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The federal government is charging four Somalis with fraudulently obtaining green cards via the visa lottery and chain migration, and will deport them if they are found guilty. “We cannot tolerate fraud, deception, and abuse of our legal immigration system,” said a November 6 statement from Elaine Duke, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security. “Fraudulently obtained citizenship is an affront to our American values, the rule of law, and all those who honestly attained their immigration status.” “Deterring, detecting, and investigating U.S. passport and U.S. visa fraud are essential to protecting the integrity of consular processes and safeguarding our national security,” said Carl Risch, and assistant secretary of state. Officials did not state if the four people have used their alleged fraud to sponsor other migrants. But prior government reports suggest that fraud was nearly universal among Somalis seeking to bring supposed family members into the United … [Read more...] about Feds Charge Somalis With Visa-Lottery, Chain Migration Fraud

First it was toilet paper. Then flour. Then eggs. Will meat be next? Over the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed consumers hoarding food and panic buying in supermarkets. Experts were quick to reassure us that our supply chains are strong and that missing items would soon find their way back onto the grocery shelves. This has largely been true. The toilet paper, the flour and the eggs are slowly reappearing. However, it is growing increasingly clear that the challenge to food availability is not only consumer anxiety and increasing demand. Cracks are emerging on the supply side. COVID-19 has shone a light onto the invisible labour that gets our food from farm to fork. The temporary foreign workers who harvest our food, the employees at processing facilities who prepare and package our food, the truckers who transport it, the grocery store clerks who run the cash and stock shelves. Also caught in the COVID-19 crossfire are workers in Canada’s abattoirs and meat processing plants. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 disruption reveals challenges in our meat supply

OTTAWA—Low-income earners face the biggest threat as the Canadian food system gets battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say, with demand at food banks soaring and millions claiming emergency aid from the federal government. Daily Bread Food Bank, an agency that supplies nearly 200 food programs in Toronto, has seen requests at its main hub skyrocket over the past month, from about 120 families seeking food each day to more than 300 — an increase that chief executive Neil Hetherington said is “completely unheard of.” Nationwide, demand has jumped by 20 per cent on average, with spikes of 30 per cent in Winnipeg and 40 per cent in New Brunswick, said Chris Hatch, chief executive officer of Food Banks Canada, an umbrella charity that supports 3,000 food banks across the country. In the past two weeks, web traffic to the group’s online food bank location portal has exploded to 700 per cent higher than the same time last year, Hatch said. The surge in food requests comes as … [Read more...] about Demand spikes at food banks as Canadians lose income to COVID-19

After carrying the weight of the global economy since World War II with little fanfare, the lowly shipping pallet is finally commanding some respect. Demand for the platforms used to haul nearly every consumer good or industrial ingredient is soaring amid a surge in e-commerce, forcing retailers and manufacturers to expand warehouses or pile inventories higher. At the same time, two keys to production – cheap lumber and labour – are scarce, and even nail costs are rising. The result: pallet prices have hit record highs, according to a US Labour Department index, and European gauges show big jumps from the UK to Germany. The market may stay hot through the peak construction season in the springtime and as Covid-19 vaccines help revive restaurants and event venues – adding to inflationary pressures rippling across supply chains. “Supply is just barely keeping up with demand,” said Howe Wallace, chairman and CEO of PalletOne Inc, a Bartow, Florida-based producer with facilities … [Read more...] about The forgotten shipping pallet is staging a pandemic-era rally

The Indian economy is in a better shape as compared to the previous COVID-19 wave witnessed last year because of vaccines , Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian said on Friday. Speaking at an event organised by e-commerce major Amazon, he said uncertainty is much lower this time but people should be cautious. "There is a second wave therefore people should be careful about it and follow all regulations. But overall compared to the previous episode, we are in a better shape because the vaccine is out and the vaccination drive is proceeding. So uncertainty is much lower," he said. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, India went in for one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, leading to a massive contraction of about 24 per cent in GDP. Beginning March this year, the second wave started rearing its head with a sudden jump in cases, forcing many states to go for localised restrictions to break the COVID-19 chain. India added a record 2,17,353 … [Read more...] about Indian economy in better shape compared to previous COVID-19 wave: CEA