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Based on last years experience, in which the cap for H-1B visas was exceeded on the first day it began accepting applications for them, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is probably dreading tomorrows beginning of this years lottery. There will ...

The Bush administration will use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S. border by the end of this year, federal officials said Tuesday. Invoking the two legal ...

WASHINGTON: U.S. officials say the Bush administration will bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to complete 670 miles (1,050 kilometers) of fence along the U.S. border with Mexico by the end of this year. The legal waivers ? which ...

A highly skilled Canadian telecommunications specialist who worked in Utah for more than a decade has suddenly been denied entry into the U.S. in a case he and others say highlights the increasing difficulties Canadians are facing at the American border. ...

New Delhi: The application process for the temporary H-1B visas is beginning on April 1. Since the visas are limited in number and would be granted through a lottery system, IT services companies are set to compete to bag them, reported The Economic ...

To his right stands a steel wall, 20 feet high and reinforced by cement-filled steel piping. To his left another tall fence of steel mesh. Ten yards beyond, a shorter cyclone fence is topped with jagged concertina wire. Visible to the north, through the ...

NEW DELHI: The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has given employers who are applying for H-1B visas a breather this year by allowing a five-day business window - April 1-7 - to file H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2009 with ...

NEW DELHI: The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has given employers who are applying for H-1B visas a breather this year by allowing a five-day business window - April 1-7 - to file H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2009 with ...

The foreigner is buried in a small-town cemetery, against a barbed-wire fence in an unmarked plot set aside for poor people.He might be Mexican. He might be Guatemalan. But he's simply called No. 8, a man with no name because his identity is still ...

WASHINGTON In an aggressive move to finish building 670 miles of border fence by the end of this year, the Department of Homeland Security announced today that it will waive federal environmental laws to meet that goal. The two waivers, which will allow ...

SINGAPORE: Washington has started deportation proceedings against thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States under a pact between the two countries, a top U.S. immigration official said Tuesday. Julie Myers, director of U.S. ...

by Steve Inskeep Listen Now [1 min 15 sec] Morning Edition, April 1, 2008 The Mexican government is taking steps to provide transportation to undocumented immigrants returning home from the United States. ...

SINGAPORE (AP) - Washington has started deportation proceedings against thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States under a pact between the two countries, a top U.S. immigration official said Tuesday. Julie Myers, director of U.S. ...

The annual sweepstakes for visas for highly skilled temporary foreign workers begins on Tuesday, the opening day for applications to the vastly oversubscribed immigration program that is the center of a growing controversy in Congress. The U.S. ...

Mercury News Editorial Article Launched: 03/31/2008 01:36:30 AM PDT How apt that U.S. employers will scramble to submit their H-1B visa applications for the year on April Fools' Day. Expect another feeding frenzy like last year, when the whole 65,000 ...

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Mexican officials on Monday launched a new program aimed at helping undocumented migrants regain their footing after being expelled from the U.S. Migrants arriving in the city of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, will get ...

Info-Tech - Human Resources Our Bureau New Delhi, March 31 Amid a concerted effort by American tech companies to increase the cap on visas for skilled professionals, the US is all set to start receiving, from April 1, applications for the coveted H-1B ...

ual H-1B visa scramble begins on Tuesday as the US immigration authorities start accepting applications for the next American fiscal year, beginning October 1. And with applications expected to far outstrip the cap of 65,000 visas in all probability by ...

TIJUANA, Mexico: Undocumented migrants deported from the United States will be eligible for free transportation back to their hometowns and other services under a new program launched by the Mexican government. Migrants arriving in the city of Tijuana, ...

According to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution news story, 'The issue of illegal immigration [on the Presidential campaign front], .. may soon see a revival effort.' For the full story, see here. We welcome readers to share their opinion and ideas with us ...