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Large U.S.-based technology companies and Indian IT outsourcing firms are paying close attention to proposed legislation aimed at tightening restrictions on and increasing oversight of the non-immigrant professional visas they use to place foreign ...

(CNN) -- An Arizona man caught leaving water bottles in the desert for illegal immigrants has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service and a year of probation, an aid group said. Walt Staton, a member of the group No More Deaths, left full water ...

President Barack Obama hopes to see a bill creating a pathway for illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens crafted by the end of the year and enacted in 2010. Obama touched on immigration reform during his summit this week in Mexico with Mexican ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an U.S. government media outlet. Rahman Bunairee, a reporter with the Voice of America who has been targeted by Taliban militants, was detained Sunday at ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Russia should respect Georgia's borders, a US State Department spokesman said Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Abkhazia military and financial support. Putin went to Abkhazia on Wednesday on his first visit ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. and Mexican officials signed an agreement on Thursday meant to help stem the illegal flow of U.S.-made guns and ammunition that has allowed Mexican drug gangs to kill their rivals in record numbers. The letter of ...

U.S. Immigration officials have detained a Pakistani journalist employed by the U.S.-sponsored Voice of America radio service who was hoping to find refuge in the United States after Islamic militants in Pakistan destroyed his home and threatened his ...

U.S. Immigration officials have detained a Pakistani journalist employed by the U.S.-sponsored Voice of America radio service who was hoping to find refuge in the United States after Islamic militants in Pakistan destroyed his home and threatened his ...

(CNN) -- An Arizona man caught leaving water bottles in the desert for illegal immigrants has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service and a year of probation, an aid group said. Walt Staton, a member of the group No More Deaths, left full water ...

The H-1B visa is a United States program designed to allow employers to hire skilled workers from abroad on a temporary basis. Typically, the work should require at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent. H-1B occupations include computer ...