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Since the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2009 was introduced in Congress this spring, business and political leaders on both sides of the non-immigrant visa issue have interpreted the bill to support their respective causes. Thus, the proposed ...

Previous Issues Comment Detention Shame The New York Times reports 'More than one in 10 deaths in immigration detention in the last six years have been overlooked and were omitted from an official list of detainee fatalities issued to Congress in March, ...

NEW DELHI Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said Tuesday he will cut back on visits to the United States, especially with his family, after he was questioned by immigration officials at a New York-area airport. Khan was taken aside at Newark's Liberty ...

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U.S. immigration officials say they have discovered the records of 10 previously unreported deaths of immigrants detained in U.S. custody since 2003. Eight of the dead were Cuban nationals, one was from Ecuador and one from Mexico. The American Civil ...

om the Obama administration this week illustrate the nuanced approach the new White House regime is showing on immigration enforcement. First: The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday the agency is no longer using arrest quotas in a ...

LANSING, Mich., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is urging the House Judiciary Committee to reject a series of bills on its agenda tomorrow to mandate that certain job providers use the federal e-verify system to check the ...

San Francisco - Monday's disclosure of 10 previously unreported deaths at immigrant detention centers highlights the need for reform at those facilities, say both immigrant rights groups and the government. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Drummond repatriated 19 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabaas, Cuba. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft crew located a 25-foot go-fast vessel about 20 miles south of Cay Sal Banks, Bahamas. CBP agents ...

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HOUSTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday acknowledged 10 previously undisclosed deaths of immigrants in custody, bringing the country's total number of such deaths to 104 since October 2003. ICE Assistant ...

Tags: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Washington Dulles International Airport, Voice of America, Bob Dietz, Rahman Bunairee Agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Rahman Bunairee, a reporter with the Voice of America who ...

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New Research Shows Differences between Immigrant Workers and Unemployed Natives. Washington, DC - Today, the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) released the third and final installment of a three-part report, Untying the Knot, which seeks to debunk the ...

Immigrants and Health Care [Mark Krikorian] It was edifying to see the LA Times editorial Heather linked to opposing taxpayer-funded coverage for illegal aliens. But the broader issue is the effect immigration overall has on the health-insurance issue ...

Borderlinx is working with Visa to give its cardholders the chance to easily purchase goods online from US retailers. Borderlinx provides shoppers with a US address and shipping services to make previously hard to access US stores as easy to shop from as ...

WASHINGTON: By moving forward in Iraq, the US has been able to refocus on the war against Al Qaeda and its extremist allies in the Afghanistan, Pakistan region, US President Barack Obama said on Monday. 'That is why I announced a new, comprehensive ...

Getting doused with pesticides is the first memory Sebastian Coral has of the United States. Crossing the border as a young bracero, or contract farmworker, in the 1950s, Coral made the obligatory stop at a reception center near El Paso, Texas, where he ...

If your company is using H-1B visa workers, you may get a surprise from the government. Piece of advice for your manager: It's voluntary, but the surprise could intimidate. In an attempt to help root out fraud and other criminal activity, the U.S. ...

UK Border Agency officers at Birmingham International Airport have prevented a variety of bogus passengers from entering the United Kingdom over the past fortnight. The most recent case involved a 31-year-old American who arrived on a flight from ...