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Some folks predict the volume of H-1B visas petitions employers file starting April 1 will be lighter than last year. But that's not because demand is waning for foreign tech talent. Rather, companies are being more selective in the kind of talent ...

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The Colombian military's massacre last Saturday of 17 members of the guerrilla movement FARC, including its second in command, on Ecuadoran soil has brought tensions in the region to an unprecedented level, raising the serious threat of armed conflict. ...

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(AP) - Costs related to illegal immigration in U.S. counties along the border with Mexico have risen to tens of millions of dollars a year, mainly because of increased law enforcement work and criminal prosecutions, according to a study to be released ...

NEW DELHI: The April 1 deadline and an election year have given American industry renewed vigour to lobby for an increase in the annual quota of temporary skilled worker (H-1 B) visas. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is among industry chiefs headed for ...

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Next week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will testify before the House Committee on Science and Technology at a hearing 'on the future of innovation and U.S. competitiveness,' at which he likely will renew his appeal that more foreign workers be allowed ...

Get your engines running! It's almost time for the H-1B visa race to begin! The U.S. government starts accepting petitions on April 1 for the 85,000 visas allotted annually, and if history repeats itself, those visas will run out in a flash. So make sure ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that another Colombian attack could mean that war may flare up in the region. It came to a head when Colombia killed the senior FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...

First comes a knock on the door. Two men in street clothes identify themselves as cops. They carry badges, at least one shows a gun, and they say they are looking for drugs, illegal immigrants or donations to the patrolmens' association. They are invited ...

ROSWELL, N.M. - Karina Acosta's senior year at Roswell High came to an abrupt end after she was ticketed for blocking a fire lane outside a school and driving without a license. The officer who stopped her a Roswell policeman assigned to the school ...

Barack Obama says he'll revive the art of American diplomacy, which sounds nice. We're not sure how this promise squares, however, with the diplomatic incident his campaign has caused in Canada, of all unlikely places. Last week, Canada's CTV television ...

Idaho Senator John McGee says his state's agricultural industry has unfortunately attracted a growing number of illegal immigrants into the state -- so the legislature has taken steps to curb the problem. McGee recently sponsored a bill that was ...

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Four children including two brothers were killed, and 12 others were hospitalized with injuries, in Minnesota last week when a van reportedly ignored a stop sign and barreled into a school bus. The driver of the van, who did not speak English or have a ...

ROSWELL, N.M. Karina Acosta's senior year at Roswell High came to an abrupt end after she was ticketed for blocking a fire lane outside a school and driving without a license. The officer who stopped her a Roswell policeman assigned to the school asked ...

WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it expected a peaceful resolution of rising tensions in Latin America sparked by a Colombian strike against rebels in Ecuador. 'This is a serious incident between two important countries in the ...

PMThe U.S./Mexico Border Counties Coalition TIME: 12 noon EVENT: The U.S./Mexico Border Counties Coalition holds a news conference to release a new study showing the 'true cost of illegal immigration within the criminal justice system of America's 24 ...

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