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WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama hopes to launch an effort to overhaul US immigration policy this year, but the economic crisis is likely to push the process beyond 2009, the White House said on Thursday. 'There are a lot of things on his plate and a ...

WASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama is dispatching a Cabinet member and a top Homeland Security adviser to visit communities on the U.S. border with Mexico. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...

Its brave of President Obama, and admirable, to embark on a task at which Bill Clinton and George W. Bush failed. One of his next targets, his team has said, will be to try to legalise 12 million illegal immigrants, in the middle of a savage recession ...

BANGALORE: The slump in demand for IT, combined with protectionist pressures in the US, has led to a dramatic decline in the demand for H-1B visas. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has just announced it has received only 32,500 ...

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. KIRAN CHETRY, CNN ANCHOR: That's right. Good morning, and thanks for being with us on this Thursday, April 9th. I'm Kiran Chetry, along with T.J. Holmes in for John ...

The White House is planning to start addressing the nation's immigration system as early as May, two senior administration officials said Thursday. President Obama will rely on a bipartisan, diverse group of experts to help build the framework for ...

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A recent alleges that some American companies may be that allows them to hire foreign professionals in the U.S. The article states that 'Analysts say it is part of a wave of mounting anger in the United States over work visas, especially at a time when ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 8 it has received enough H-1B applications to meet the congressionally mandated cap of 85,000 H-1B visas for fiscal year 2009. The H-1B visas are given to foreign workers in ...

WASHINGTON: After US President Barack Obama's much-publicized international trip and his weeks-long focus on the financial system, the president told Americans yesterday that his administration has at least three more key items on its domestic policy ...

Opening a debate he admits is both 'controversial' and 'emotional', Barack Obama signalled his intention to overhaul America's immigration system yesterday, finally creating a means for the nation's millions of illegal residents to become fully-fledged ...

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Only enough applicants to fill half of the allocated H1-B slots have applied for the foreign worker visa, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The applications are accepted beginning on April 1, and normally the quota fills within a ...

Compared to the number of domestic transactions, cross-border payments can be characterised by relatively low transaction volumes and high associated fixed costs. The cross-border service offering from the Federal Reserve Banks and Equens will support ...

BURNABY, BC, April 9 /CNW/ - With less than 60 days before the new requirement to show a passport when entering the U.S. by land and sea, BCAA is recommending travellers needing a passport apply as soon as possible to avoid potential inconvenience and ...

The US says it is yet to receive enough H-1B petitions to reach the cap of 65,000, stipulated for fiscal 2010 For FY2010, USCIS has reportedly received just about half the applications it needs for the 65,000 general slots New Delhi, April 9 The US ...

Despite formidable economic and foreign policy challenges on his to-do list, the president will next month signal his intention to grasp one of the most contentious issues in America with a speech setting out a plan for a major overhaul of laws governing ...

ng the reaction to official news that President Obama is planning to take on immigration reform as early as this spring. The response this afternoon from a national coalition of Christian organizations and churches was interesting in light of the ...

Article Rating: / 2 Rate This Article: Poor Best Add This Article To: Digg this Del.icio.us Slashdot Y! My Web E-mail Print Furl Google Simpy Spurl! PDF Version Initial demand for H-1B visas is the slowest in years, according to the U.S. Bureau of ...

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