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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 8 it has received enough H-1B applications to meet the congressionally mandated cap of 85,000 H-1B visas for fiscal year 2009. The H-1B visas are given to foreign workers in ...

Opening a debate he admits is both 'controversial' and 'emotional', Barack Obama signalled his intention to overhaul America's immigration system yesterday, finally creating a means for the nation's millions of illegal residents to become fully-fledged ...

Despite formidable economic and foreign policy challenges on his to-do list, the president will next month signal his intention to grasp one of the most contentious issues in America with a speech setting out a plan for a major overhaul of laws governing ...

Article Rating: / 2 Rate This Article: Poor Best Add This Article To: Digg this Del.icio.us Slashdot Y! My Web E-mail Print Furl Google Simpy Spurl! PDF Version Initial demand for H-1B visas is the slowest in years, according to the U.S. Bureau of ...

The US says it is yet to receive enough H-1B petitions to reach the cap of 65,000, stipulated for fiscal 2010 For FY2010, USCIS has reportedly received just about half the applications it needs for the 65,000 general slots New Delhi, April 9 The US ...

ng the reaction to official news that President Obama is planning to take on immigration reform as early as this spring. The response this afternoon from a national coalition of Christian organizations and churches was interesting in light of the ...

President Obama faced an outcry last night over plans to offer citizenship to up to 12 million immigrants who are illegally in the United States. Furious Republican opponents blasted the presidents proposal at a time when so many Americans are losing ...

Washington - Two New York senators on Thursday said they will seek posthumous US citizenship for the victims of a horrific shooting spree last week at an immigration centre in Binghamton, New York. A lone gunman killed 13 people last Friday when he ...

The General Services Administration has announced it is seeking office space to lease on Saipan for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use, one of the recent steps the federal government has made as it prepares to take over the local ...

The New York Times reports today that President Obama is moving to take on immigration reform, leading the story with the following: 'While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin ...

Our daily look at stories and topics that are lighting up the Internets: The Next Battle The New York Times reports today that President Obama is moving to take on immigration reform, leading the story with the following: 'While acknowledging that the ...

President Barack Obama is to add to his already bulging to-do list by tackling this year immigration reform, one of the most contentious issues in America. The US has an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, most of them from Mexico and other parts of ...

tea leaves in the past few months saw this coming: President Obama is serious about working on immigration reform. The N.Y. Times reports today: While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to ...

Barack Obama plans to grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants in an overhaul of US immigration policy, trying to succeed where George Bush failed, according to a report today. The US president will broach the contentious issue next month, ...

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Barack Obama plans to grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants in an overhaul of US immigration policy, trying to succeed where George Bush failed, according to a report today. The US president will broach the contentious issue next month, ...

Barack Obama plans to grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants in an overhaul of US immigration policy, trying to succeed where George Bush failed, according to a report today. The US president will broach the contentious issue next month, ...

(CNN) -- The White House is planning to start addressing the nation's immigration system as early as May, two senior administration officials said Thursday. President Obama will rely on a bipartisan, diverse group of experts to help build the framework ...

Barack Obama plans to grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants in an overhaul of US immigration policy, trying to succeed where George Bush failed, according to a report today. The US president will broach the contentious issue next month, ...