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Countries woo rich Chinese with citizenship abroad

Wealthy Chinese are on a global shopping spree. Along with handbags, art and condos, they're also buying foreign visas.

What America thinks about immigrants (two charts)

That was the question Pew Research asked pollsters regarding how to handle immigrants who are living in the United States illegally. The results: 7 in 10 said undocumented immigrants should be able to stay legally while 27 percent said they should leave.

Obama to push Congress for immigration overhaul, report says

The President is expected to announce his plan, perhaps at his State of the Union address next month.

British look in the mirror, shocked by what they see

LONDON — At the Bestco International supermarket on central Edgware Road, British customers can stock up on staples of Twinings tea and HP sauce. Muslims can buy freshly butchered halal chicken, while homesick Poles can buy distinctly non-halal pork kielbasa imported from Silesia. The store is typical for catering to the various nationalities that have recently flocked here. Unscientific as it is, the snapshot reflects a more detailed picture that emerged last month when the government published the results of its first census in a decad.

Brazil ballot: Scores of foreigners run for office in local elections

SAO PAULO — In Brazil, it’s not unusual to see “Taliban” run for election. That is, after all, Farvardin Asazadeh Asgarabadi’s nickname. The 45-year-old merchant living in the Sao Paulo town of Pindamonhangaba is originally from Iran, but is now running for city councilman in his new home.

Russia's xenophobia problem

MOSCOW — There was a Congolese man, stabbed on the Moscow metro. And a Muslim girl, beaten with a bat by three teenage boys, who told her to get out of their northern Russian city, Kondopog. But perhaps the most disturbing recent example of racial violence was the murder of Muslim activist Metin Mekhtiyev, who was knifed in the neck and face outside his building in central Moscow earlier this month. Xenophobia toward non-whites is rising in Russia, especially toward migrant workers from Central Asia and the restive North Caucasus region, where unemployment is rampant.

Haiti earthquake refugees flee to Brazil

BRASILEIA — The sudden and unprecedented arrival of thousands of Haitians has triggered a nationwide debate on immigration.

In Europe, migration history repeats itself

Back in the days of empire have-nots used to head out to the colonies. Guess what? They are doing it again. Although the colonies are now independent, prosperous nations
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If you were a young unemployed Portuguese person moving to Rio in the former colony of Brazil must seem like a no-brainer (ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)
Back in the days of empire have nots used to head out to the colonies. Guess what? They are doing it again - although the colonies are now prosperous, independent nations
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Mexico bats against Utah law

Mexican governments backs up U.S. federal action
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Migrant workers: feeling the heat (John Moore/AFP/Getty Images)
The Mexican government again waded into the cauldron of U.S. immigration politics, this time over a law in Utah. On Tuesday, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department announced it had presented a motion supporting the U.S. federal government in attempts to declare the Utah law unconstitutional.
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