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This year, the USCIS is struggling to fill up the 65,000 H-1B visas as mandated by the US Congress ...

(EFE via COMTEX) -- (Updates with identity of former U.S. soldier killed at motel) ).- Seven men were gunned down in separate incidents in Ciudad Juarez, located just across the border from El Paso, Texas, including four killed at a motel, one of whom ...

view results WASHINGTON -- will not immediately begin enforcement this month of a new rule requiring exporters and carriers to stipulate on electronic manifests nearly the exact amount of residual chemicals inside portable tank containers. According ...

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Computerworld - The U.S. government late last month filed a new, expanded 18-count indictment that now seeks $4.9 million from a New Jersey IT services firm it has accused of fraudulently using H-1B visas. The government alleges that South Plainfield, ...

Hundreds of U.S. criminals and lawbreakers are being banned from Canada now that criminal-record checks are the norm at Windsor-Detroit border crossings, immigration officials say. The number of applications for Rehabilitation and Temporary Resident ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ' A Tennessee sheriff is balking at renewing his departments participation in a program that lets local authorities enforce federal immigration laws because new rules could keep secret basic information about whos being detained. ...

Many people worry that health care changes could leave taxpayers footing medical bills for illegal immigrants. Member ID orE-Mail Address: Password: Remember me on this computer. ...

Heritage Lecture #1132 Chair Sandra Harwood, Vice Chair Mark Schneider, Ranking Member Matthew Dolan, and committee members--thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts and answer your questions to the best of my ability. The topic of this ...

By August end, USCIS had received nearly 50,000 visas, five months after opening the counters, a far cry from the days not so long ago when visas used to get exhausted within 48 to 96 hours ...

In an attempt to better understand and target organized retail crime activity, the National Retail Federation announced a new partnership with the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read the release. (09/04) ...

American Apparel terminated 1,600 workers in its Los Angeles operations after the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement examined company records and ruled the employees ineligible to work in the U.S. The company's owner says when workers get proper ...

Next week, government contractors will have to verify the citizenship of their employees by entering them into a database. But the process comes with its share of costs and complications. John Dimsdale reports. U.S. passports (IStockphoto) More on Jobs, ...

The United States hopes Kazbegi-Zemo Larsi border crossing point on Georgia-Russia border will be reopened and the two countries will be able to resume commercial and tourist links in the future, the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi said. The statement was made ...

MEXICO CITY --Mexico's Health Department says it will launch a pilot program to encourage migrants working in the United States to sign up their families in Mexico for the Mexican government's low-income health insurance program. The department says the ...

By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Jeff L. Khurgel Foreign Workers seeking employment in the United States are currently experiencing burdensome scrutiny on the part of some overreaching immigration officers, lengthy backlogs, and senseless allocation of ...

is Labor Day. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in 1882 to pay tribute to American workers. We recognize and pay tribute to all workers in the US - both documented and undocumented - who work hard everyday to contribute to our great country. We ...

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Early one morning last June, fully two hours before his appointment, Mustafa Salih arrived at a federal office here in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. He wore the new suit he had bought for the occasion. A friend, accompanying him, carried a camera to ...

By Read the Original Article at // targetAction rating 0 ) else U.S. and Mexican agencies will work together to build a voice, data, and video network that will be used for cross-border public safety and law enforcement. An agreement signed this week ...