of young leaders, according to Toronto Star. One year later, some of those young women led the thousands who gathered in Toronto on Saturday for the second Women's March, one of at least 38 rallies in the country, with the mission of inspiring, unifying and leading the charge for advancement of women across Canada. Time to move on Last year, rising fundamentalism around the world with Donald Trump's election as U.S. president at its pinnacle exposed the vulnerability of hard-fought women's rights that were considered done and dusted. Its theme was defining a new future. Read more Article Continued Below Analysis Daniel Dale Marches against Trump turn into a wave of Democratic women running for office Canadians join global women's marches on one-year anniversary of Trump inauguration Women's marches return to streets around the globe to rally against Trump, sexual assault react-empty 180 When Rana Nasrazadani spoke of systemic barriers to ableism, thanking her supporters as well as those who tried to hold her back, and Zainab Arkani brought people to tears with stories of atrocities against her fellow Rohingyas, and Kassandra Neranjan hailed the power of unacknowledged, impoverished female heroes of colour, and Janelle Hinds talked about the importance of hope for young Black girls, they expanded the scope of feminist focus to include white supremacy, immigration and refugee rights. react-text 187 The impact of the Women's March movement on Canada and the world has been called incalculable and incandescent by leaders in the feminist movement. /react-text Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star When Jessica Bolduc talked of walking for the future that is lost and the future that wants to emerge, she folded into feminist resistance the tragedies of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. On Saturday, that future looked diverse and Indigenous. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

host rallies: Participants in those original marches say their fears about the incoming administration have come to pass, but say other social forces have put wind in their sails and made them feel their cause is further ahead now than it was a year ago, according to National Observer. On Saturday's one-year anniversary of Trump's inauguration, at least 38 Canadian communities from coast to coast plan to host marches, rallies or other events. As dozens of communities across Canada prepare to host rallies marking the anniversary of last year's historic Women's March on Washington, those tasked with organizing the events said they feel a sense of momentum that they could not have predicted when they first took to the streets in 2017. ; At that time, more than half a million women converged on the U.S. capital in protest of freshly inaugurated President Donald Trump, whose secretly recorded remarks about taking sexual liberties with women fuelled accusations of misogyny both before and after his election. Sara Bingham, co-executive director of Women's March Canada, says the high number of planned events is just one sign of the momentum that believers in the cause are feeling. They're mystified and amazed that they can affect change in such a quick way. It's incredibly positive and optimistic and exciting, Bingham said of the mood among local organizers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

one-bedroom: We lived over a year and a half in our one-bedroom Fairview condo with him sleeping in the bedroom hall closet, says Smerychynski.article continues below Trending Stories Updated police identify man found dead in stolen vehicle's trunk in East Vancouver40% of North Vancouver businesses considering leaving Survey What Tom Petty's death says about Vancouver's overdose crisis Union Gospel Mission expansion a game changer'related Housing costs swallow up to 80 per cent of Vancouverites' income Seeking permission to build homes Vacate clause at root of city's 'renovictions,' says advocate Increase in housing infill could aid affordability Purchasing one of the two-bedroom condos they saw on the market would add 150,000- 200,000 to their existing mortgage, and the alternative of renovating their condo required shelling 40,000-50,000 out of pocket, according to Vancouver Courier. So when Smerychynski, who worked as a water treatment foreman with Metro Vancouver for more than 14 years, was offered a job in Calgary, they packed their bags. When they welcomed baby Sam into their lives almost two years ago, they quickly realized space was going to be an issue. It was tough, since Sandra and I were in good jobs that we loved in a city we really cared for, Smerychynski says, resignedly. A missed step Larry Beasley remembers working on housing affordability in the 1980s when he was a neighbourhood planner for the City of Vancouver, and later the city's co-director of planning. But, with a family, it made sense to move to Calgary . Sandra gets some time off with baby, and we were able to afford a 1,900-square-foot house in the burbs next to a brand new elementary school. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.