Immigration into the province was eased tremendously by the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway's transcontinental line in 1880s.

* In April 2004, Beverly Hughes was forced to resign as minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Counter Terrorism when it was shown that she had been informed of procedural improprieties concerning the granting of visas to certain categories of workers from Eastern Europe.

Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 — shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle — and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923 — leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947.

After the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed, which greatly restricted immigration and allowed processing at overseas embassies, the only immigrants to pass through the station were displaced persons or war refugees.

The station's new Main Building, which now houses the Immigration Museum, was opened in 1900.

Immigration continued even after Minorca was returned to Spain in 1802 by the Treaty of Amiens )

Immigration from Spain and intermarriage with Spaniards from the surrounding Spanish towns was a constant feature of Gibraltar's history until the then Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, closed the border with Gibraltar in 1969, cutting off many Gibraltarians from their relatives on the Spanish side of the frontier.

As Minister for Immigration ( 1949 – 1956 ), Holt was responsible for the relaxation of the White Australia policy and as Treasurer under Menzies he initiated major fiscal reforms including the establishment of the Reserve Bank of Australia and launched and guided the process to convert Australia to decimal currency.

He was appointed to the prestigious portfolios of Minister for Labour and National Service ( 1949 – 1958 ; he had previously served in this portfolio 1940 – 41 ) and Minister for Immigration ( 1949 – 1956 ), by which time he was being touted in the press as a " certain successor to Menzies and a potential Prime Minister ".

Mihdhar was placed on a CIA watchlist on August 21, 2001, and a note was sent on August 23 to the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS ) suggesting that Mihdhar and Hazmi be added to their watchlists.

Jean Asselborn ( LSAP ) was appointed as the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.

The law concerned was Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, brought in by the Labour Party government of 2005-2010.

The DOJ acted under the authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which had authorized a registration system but was allowed to lapse in the 1980's because of budget concerns.

In his review, psychologist Franz Samelson wrote that Gould was wrong in asserting that the psychometric results of the intelligence tests administered to soldier-recruits by the U. S. Army contributed to the legislation of the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924.

* May 24 – The Immigration Act of 1924 was signed into law in the United States, including the Asian Exclusion Act.

Immigration policy was liberalised, allowing an influx of immigrants from Asia.

Immigration continued until, in the early 13th century, it was the most populous city in the Giudicato of Torres, and its last capital.

The Immigration Act of 1924 was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans, especially Jews, Italians and Slavs, who had begun to enter the country in large numbers beginning in the 1890s.

The convention was influential in the following administrative Law decision of Baker v. Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration ).

In 1994, the Court of Appeal dismissed the suggestion that the Minister for Immigration and his department were at liberty to ignore the convention, arguing that this would imply that the country's adherence was ' at least partly window-dressing '.

He was taken to the Immigration Detention House on Angel Island, where he was detained for two months, despite having his California birth certificate.

Dr. Lesi Korovavala, Chief Executive Officer of the Immigration Department described Moon's doctrines as " misleading, repugnant and divisive ," said that his visit would not be conducive to " peace, good order, public safety and public morality ," and concluded that he was " not a fit and proper person to enter the country.

Immigration was a big issue in Germany and prompted hip-hop artists, who were children of immigrants, to use rap and hip hop as a way to defend themselves in their country.

The issue became moot on October 5, 2010, when King was released from county jail and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Immigration is a hot-button issue in the 8th, which takes up about half of Arizona's share of the Mexican border.

The Immigration Department also utilises Terminal 2 building for issue of passports and local documentation.

The removal from the Citizenship and Immigration website occurred in the same month that its multi-party counterpart, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration was debating that issue: On February 12, 2009, that multi-party committee passed, for the second time, a non-binding motion reaffirming Parliament's earlier ( June 2008 ) vote which recommended that the government let Iraq War resisters stay in Canada.

This is often confused with the issue of internment, which was actually handled by the Justice Department's Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS ) and affected all citizens of countries at war with the United States in any location.

* Blackpool Revisited, ( calling for an examination of the Immigration issue ), in Right Ahead, Monday Club newspaper, October 1985 Conservative Party Conference issue

The next day, which was the day before the issue of writs for the 2001 federal election, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock announced that passengers of SIEV 4 had threatened to throw children overboard.

The case of Iraq war resisters clearly became more than a legal issue when Canadian government lawyers entered the situation and presented arguments to the Immigration and Refugee Board adjudicator just prior to this precedent-setting hearing.

Twelve years after the promulgation of the regulations at issue in Haig v. Agee, Congress enacted section § 707 ( b ) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (), amending § 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act making it unlawful to travel abroad without a passport.

Beck's April 1994 article in the Atlantic Monthly, " The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau ," brought national media attention and commentary to the issue of mass immigration.

The issue of this certificate does not confer a right on the holder to the protection of British diplomatic or consular representatives abroad, nor does it exempt the holder from the provisions of the Hong Kong Immigration Ordinance Chapter 115.

Noted legislative achievements during this phase of the Civil Rights Movement were passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964, that banned discrimination based on " race, color, religion, or national origin " in employment practices and public accommodations ; the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that restored and protected voting rights ; the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, that dramatically opened entry to the U. S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups ; and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, that banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

During his eight years in the U. S. Senate, Fairbanks served as a key adviser to McKinley during the Spanish-American War and was also the Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

* Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar-President Obama's Advisor on Immigration policy during the campaign and the transition, an attorney and professor of law at Stanford University.

The State of Maine had appointed William W. Thomas, Jr., who had served as American Consul in Sweden during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, to be State Immigration Commissioner.

The State of Maine had appointed William W. Thomas, Jr., who had served as American Consul in Sweden during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, to be State Immigration Commissioner.

One innovative feature that has never been abrogated even during the days since 9 / 11, is that people entering the Park from either side may have the unique experience of strolling to the opposite park's boundary amid flowers, ponds, and works of art, without having to go through Immigration, thus truly making the Park a place of bi-national mingling.

Despite the stated serious nature of the situation Osho never sought outside medical treatment during his time in the United States, leading the Immigration and Naturalization Service to believe that he had a preconceived intent to remain there.

Congress was able to overturn an executive order by passing legislation in conflict with it during the period of 1939 to 1983 until the Supreme Court ruled in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha that the " legislative veto " represented " the exercise of legislative power " without " bicameral passage followed by presentment to the President.

However, during the January 2004 visit to Eastern Europe by Australian Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Philip Ruddock, Australian-Russian relationships were strengthened while both nations committed to a timetable for reductions in Russian human trafficking into Australia.

Immigration continued in very large numbers during the 19th century, with some eight million arrivals from Germany.

Gutiérrez was a member of the Judiciary Committee during the 110th and 111th Congress, serving on the Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Subcommittee.

It is next to the new Immigration Department on one side and the old tax offices on the other, so there can be delays during rush hour.

Immigration, most of it from Latin America and Asia, swelled during the 1990s, laying the groundwork for great changes in the demographic makeup of the U. S. population in coming decades, such as Hispanics replacing African-Americans as the largest minority.

Most large homes, though, became tenement housing during the wave of Immigration in Argentina from Europe, between 1875 and 1930.

In the Howard Government, Andrews served as Minister for Ageing from 26 November 2001 to 7 October 2003, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 7 October 2003 to 30 January 2007 during which time he implemented controversial WorkChoices labour market reforms, and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship from there on until the defeat of the incumbent government at the November 2007 election.

Klees increased his profile during the campaign, and is currently the Progressive Conservative Critic for Education and Citizenship & Immigration in the Legislature as well as a member of the Justice Committee.

Opposition MPs argued that this figure was excessive, and noted that Volpe's meal expenses were more than three times higher than his predecessor as Immigration Minister, Judy Sgro, during the same period a year earlier.

* not have been in breach of the Immigration Rules at any stage during the five-year period.

He served at various times during the ministries of Pierre Trudeau and John Turner as Minister of Labour, Minister of the Environment, Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration.

As the Alliance's parliamentary critic for Immigration, Mark was responsible for expressing his party's position on the Liberal government's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which he did during the immigration controversy involving the Sklarzyk family who, as a result of an administrative error, was deported from Canada to Poland in May 2001.

Politically, Biocchi was the Green Party of Canada's Citizenship and Immigration critic during the 2004 federal election, running as their candidate in the riding of Ottawa — Orléans.

For much of its operation during the time the facility was an immigration detention centre, it was run by Australasian Correctional Management ( ACM ), a subsidiary of Wackenhut Security Corporation, under a contract with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.