A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.
John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper reports.
"I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the newspaper.
The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, he said, and not a patchwork of state laws.
Showing posts with label ICE BREAKERS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ICE BREAKERS. Show all posts
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
50 SHIPS ARE STUCK IN ICE IN THE BALTIC SEA
About 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands of people, are stuck in ice in the Baltic Sea, Swedish maritime authorities said.
"Around 50 commercial vessels are waiting for help from ice breakers (and) we have had as many as six large passenger ferries stuck, but have managed to free two of them," Johny Lindvall of the Swedish Maritime Administration's ice breaker unit said.
Mr Lindvall said he had not seen a situation with so many ships stuck at once since the mid-1980s.
Five of the six ferries stuck were shuttling passengers between Sweden and Finland, while the Regal Star ferry, which had been stuck since midnight local time on Wednesday (10am AEST Thursday), had been on its way to Estonia, he said.
Sweden's TT news agency first reported that the two largest ferries, the Isabella and the Amorella, were in total carrying 2630 passengers, but later revised the number to 1841.
The Isabella has been freed, while the Amorella and the Regal Star were among the ferries that are still stuck, Mr Lindvall said.
Viking Line head Jan Kaarstroem told TT that his company's ferries were well equipped to handle ice and that all the passengers were safe.
Two ice breakers are in the area where the ferries are stuck, while a third is on its way after helping commercial vessels further north in the Bay of Bothnia, Mr Lindvall said.
"Around 50 commercial vessels are waiting for help from ice breakers (and) we have had as many as six large passenger ferries stuck, but have managed to free two of them," Johny Lindvall of the Swedish Maritime Administration's ice breaker unit said.
Mr Lindvall said he had not seen a situation with so many ships stuck at once since the mid-1980s.
Five of the six ferries stuck were shuttling passengers between Sweden and Finland, while the Regal Star ferry, which had been stuck since midnight local time on Wednesday (10am AEST Thursday), had been on its way to Estonia, he said.
Sweden's TT news agency first reported that the two largest ferries, the Isabella and the Amorella, were in total carrying 2630 passengers, but later revised the number to 1841.
The Isabella has been freed, while the Amorella and the Regal Star were among the ferries that are still stuck, Mr Lindvall said.
Viking Line head Jan Kaarstroem told TT that his company's ferries were well equipped to handle ice and that all the passengers were safe.
Two ice breakers are in the area where the ferries are stuck, while a third is on its way after helping commercial vessels further north in the Bay of Bothnia, Mr Lindvall said.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
