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CTSept2007.qxd 9/6/07 8:54 PM Page 1 PRESORTED SEPTEMBER 2007 STANDARD ® U.S. POSTAGE PAID MIAMI, FL PERMIT NO. 7315 Tel: (305) 238-2868 1-800-605-7516 [email protected] [email protected] W e cover your world Vol. 18 No. 10 Jamaica: 654-7282 THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING NEWS MAGAZINE Caribbean- born legislators in the U.S., like New York State Assemblyman Nick Perry, say the Bush administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants could send thousands of Caribbean nationals further into the underground economy, page 2. The U.S. Citizenship and ~ Bruce Golding leads the Immigration Services is urging Opposition JLP to a close Caribbean and other immi- election victory over the PNP, grants with green cards with- out expiration dates to imme- ending the incumbent’s 18-year, diately replace them or face four-term run in government of penalties, including hefty fines the Caribbean island, page 5. and jail time, page 4. Champions of the World Outstanding Caribbean athletes Donald Thomas, left, of The Bahamas, and If the predictions of Colorado Jamaica’s Veronica State University Professor Campbell won gold William Gray and his forecasting team are correct, the destruction medals at the IAAF caused by Hurricane Dean last World Championships month may be the tip of the of Athletics, page 25. proverbial iceberg that the Caribbean can expect this year, page 7. CALL CARIBBEAN TODAY DIRECT FROM JAMAICA 654-7282 INSIDE News ....................................2 Local....................................11 Arts/Entertainment............15 FYI ........................................18 Feature ..................................7 Food ....................................12 Education/Youth ................16 Networking ........................20 Viewpoint ............................9 Health..................................13 Tourism/Travel ..................17 Sport ...................................25 CTSept2007.qxd 9/6/07 8:54 PM Page 2 2 CARIBBEAN TODAY September 2007 www.caribbeantoday.com NEWS New U.S. immigration rules concern Caribbean legislators NELSON KING City Council’s think they will be able to do Caribbean and economy would suffer more Committee on that because a lot of American other immi- than immigrants, because many NEW YORK – Caribbean leg- Immigration, businesses depend on immigrants. immigrants take jobs that most islators here say the Bush told the grants to get their jobs done. Michael Americans refuse to do. administration’s crackdown on Caribbean “These people take advan- Chertoff, sec- “A lot of these jobs would illegal immigrants in the Media tage of immigrants in any retary of the go begging,” he said. “How United States could send thou- Corporation case,” he added. U.S. many Americans would want sands of Caribbean nationals (CMC) that Homeland to do landscaping, how many Washington’s CONCERNS Security Americans would want to pick further into the underground Stewart economy. Perry latest initiative The George W. Bush Department, fruits and work on farms in Jamaican-born New York could do more administration’s new rules, and Carlos M. Florida and upstate New York State Assemblyman Nick harm than good to the U.S. unveiled last month, have been Gutierrez, secretary of com- and other places? Perry, a member of the economy. greeted with a wave of new merce, minced no words in “American labor com- Assembly’s Task Force on New “Are they going to make concerns about labor shortages. telling reporters that the meas- plains that immigrants are rob- Immigrants, and St. Vincent this a consistent policy?” asked The rules seek to consolidate ures essentially seek to bing Americans of jobs, but do and the Grenadines-born New Perry, who represents the large- enforcement against employers strengthen border security and they really want to do the jobs YorkRU090207AA_5_56x10 City Councilman Dr. 8/28/07 ly10:23 Caribbean AM Page 58th Assembly1 and toughen penalties for hir- force illegal immigrants out of that most immigrants do?” he Kendall Stewart, chair of the District in Brooklyn. “I don’t ing undocumented or illegal the job market. added. The U.S. officials said under Stewart said that the Bush the new rules, employers have administration is “pandering to 90 days to reconcile any discrep- the conservatives,” describing ancies between Social Security the new rules as “terrible” and numbers furnished by workers “a disgrace. and the records of the U.S. “I will try to do a hearing Social Security Administration. shortly to see if we can, at least, condemn the Bush ™ SUFFER administration in the City But Perry said the U.S. NEW WORKLIFE REWARDS (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) BIGGER, BETTER AND MORE ‘Hurricane Dean’ pummels Caribbean, REWARDING THAN EVER! leaves death, destruction in its wake powerful hurricane emergency after the hurricane, GET ploughed through the which was lifted several days ACaribbean last month, later. causing deaths and destruction The southern tip of Haiti BACK of property in several countries bore the brunt of Hurricane across the region. 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