Immigration News from around the Web

Editor's Note: Realizing that the immigration wars have trickled down into state legislatures and even county boards, those who advocate for immigrants have begun weaving together coalitions to have their voices heard. These groups may include business, ...

A year ago, Yunis Sandivar's travel agency in Arlington County was doing a brisk business in round-trip holiday tickets to Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala and El Salvador. This season, she says, those ticket sales have fallen by 40 percent compared with last ...

(Computerworld) Several companies have alerted investors that a changing U.S. political environment could limit access to H-1B and L-1 visas, which they say could hurt their businesses. In filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ...

By Keith A. Pabian Since Barack Obamas November 5th victory in the presidential election, immigration advocates are optimistic that comprehensive immigration reform will take place under President-Elect Barack Obama. But how optimistic should these ...

Sinn Fin Newry and Mourne Councillor Pat McGinn commenting on the continuing plight of the undocumented Irish in America has said that many Irish emigrants will not be experiencing the joy of travelling home for Christmas to visit their loved ones. ...

Yourland PHOENIX-The United States Citizen and Immigration Services has become the first major tenant to take space in Yourland, a mixed-use redevelopment near Sky Harbor International Airport. The government agency has taken down 50,000 square feet ...

LOS ANGELES - For two decades, Anaheim businessman Erkan Aydin has taken on a task unimaginable for most immigrants such as himself: trying to convince the US government that he was here illegally. Aydin, 50, arrived in the United States from his native ...

Saturday The US Ambassador to Sofia Nancy McEldowney announced Saturday there was a trend showing that the number of visa refusals in the American Consulate in Sofia was in fact going up rather than going down. Thus, Bulgaria was still far from being ...

A wood pallet recycling company caught in a national crackdown on hiring illegal immigrants has agreed to pay a record sum of almost $21 million to settle charges lodged by federal prosecutors in upstate New York. Several senior managers of IFCO Systems ...

To better serve the American citizen community in Venezuela, the US Embassy's American Citizen Services Unit is launching a new appointment system for most non-emergency passport and citizenship services. The Embassy reported that from January 5, 2009, ...