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NEW ORLEANS, United States, April 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush met here with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss trade, border and environmental issues. 'I assured the prime minister that I'm a strong advocate for free ...

EL PASO, Texas A Chilean man was halfway to freedom when his alleged border-crossing attempt was derailed. The man, who was deported from the U.S. once before, was using a makeshift cart Sunday to shuttle himself along the support beams of an ...

Text Only Latest Newscast President Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from New Orleans, immigration was a ...

? Media Center Video Immigration News United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) will now allow foreign students in the United States on F-1 visas who have been selected in the latest round of H-1B visas to extend their stay in the US ...

Washington, april 20: When it comes to John Sidney McCain, opinions in the Senate about his presidential qualifications can definitely be mixed. Related Stories US commanders seek to widen Pak attacksObama's 'bitter' remarks give Clinton opening ahead of ...

This year, Congress must raise the cap on H-1B temporary work visas beloved by technology companies, a coalition of conservative Republican politicians urged Democratic leaders late last week. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority ...

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Washington: A Republican caucus has asked the Democrat leadership to clear a proposed bill to raise the 'artificial' cap on H1-B visas, much sought-after by skilled professionals including Indians, from the current 65,000 to 115,000, with provision for ...

TUCSON, Ariz., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- American Border Patrol, a non-profit 501 c (3) Arizona Corporation will hold a live demonstration of its Operation Virtual Vigilance (http://www.virtualvolunteers.net/) Internet camera system at a press conference ...

MEXICO CITY - One migrant gets his legs sliced off by a train's wheels. Another is shot by bandits on the Arizona border. Others are beaten and robbed by crooked Mexican police. In a new effort to dissuade people from crossing the border illegally, ...

MEXICO CITY - One migrant gets his legs sliced off by a train's wheels. Another is shot by bandits on the Arizona border. Others are beaten and robbed by crooked Mexican police. In a new effort to dissuade people from crossing the border illegally, ...

(Dallas Morning News, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) MEXICO CITY _ Mexico's President Felipe Calderon comes to Dallas on Tuesday with bridge-building credentials. He has a Harvard master's degree, English fluency _ and relatives who work ...

VANCOUVER -Canadians suspected of offences at the U.S. border will be ordered to provide DNA samples starting later this year. The new U.S. policy will require that DNA swab samples be taken from anyone arrested in the United States and from foreigners ...

The federal government cut off applications for H-1B visas after only a week because it had received nearly twice as many petitions for these work permits as the number of slots available. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service started accepting ...

The US unemployment rate jumped to five percent in December 2007, when almost 20 percent of the unemployed were jobless at least 27 weeks, and rose again to 5.1 percent in March 2008. The share of long-term unemployed rose, though to find new jobs, most ...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon complained in January 2008 about the way that especially Republican presidential candidates competed to be 'the most loudmouth, the most macho and the most anti-Mexican.' Calderon visited California in February 2008 and ...

The presumptive major party presidential candidates, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama, have proposed or endorsed comprehensive immigration reform, meaning stepped-up enforcement to prevent more unauthorized foreigners from arriving and a ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: A group of 16 undocumented Cuban migrants has landed in Honduras after two weeks at sea, an immigration official said Sunday. Francisco Alvarado of Honduras' regional immigration office said the nine men, four women and three ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras A group of 16 undocumented Cuban migrants has landed in Honduras after two weeks at sea, an immigration official said Sunday. Francisco Alvarado of Honduras' regional immigration office said the nine men, four women and three ...

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