police car: Homan said the Justice Department is looking into whether Schaaf obstructed justice, according to Metro News. The mayor's unusual public warning last weekend came hours before the agency launched an operation in Northern California that resulted in more than 150 arrests as of Tuesday, according to the agency. Thomas Homan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's acting director, told Fox News that the mayor's warning on Twitter was beyond the pale and compared her to a gang lookout who tells people when a police car is arriving. The agency declined to elaborate on the 800 who allegedly got away or answer other questions about the operation that began Sunday. John Torres, the agency's director during the end of George W. Bush's administration and beginning of Barack Obama's, said agents generally capture about 40 per cent of people they target in such sweeps. Danielle Bennett, an agency spokeswoman, said more information would be released later in the week. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rohingya genocide: One of the laureates, Yemen's Tawakkol Karman, urged Suu Kyi to wake up or face prosecution, according to CTV. Her two colleagues -- Northern Ireland's Mairead Maguire and Iran's Shirin Ebadi -- promised to work to bring those responsible to justice. The laureates, who are on a weeklong trip to Bangladesh to visit the sprawling refugee camps where the Rohingya are living, said at a news conference in Dhaka that their fellow Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi cannot avoid responsibility. All of them were emotionally charged as they unanimously called the violence against Rohingya genocide. Millions of people have been displaced from their cities, women have been raped, all the women, we met like 100 women, all of them have been raped. There is no other definition, it is genocide, genocide against innocent people, Karman said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

state law: After inmates suspected of being in the country illegally have been ordered released by a court or served their sentence, the suit says Elder's department files a form indicating they are now housing the inmates on behalf of the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, according to Metro News. Courts in several states have ruled that sheriffs cannot hold people on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without violating the 4th Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure. The complaint in Colorado District Court alleges that El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder holds prisoners in custody for days, weeks and even months after state law requires their release. In 2015, following a settlement with a suburban Denver sheriff's office, the ACLU announced that all Colorado sheriffs other than Elder had agreed to no longer honour ICE detainer requests. It's an attempt to get around the legal obstacles courts have erected to sheriffs assisting with immigration enforcement. The Trump administration has begun a test program in Florida in which they contract with local jails to hold immigrants using the same paperwork as in El Paso County. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

viktor: Hungary's Viktor Orb n has made his political career out of painting apocalyptic scenarios for voters, now it seems he's getting a scare of his own Students return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., under a heavy police presence for their first day of classes since the mass shooting that killed 17Adrienne Arsenault visits Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the famed Pentagon Papers, to talk about his modern fears, the nuclear papers, and his fascinating basement archive Viktor Orb n's campaign turbulence Hungary's Viktor Orb n has made his political career out of painting apocalyptic scenarios for voters, according to CBC. But now it seems he's getting a scare of his own. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. The populist, anti-immigrant prime minister suffered a surprise by-election loss this past weekend, with his Fidesz party getting thumped in a bellwether riding just weeks before the April 8 general election. And it's the hometown of J nos L z r, the minister in charge of the prime minister's office, a key Orb n ally. The loss to an independent candidate in the southern Hungarian community of H dmez v s rhely may not sound significant, but Fidesz saw its share of the vote drop almost 20 per cent from the previous 2014 results. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

yuma police: Yuma Sector agents say Alejandro Rodriguez-Valencia was taken into custody Monday night near a dam, according to Metro News. During processing, agents discovered Rodriguez-Valencia's fingerprints and photo matched those of a suspect with an active felony arrest warrant in Chicago involving a killing with a knife. U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona say they've arrested a Mexican man wanted in connection with a homicide in Illinois. Details of the homicide case weren't immediately available. Authorities say Rodriguez-Valencia has been turned over to Yuma police for extradition to Illinois. Border Patrol officials say Rodriguez-Valencia was previously deported from the United States in 2006. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

killarney market: It's the end of an era for Tito, who opened Killarney Market with his brother John in 1993, according to Vancouver Courier. For 25 years, it was the anchor of a plaza in residential south Vancouver that was also home to medical offices, a Chevron and a Wally's Burgers. Why are you retiring she cried.article continues below Trending Stories Man kicks librarian in stomach at homeless housing meetingB.C. couple kill and eat adopted rescue pet pig Who's going to pay for 4/20 at Sunset Beach Tribunal rejects gay discrimination complaint against District of North mom-and-pop stores make a comeback Killarney Killarney Market gets its 15 minutes of fame I'm 75! said Tito Chiang with a smile, because he's actually 68. Killarney Market was a rare independent grocery store that boasted the size of a chain supermarket and carried products from all over the world everything from Turkish comb honey to smoked eel from Holland. There's no ethnic aisle here. Because the Chiangs came from Peru, there was an impressive Peruvian section with stock such as aj amarillo paste, made from a local chili, and cans of golden Inca Kola. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

housing meetingb.c: They're provided through a partnership between Vancouver Foundation and local neighbourhood houses, according to Vancouver Courier. Qualifying projects are meant to help build a sense of community and the grants are based on the idea that everyone is a valuable member of the community and that everyone has something to share.article continues below Trending Stories Man kicks librarian in stomach at homeless housing meetingB.C. couple kill and eat adopted rescue pet pig Who's going to pay for 4/20 at Sunset Beach Tribunal rejects gay discrimination complaint against District of North Vancouverrelated Mount Pleasant Neighbours gather in a roundabout way Proposals by local residents should aim to strengthen their community by bringing people together, sharing skills and knowledge, celebrating diversity and increasing people's sense of belonging. Applications are now open for the grants, which can range from 50 to 500. Last year, projects ranged from potlucks and clothing swaps to neighbourhood walking tours and multicultural cooking classes. Photo Courtesy of Vancouver Foundation This year, the program seeks to prioritize projects that connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members, and projects led by young people age 18 to 24. Other ideas include harvest festivals, music groups and art workshops. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

election budget: And that's what Finance Minister Bill Morneau did in his third budget exercise, according to The Chronicle Herald. It is expected to deliver practical results, it's just that the expected results are as much political as they are economic. At least, traditional in the sense that majority governments often devote a third budget to defining conditions for the next one, the election budget. The budget includes spending on dozens of programs aimed at women in the workforce, at gender equality and at improving life in aboriginal communities. It signals the Liberals are willing to spend to meet their goals in these key social areas. Equality is the first word in the budget's title. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

degree murder: Thirty per cent of respondents said the jury's decision was good and fair, while 32 per cent said it was flawed and wrong, and 38 per cent said they are unsure, according to CTV. Stanley was found not guilty after being charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie, a resident of the Red Pheasant First Nation, in August 2016. The survey also suggests Canadians are divided when it comes to the trial's outcome. The decision sparked a widespread outcry, including an assertion from the prime minister that Canada can and must do better a statement that the poll also asked respondents about. The survey shows divisions in opinions on the verdict along geographic, gender, age and racial lines. Angus Reid surveyed 2,501 Canadian adults online from Feb. 15 to 19, 2018, and while margin of errors can't be calculated for online surveys, it said a probability sample of this size with this sample plan would carry a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

gender-based violence: The event will also feature guest speakers, performers, open facilitated discussions and meet and greets that will fill the one day event that runs from noon to 9 p.m, according to The Chronicle Herald. We will be using most of the facility, said Helen Lanthier, board chair of Be the Peace Institute. This is the third time a One Billion Rising event has been held in Lunenburg County and is by far the largest, with an art exhibition that will feature the works of artists who answered the call to create revolutionary art of all genres that brings a deeper understanding of the complexity of gender-based violence, says the One Billion Rising 2018 South Shore Facebook page. We will be using mostly the main gathering room but we had so many artists and performances, we're going to be using downstairs and the side rooms, too. Lanthier said the call out to artists was answered by more than 20 people including photographers, sculptors, textile artists and painters, as well as community partners. Lanthier, noting the Lunenburg School of the Arts, has donated the use of the space for the event. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government.a b.c: He was invited to attend a dinner in Mumbai hosted by the Canadian High Commission during the recent Indian visit of our resplendent prime minister, Justin Trudeau, according to Rabble. Atwal was disinvited as soon his history became known, but not before he managed to appear in a photograph with the PM's wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. Atwal is the Sikh extremist who served prison time in Canada for attempting to murder a visiting Indian cabinet minister on Vancouver Island in 1986. Considerable bad press was generated for Trudeau and Canada's Liberal government.A B.C. Liberal MP has now fallen on his sword, metaphorically speaking, taking responsibility for the blunder. This, along with Trudeau's sartorial extravagances, led many pundits to describe his mission to India as a disaster, even a catastrophe. This has persuaded no one, of course, that the blame doesn't belong elsewhere, presumably in the Prime Minister's Office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hearings: The group includes some people facing deportation because they've committed a crime and others who arrived at the border seeking asylum, according to Metro News. The San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had ruled for the immigrants, saying that under immigration law they had a right to periodic bond hearings. The case the justices ruled in is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who've spent long periods in custody. The appeals court said the detained immigrants generally should get bond hearings after six months in detention, and then every six months if they continue to be held. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for five conservative-leaning justices that periodic bond hearings are not required by immigration law. But the Supreme Court, splitting along liberal-conservative lines, reversed that decision Tuesday and sided with the Trump administration, which had argued against the 9th Circuit's decision, a position also taken by the Obama administration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mass murder: Burma's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, claims the reports of mass killings reflect an iceberg of misinformation being propagated by terrorists, according to Toronto Star. The Burmese military, too, denied ethnic cleansing even as it inflicted it, claiming against all credible evidence that it was engaged in a legitimate counterinsurgency. We have seen this wherever genocide has occurred and tragically we are seeing it again in Burma, where that country's Rohingya Muslim minority was targeted last year in a brutal state crackdown. The terrible truth of the situation has largely been pieced together, bit by bit, from satellite footage of scorched villages in Rakhine state and individual accounts of rape and the mass murder of civilians. It was only earlier this month, with the publication of a Reuters investigation into a mass murder in the village of Inn Din, that a clear picture emerged of exactly how the ethnic cleansing was perpetrated. And of course from the great exodus of Rohingyas, nearly 500,000 of whom have fled to Bangladesh in the months since the attacks began. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration consultant: Small claims cases cause big headaches for some people trying to collect their money Ms, according to CBC. Codina's behaviour not only affected victims but also impacted the immigration system and society at large, said Crown prosecutor Lynda Trefler at a sentencing hearing on Monday. Angelina Codina was convicted of five charges in November, including advising clients on immigration matters without being authorized to do so and misrepresenting facts on an immigration application. CBC Toronto has reported on a number of cases involving people who had hoped to bring their relatives to Canada but now say they were bilked by Codina, who had represented herself as an immigration consultant for tens of thousands of dollars. In 2000, she was convicted of grand larceny in New York State and sentenced to a minimum of nine years in prison. Police bring 7 new charges against alleged immigration fraudster Toronto woman accused of bilking immigration clients Codina has had several run-ins with the law in the past. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

korea: Ban was South Korea's foreign minister before serving 10 years as U.N. chief, according to The Chronicle Herald. He's scheduled to speak Tuesday on human welfare and global citizenship. Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is making an appearance at Boston College. Ban told the U.N. Security Council last week that the current reconciliatory atmosphere between North and South Korea that began during the 2018 Winter Olympics must be kept alive. At Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday, Ban expressed optimism about recent dialogue between North and South Korea and added that another war in the region is unacceptable and unthinkable. He called on the U.S. to play a role by engaging with North Korea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent: By any measure, the electorate is more alienated and disengaged than at any time in the history of the province especially if you look at the biggest measure of all In the last two elections, barely half of Ontarians bothered to cast a ballot an embarrassing 48 per cent voted in 2011, and a dispiriting 51 per cent turned out in 2014, according to Toronto Star. Article Continued Below They were the worst showings by civic no-shows in our democratic history. Beyond the front-page headlines, our democracy has never seemed so disconnected. And far worse turnouts than in any other provincial or federal election ever. No matter who wins on June 7, the worsening turnouts will prove a losing proposition for everyone the politicians and the people. With the next election coming in roughly 100 days, Ontario's democratic deficit is creating a crisis of confidence that no party can solve alone. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mennonite women: Loewen and researchers at the centre will use the 450,000 Paul Toews Fellowship in Russian Mennonite History to fund research into Ukrainian archives from the 1930s made available to researchers about a year ago, although they had been previously opened to direct descendants of subjects in the files, according to CBC. Sacrifices of Mennonite women honoured in new exhibit What the legacy of the Russian Revolution means for socialism today Included in the archives are details on the fates of Russian Mennonites arrested by the secret police under Joseph Stalin in the second half of the 1930s, when the dictator began directing the arrests of men from ethnic and religious minorities, Loewen says. This is the question that Mennonite families have often asked over the decades What happened to my father, what happened to my grandfather, what happened to my brother said Royden Loewen, director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg. In the mid-1930s, Loewen says, at least 9,000 Mennonite men were arrested on trumped-up charges. Photographs kept The Soviet authorities kept documentary evidence of some of those who were executed, Loewen says. But especially between '36 and '38, approximately one-half of all Mennonite men were arrested, middle of the night, by the secret police we call them the NKVD, the precursor of the now defunct KGB, taken away and charged with trumped-up charges, and then usually executed within two weeks time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mexican-born man: Miguel Angel Reynaga Hernandez, a 40-year-old construction worker living in the city of Billings, was detained in October after appearing in court with his wife, who was seeking a civil protection order against another person, according to Metro News. The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project contends that former Yellowstone County Justice of the Peace Pedro Hernandez had no authority to initiate Reynaga's arrest. An immigrant rights group alleged Monday that a Montana judge acted illegally when he asked a deputy to take away from his court a Mexican-born man who was later detained by federal immigration authorities. The group on Friday sued the judge and Yellowstone County sheriff's Deputy Derrek Skinner on Reynaga's behalf in federal court. Their job is to serve the community, not to help out their federal immigration authority buddies. If a county or city sticks its nose into federal immigration matters, they are going to be held liable, said Matt Adams, an attorney with the Seattle-based group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mexico city: I'm being put in deportation proceedings because of my political stance, because of my media presence, because I've utilized my freedom of speech, the activist, Maru Mora-Villalpando, told reporters during a conference call Monday, according to Metro News. This is a pattern of behaviour which ICE is developing now under this administration. But the official, Timothy Black, also noted her extensive involvement with anti-ICE protests and Latino advocacy programs something her supporters said proves she was targeted for political reasons. Maru Mora-Villalpando, a 47-year-old Mexico City native and activist supporting immigrants who are detained at the privately run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, has no criminal record. She first came out publicly as person in the U.S. illegally in 2014, when she expected to be arrested and subsequently deported for joining others in blocking a road at the detention centre . She was not arrested, however, and did not receive a notice to appear in immigration court until last December. She has been in the U.S. continuously since 1996 after overstaying a visa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

results minorities: Among its results minorities accounted for the majority of ticket buyers for five of the top 10 films at the global box office, and half of ticket buyers for two more of the top 10, according to CTV. Researchers found that minorities remain underrepresented in film leads 13.9 per cent film directors 12.6 per cent film writers 8.1 per cent broadcast scripted leads 18.7 per cent cable scripted leads 20.2 per cent and digital series leads 12.9 per cent . Many of those totals do represent some modest gains, especially when viewed across five years. UCLA's Bunche Center released its fifth annual study on diversity in the entertainment industry Tuesday, unveiling an analysis of the top 200 theatrical film releases of 2016 and 1,251 broadcast, cable and digital platform TV shows from the 2015-2016 season. Minority leads on broadcast TV shows increased from 5.1 per cent to 15.7 over the last five years, according to UCLA's studies. There has been some progress, undeniably. But other areas -- especially behind the camera -- have seen only slight or no improvement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

storm reid: It lets other people know that it's possible, she said at the film's red carpet premiere in Los Angeles Monday, when asked about the theme of female friendship, according to CBC. Oprah Winfrey plays one of three women travellers who guide a young girl's journey to find her missing father in the film based on a children's classic fantasy novel. But one of its stars, Oprah Winfrey, said there's a much simpler lesson as well. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Selma and 13th filmmaker Ava DuVernay, is based on the 1962 children's science fiction classic by Madeleine L'Engle about a girl played by Storm Reid searching for a father who went missing after the discovery of a new planet. To be on such a set that looked like the United Nations ... it was really great so I'm glad I got to experience that, Reid told CBC News. Her journey is guided by three women travellers played by Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

undocumented ers: The case could also become moot if Congress takes action in the meantime, according to Toronto Star. Right now, however, efforts to address the issue in Congress have hit a stalemate. The announcement means the case affecting Dreamers will have to work its way through the lower courts before any Supreme Court ruling is possible. The Supreme Court's decision for now to stay out of the case on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, wasn't surprising. Read more Trump ends Obama program that protects undocumented DREAMers,' putting 800,000 at risk for deportation Article Continued Below Dreamers' left in limbo after U.S. Senate rejects bipartisan, Trump immigration plans react-text 155 People protest the Trump administration's plans to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It's highly unusual for the Supreme Court to hear a case before a lower appeals court has considered it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

gender equity: There's funding in Budget2018 for nationwide roundtables on the importance of gender equity with discussions targeting men, boys and youth, according to National Observer. We know that we can't make this necessary change happen for all Canadian women overnight, he told members of Parliament in a prepared speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday. If approved, that investment would be rolled out over 10 years in a financial plan that Finance Minister Bill Morneau credits as taking an historic and meaningful step toward closing the gender gap in Canada. What we can do, is lead by example. The federal government is expected to introduce pay equity legislation in the fall that would apply to federal employers with 10 or more staff members, set out timelines for implementation, have independent oversight, and include seasonal, temporary, part-time and full-time work. Budget 2018 makes unprecedented moves forward with proactive pay equity legislation for all federally-governed sectors, and was drafted using Gender-based Analysis Plus GBA an analytical tool that assesses how different groups of women, men and gender-diverse people may experience policies, programs and initiatives. ; The budget also dedicated nine pages of its 11-page introduction to the importance of supporting women and girls. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

admissions process: Previously, immigration targets were set annually, according to Metro News. In 2017, Canada had aimed for 300,000 people by 2020, the Liberals want to take in 340,000. The Liberals last fall announced a move to a three-year planning cycle for admissions, seeking to inject more certainty into the immigration system by taking a longer view of the admissions process while heeding the call from numerous groups to allow more people in each year to spur economic and population growth. The increases over time are expected to cost about 440 million, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has said, as he promised the details of those funds would be outlined in the budget. The Liberals have not said how much it is costing to manage the unplanned increase in new arrivals namely, a surge of asylum seekers, some entering illegally from the U.S. and others filing claims at formal border crossings like airports. This additional funding will enable my department and its partners to process and screen more applications for permanent residency in a timely manner while we continue to provide high quality settlement and integration services to newcomers, Hussen said earlier this month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

african country: There's no evidence that he's a threat to public safety, according to Toronto Star. It's manifestly unjust to keep him locked up so long for no good reason. Here's a better idea let him out, now. And to top it all off, it costs taxpayers a lot of money, more than 90,000 a year, to hold him. Article Continued Below They say he changed his story, had no identity documents, and hasn't been cooperating with authorities. Toure was originally detained because Canadian officials wanted to deport him but had no proof that he was really from where he claims to have been born, the African country of Gambia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indian sojourn: Ottawa must be unspeakably dull compared to the stirring sights and sounds of exotic India, according to The Chronicle Herald. By any measure history, culture or food, to name just a few Ottawa seems very ordinary by contrast. And no wonder. Plus for some reason, everyone back home seems angry with him. As to attire, the man would freeze in our capital if he went around in the getups he sported during his Indian sojourn. Call it the PM's post-trip hangover. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.