elections heller: Trump and Heller have papered over their once prickly relationship to present a united front in their shared goal of helping Republicans maintain, if not expand, their thin 51-49 majority in the Senate in November's congressional elections, according to CTV. Heller was among the officials waiting on the sweltering airport tarmac to greet Trump. Trump was in Las Vegas to assist Dean Heller, the only Republican U.S. senator seeking re-election in a state that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in 2016. In remarks to several hundred often-cheering attendees at the Nevada GOP Convention, Trump portrayed himself as the toughest against illegal immigration, saying at one point, I think I got elected largely because we are strong on the border. The fact is we need more Republicans because the Democrats are obstructionists. But he excluded any mention of the fact that a massive public outcry, including from members of his own family, forced him to reverse course this week and end the practice of separating children from families after they illegally cross the southern border into the U.S. On immigration, we have to be very strong, Trump said, saying the immigration problem should have been solved years ago and blaming Democrats for causing it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

albanian heritage: FIFA also is reviewing statements that Serbia coach Mladen Krstajic made after the match, according to The Chronicle Herald. Xhaka and Shaqiri celebrated their goals by making a nationalist symbol of their ethnic Albanian heritage. FIFA also said Saturday it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Serbian Football Association for crowd disturbance and the display of political and offensive messages by Serbian fans. Both players put their open hands together with their thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looks like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's flag. Shaqiri was born in Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles, while the fingers look like the feathers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

d.c .,: Tang said she was thrilled by the opportunity for the children to sing alongside choirs from all over the world in the U.S. capital, but there was just one issue getting there, according to The Chronicle Herald. We looked at the political climate ... and decided we probably wouldn't be able to go, she said with a sigh. Fei Tang, general manager of the Nai Kids Choir, said the chorus of about 60 Canadian newcomers between the ages five and 15 were invited to perform at the Serenade! Choral Festival in Washington, D.C., next week. It's just not practical. It also affects two non-Muslim countries, blocking travellers from North Korea and some Venezuelan government officials and their families. Most of the choir members immigrated to Canada within the last two years, said Tang, and some parents worried that travel documents from their home country would raise red flags under a U.S. policy that bans travellers from five majority-Muslim countries Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

graffiti-tagged slabs: Today, old graffiti-tagged slabs stand as harmless relics, and the long scar of the wall's foundation runs through the bustling intersection, according to Toronto Star. It is also near the posh Ritz-Carlton, Berlin, where I found myself during a recent visit, on a mission to discover how to conquer Berlin already a relatively cheap European city on a tight budget. But after the wall fell, Potsdamer became a major site of celebration and reunification. To get a sense of the city's high-end options, I walked from the Potsdamer U-Bahn station through the plaza and into the lobby of the hotel, where I was greeted by Thomas Munko, its chief concierge. Andreas Meichsner / For the New York Times Munko happens to be born and raised in Berlin an advantage as a concierge, certainly. The Boros Collection, which features contemporary artwork, is housed in a former World War II air-raid shelter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

equity issues: In a small ceremony at Harbourfront, Zanana Akande received the Key to the City by Toronto Mayor John Tory for dedicating her life's work to addressing equity issues in the community and improving the social, economic, cultural and political status of women in Toronto, according to Toronto Star. Richard Lautens / Toronto Star Zanana Akande hangs out with her grandkids after receiving her key. Those lessons would ultimately inspire her life's work in fighting for equality and improving the social, economic, cultural and political status of women, for which she was honoured on Saturday by Mayor John Tory with a ceremonial Key to the City. The trailblazer made political history in 1990 by becoming the first Black woman elected to the Ontario legislature and the country's first Black female cabinet minister. Andrew Stawicki / Toronto Star file photo We don't come alone, we don't live alone I think the only thing we do alone is leave, the former politician and community leader told a gathering of friends and family at the Harbourfront Centre. Richard Lautens / Toronto Star Zanana Akande sits on a bench dedicated to her with Mayor John Tory, who lauded her unwavering belief in the human spirit . Richard Lautens / Toronto Star After leaving politics, Zanana Akande seen here in 1992 went on to become the founder of Tiger Lily, the first magazine in the province that gave women of colour a voice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ileana ros-lehtinen: Over and over, Trump has proven himself a saboteur, willing to walk away from promises and blow up a deal, undermining the GOP agenda in Congress, according to CTV. You just fear that tweet in the morning, said Rep. The Friday tweet is hardly the first time the president has abandoned his allies in a moment of need. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida. Heck, it's not even noon yet. The retiring Republican said members of Congress can't help but think, Oh no, how many policies will you undo by the day's end Because the day's not over. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kosovo flag: The two Swiss goals came from ethnic Albanians Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka, both of whom celebrated with a hand signal of the double-headed eagle on the Albanian flag, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Swiss Provocation, wrote Serb nationalist daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti alongside photographs of the gestures and a picture of Shaqiri's boots, which have the Kosovo flag on one heel and the Swiss flag on the other. Years of simmering Balkan tensions surfaced at the World Cup on Friday night as Switzerland beat Serbia in Kaliningrad. FIFA's disciplinary committee opened proceedings against the two for the politically charged goal celebrations. FIFA also is reviewing statements that Serbia coach Mladen Krstajic made after the match. FIFA also said Saturday it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Serbian Football Association for crowd disturbance and the display of political and offensive messages by Serbian fans. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lawmakers plan: Parents and children were being detained separately, according to CTV. But after public outcry, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered that they be brought back together. More than 2,300 children were taken from their families in recent weeks under a Trump administration zero tolerance policy in which people entering the U.S. illegally face being prosecuted. Confusion has ensued, with parents left searching for their children. The Democratic lawmakers plan to visit detention facilities in McAllen and Los Fresnos. Events planned include a rally Saturday in Fort Worth, where the Texas Democratic Convention is being held, and a protest in Homestead, Florida. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

official ports: They are exercising their rights under international law to seek asylum in Canada, according to Rabble. We should call them refugee claimants or asylum seekers. Although they get here irregularly, such migrants are not illegal. The same applies to equally desperate people trying to enter the U.S. at its southern border, both at official ports of entry and unguarded crossing points. Some have lost family members to criminal gangs from which their governments are unable or unwilling to protect them. Those migrants believe themselves to be in danger, often grave danger, in their home countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prison system: He has a point, according to Rabble. As horror stories mount, of 2300 unaccompanied children taken into custody and held separately from their parents, the logistics alone are staggering. They must have been planning for this. On the other hand, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone doubt the formidable capacity of the U.S. prison system, given that it has the world's highest incarceration rate per capita. Let us count the overkill. Currently, one in every 38 Americans is under the control of the corrections system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

albanian flag.article: The two Swiss goals came from ethnic Albanians Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka, both of whom celebrated with a hand signal of the double-headed eagle on the Albanian flag.article continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Mayoral candidate Wai Young promises to scrap bike lanes in Vancouver Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Suspected serial sex offender alleged to have struck again in Richmond The Swiss Provocation, wrote Serb nationalist daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti alongside photographs of the gestures and a picture of Shaqiri's boots, which have the Kosovo flag on one heel and the Swiss flag on the other.FIFA's disciplinary committee opened proceedings against the two for the politically charged goal celebrations, according to Vancouver Courier. FIFA also said Saturday it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Serbian Football Association for crowd disturbance and the display of political and offensive messages by Serbian fans. Years of simmering Balkan tensions surfaced at the World Cup on Friday night as Switzerland beat Serbia in Kaliningrad. FIFA also is reviewing statements that Serbia coach Mladen Krstajic made after the match. Thousands of Kosovo Albanians trekked across Europe in the 1990s, fleeing rising ethnic tensions that culminated in a bloody 1998-99 war of independence between ethnic Albanians and Serb forces that left about 10,000 people dead. The families of both goal scorers hail from Kosovo the former Serb province whose 2008 declaration of independence is not recognized by Serbia and remains a source of friction between the Balkan neighbours. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

candidate wai: Both players put their open hands together with their thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looks like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's flag, according to Vancouver Courier. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles, while the fingers look like the feathers. FIFA also is reviewing statements that Serbia coach Mladen Krstajic made after the match.article continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Mayoral candidate Wai Young promises to scrap bike lanes in Vancouver Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Suspected serial sex offender alleged to have struck again in Richmond Xhaka and Shaqiri celebrated their goals by making a nationalist symbol of their ethnic Albanian heritage. Shaqiri was born in Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008. Xhaka's parents are originally from Kosovo and they are of Albanian heritage. Serbia doesn't recognize Kosovo's independence and relations between the two countries remain tense. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

effect june: Fox uses contributor to describe its paid commentators and analysts, according to Vancouver Courier. Bondi is a regular guest on Fox to discuss various topics but is not paid.article continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Mayoral candidate Wai Young promises to scrap bike lanes in Vancouver Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Suspected serial sex offender alleged to have struck again in Richmond Read Related Topics var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul 2018 Vancouver Courier In a story June 23, The Associated Press reported that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is a Fox News contributor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

albanian heritage: After scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute on Friday, Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri made a nationalist symbol of his ethnic Albanian heritage, according to Toronto Star. Clive Rose / GETTY IMAGES Both players put their open hands together with their thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looks like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's flag. Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri celebrated their goals by making a nationalist symbol of their ethnic Albanian heritage. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles, while the fingers look like the feathers. In football, you have always emotions. I think about this, I don't want to speak, said Shaqiri, who also took off his shirt after scoring. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border: Although walking across an international border is irregular, those who did so in 2017 were met by RCMP or Canada Border Services Agency officials, and their status as refugee claimants was both verified and documented, according to Rabble. In short, these migrants did not enter illegally, their status as refugee claimants is legal, they are documented and their movement in Canada is tracked by border officials. In fact, the vast majority of migrants to Canada enter legally, through official ports of entry, and with documentation that is presented to and checked by border officials. But this does not mean that they have walked into all of the rights and entitlements of full Canadian citizenship. In recent years, Canadian immigration policy has become increasingly reliant on temporary migrants though programs such as the temporary foreign worker program TFWP . Federal statistics indicate that 116,540 workers with temporary status entered Canada in 2000. On the contrary their status is legal but precarious, just as is the case for many of those who enter through Canada's temporary work, student and other immigration avenues. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country agreement: She believes strongly that Canada should never have signed onto the agreement and should absolutely suspend it now, especially in light of recent policy changes in the United States regarding asylum seekers, according to CTV. I think that the evidence is clear and has been since the creation of the Safe Third Country Agreement in 2004 that the United States is not a safe country for refugees, she said. Efrat Arbel is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and was lead investigator on a Harvard Law School examination of the agreement in 2013. The United States' standards for refugee protection fall short of what the 'safe third' agreement requires for designation of a country as safe. The other core tenet is that Canada considers the United States a safe country for refugees. The Safe Third Country agreement is based on the core principle that people seeking refugee protection must file their claim in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for one of a few exceptions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hands: The rivals met this week in neighbouring Ethiopia on its prime minister's invitation, shaking hands and being coaxed into an awkward embrace as they held direct talks, according to The Chronicle Herald. They shook hands again as regional heads of state and government met to discuss the civil war in the world's youngest nation. This is simply because we have had enough of him, government spokesman Michael Makuei said. But it became clear that while South Sudan's government was open to having the opposition in the vice-president's role it would not accept Machar's return to that post. Opposition spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel told The Associated Press there was nothing agreed upon in the talks but that the face-to-face meeting with South Sudan's president was useful because we are able to see violence in Salva's eyes. Machar fled the country after new fighting erupted in the capital, Juba, in July 2016, ending a brief attempt at peace in which he returned to his role as Kiir's deputy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

customs enforcement: A day earlier, the Pentagon said it was drawing up plans to house as many as 20,000 migrants on U.S. military bases, according to Toronto Star. A migrant mother walks with her two daughters and their belongings on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a notice saying it is looking into creating 15,000 beds for use in detaining immigrant families. The mother, who did not wish to give their names, said they were fleeing their hometown near the Pacific coast of Mexico after suffering a violent carjacking of her taxicab. Some parents struggled to get in touch with children being held in many cases hundreds of miles away, in places like New York and the Chicago area. Mario Tama / GETTY IMAGES Beyond that, however, there were few signs of any relief for parents separated from their children and placed in detention centres for illegally entering the country over the past several weeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant children: I am behind what the bishops say, the pope said, referring to the leadership of the U.S. bishops conference denouncing the separations as immoral, according to CTV. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump reversed a policy of separating immigrant children from their parents after being detained entering the United States without permission. Speaking to reporters on his airplane as he flew back to Rome after a visit to Geneva, Francis also reiterated that he supports the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States who condemned the immigration policy of separating children from parents who enter the U.S. illegally. Francis was asked both about the separation policy as well as Europe's struggle with a flood of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean from human traffickers' boats. He praised both Italy and Greece for being most generous in taking in migrants rescued at sea, and said all governments should take in as many refugees as their countries can handle. Italy's new populist government is trying to discourage more arrivals of rescued migrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minors: For a select few, there is hope, according to The Chronicle Herald. For a handful of immigrants who came to the U.S. from Central America many as unaccompanied minors poetry has given them a chance to tell the world both about their journeys north and through the byzantine immigration system. Some cling to pleasant memories from home. A lot happens in life, most of it sad, an occasional happiness, and sometimes you have no choice but to play the clown and laugh on the outside, even though inside we feel less than failures, wrote one of them in a poem titled The Future. The Associated Press reported Thursday that immigrants as young as 14 at the centre said they were beaten, locked away in solitary confinement for long periods of time and left alone naked in cold cells. The collection of poems in Dreaming America, published last year, was assembled by a Washington and Lee University professor and students who visited the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Virginia, lockup and helped the young immigrants put pencil to paper, giving voice to a largely unheard population at the centre of an increasingly heated U.S. policy debate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mrs trump: Mrs, according to Toronto Star. Trump was not going to a rave or a fundraiser for anarchists. As literal fashion statements go, I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U the words emblazoned on the back of a jacket that is now as scandalous as Monica Lewinsky's blue dress is problematic due to what psychologists call situational context. She was visiting displaced kids who've been torn from their parents. But her jacket ended up on a distraction mission. She was on a compassion mission. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

serb nationalists: Shaqiri added the other in injury time after running past the Serbian defence, according to The Chronicle Herald. Both put their open hands together with their thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looks like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's national flag. In the tournament's first come-from-behind victory, Xhaka made it 1-1 in the 52nd minute with a powerful shot through a crowded penalty. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles, while the fingers look like the feathers. Shaqiri was born in Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008. The gesture is likely to inflame tensions among Serb nationalists and ethnic Albanians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump: Some said they didn't even know where their children were, according to CTV. Others said they had been deported without them. Parents who remained locked up struggled to get in touch with children being held in many cases hundreds of miles away. Trump himself took a hard line on the crisis, accusing the Democrats of telling phoney stories of sadness and grief. A senior Trump administration official said that about 500 of the more than 2,300 children taken from their families at the border in recent weeks have been reunited since May. We cannot allow our country to be overrun by illegal immigrants, he tweeted. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s .,: I thought it again this week.U.S. Attorney-General Jeff Sessions wrote Tuesday, about Latino refugee kids jailed apart from their parents These children are well cared for, according to Rabble. In fact, they get better care than a lot of American kids do plenty of food, education in their language, health and dental care at taxpayer expense. I've often wished I'd asked what she meant. That's close to saying they're better off imprisoned in the U.S., and should be grateful. Economist Karl Polanyi wrote that Africans transported to the Americas as slaves, as well as Indigenous North American peoples forced onto reserves or reservations, may have gained higher living standards by some measures, but so what Uprooting them from the social and cultural contexts that made sense of their lives and showered them with care, all but destroyed them, or did so. It's a deep misunderstanding, not just of what kids need but what everyone needs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tolerance policy: A look at the latest developments CONFUSION ON THE BORDERarticle continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Bank on road closures in Vancouver for June 24 half marathon Cannabis dispensaries get real Oct. 17, 2018; municipal leaders can't wait Canadian winemakers uncork ad campaign to 'Free My Grapes'Trump's order to stop separating migrant children from their parents spread confusion along the border, with officials sending conflicting signals about the state of the administration's zero tolerance policy, according to Vancouver Courier. Some parents said they did not even know where their children were. Trump himself took a hard line on the crisis, accusing the Democrats of telling phoney stories of sadness and grief. Others said they had been deported without them.A senior administration official said that about 500 of the more than 2,300 children taken from their families at the border in recent weeks have been reunited since May. The federal public defender's office for the region that covers El Paso to San Antonio said Thursday that federal prosecutors would be dismissing cases in which parents were charged with illegally entering the country and separated from their children. There were also signs that the administration was dialing back, at least for now, its zero tolerance policy of prosecuting all adults caught crossing into the U.S. illegally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country agreement: I think that the evidence is clear and has been since the creation of the Safe Third Country Agreement in 2004 that the United States is not a safe country for refugees, she said, according to National Observer. The United States' standards for refugee protection fall short of what the 'safe third' agreement requires for designation of a country as safe. Efrat Arbel is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and was lead investigator on a Harvard Law School examination of the agreement in 2013. ; She believes strongly that Canada should never have signed onto the agreement and should absolutely suspend it now, especially in light of recent policy changes in the United States regarding asylum seekers. The Safe Third Country agreement is based on the core principle that people seeking refugee protection must file their claim in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for one of a few exceptions. So, if an asylum seeker comes to Canada at an official border crossing from the United States and tries to claim refugee protection, they will be refused entry and encouraged to make their claim in the United States - the safe country from which they just came. The other core tenet is that Canada considers the United States a safe country for refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.