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ARRIAGA, Mexico: For thousands of illegal immigrants from Central America, the long journey to the U.S. starts here, on the groaning back of a freight train they call The Beast. But these days many don't get too far. Central Americans without documents ...

H-1B visa exemptions for foreign-born students who received advanced degrees from U.S. schools. USCIS accepted the petitions for five days, beginning on April 1-7. During that period, the agency received 'a high number' of petitions, although it hasn't ...

WASHINGTON: The White House on Wednesday distanced itself from the US ambassador to Iraq?s statement that Al Qaeda on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border is a greater threat than Al Qaeda in Iraq. ?The president is concerned about both, but I have not ...

LOS ANGELES (AP)--Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is asking federal officials to rethink their policy on workplace immigration crackdowns that involve established businesses and to focus on employers that mistreat workers instead. The mayor said ...

Editor's note: This story was updated with final applicant numbers on April 10, 2008. The U.S. government said Tuesday that it has received more than enough petitions for H-1B visas to meet the annual cap for the 2009 federal fiscal year, requiring it to ...

Criticism by federal legislators is mounting against Indian outsourcing firms that use the H-1B visa foreign worker program to staff their U.S. operations. Critics claim that the Indian firms skirt regulations and use the visas to train workers in the ...

The internet has been quoting an article entitled 'Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran Border' published by RIA Novosti allegedly on March 27, 2008. The date of this article is mistaken. Information Clearing House posted it on March ...

veritable flood of applications for the 85,000 H-1B visas on offer for fiscal 2009, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that it would hold a computer-generated random selection to determine the recipients. As the five-day filing ...

The girl's parents apologized for their daughter in a written statement. They did not return requests for comment. 'I see that my daughter was not assaulted and put the marks on her body,' Shera Bowers, the girl's mother, wrote. J.R. Bowers, the girl's ...

Voorhis hugged teary-eyed supporters who cheered as the verdict was read. Pointing to an American flag pin on his lapel, Voorhis told one supporter, 'This is what I represent.' His attorney, Bill Taylor, later said the verdict restores Voorhis' ...

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SODERTALJE, Sweden -- Behind the wheel of his old Ford Escort, Oshin Merzoian puttered happily along snowy streets. Back home in Baghdad, he said, he always drove at crazy speeds to avoid killers and kidnappers. But here in 'Little Baghdad,' as this city ...

US Immigration authorities have received enough applications for the H-1B visas coveted by Indian high-tech professionals surpassing the 65,000 annual quota within a week and a random lottery will pick the successful aspirants. Announcing that the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - As conservative groups in mainstream and grassroots America press for tighter legislation on immigration, some business and economic experts question the wisdom of purging illegal immigrants and restricting immigration into the country ...

SAN FRANCISCO - As conservative groups in mainstream and grassroots America press for tighter legislation on immigration, some business and economic experts question the wisdom of purging illegal immigrants and restricting immigration into the country ...

DALLAS Surveillance cameras at Athens Middle School show Melanie Bowers, 13, purposefully making scratch marks on her face and arms in a hallway after a classmate took her poster in a 'snatch-and-grab' style, Athens school Superintendent Fred Hayes said. ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. authorities said Tuesday they had received too many applications for a visa program for skilled workers for the coming year, meaning a random lottery will determine the winners. The surpassing of the 65,000 annual quota for the H-1B ...

From correspondents in Ontario, Canada, 10:00 AM IST The Canadian government survived a confidence motion when the main opposition Liberal party voted with it on a controversial immigration amendment. The amendment was part of the budget implementation ...

I have some good news to report: Washington finally is getting serious about building a border fence. Some $23 million has been allocated for engineering teams that will focus on smuggling tunnels and building a sturdier, impregnable border fence. The ...