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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' immigration task force, announced on Thursday a national campaign to hold President Obama accountable for promises he made on the campaign trail to reform the ...

A 4-year-old American girl has been returned to her family on Long Island, NY after being deported to Guatemala by US immigration officials. Emily Ruiz has been returned to her family after being deported to Guatemala by US immigration officials. The ...

Rochester, N.Y. More than one-third of American adults are unable to pass the U.S. citizenship test, according to recent survey results. A "Newsweek" survey of 1,000 random adult Americans showed that 38 percent would not qualify to be citizens of ...

Tiffany Hartley, the wife of the American believed to have died in a hail of bullets while jet-skiing on the border of Texas and Mexico, marked sixth months since the incident by calling on the U.S. government do more to find and bring home his body. ...

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is weighing whether to keep hundreds of National Guard troops on the U.S. border with Mexico to help clamp down on violence, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday. Violence on the American ...

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P members are mounting a hard-hitting campaign against illegal immigration, calling on the government to develop a plan to bring illegal entry into the country down to nearly zero in five years. Michigan Rep. Candice Millers Secure Border Act of 2011 ...

A top Republican lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, today said the H-1B visa plays a "vital role" in the economy and thus its cap should be increased. But Smith, perhaps recognizing the difficulties of ...

A top Republican lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, today said the H-1B visa plays a "vital role" in the economy and thus its cap should be increased. But Smith, perhaps recognizing the difficulties of ...

A group of Icelandic entrepreneurs are pressuring the Icelandic parliaments General Committee to make an exception to the law on Icelandic citizenship and grant citizenship to ten wealthy individuals from Canada and the United States and their ...

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Dirksen Senate Office Building Chairman Pryor, Ranking Member Ensign, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, it is a pleasure to appear before you today to discuss U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) efforts to secure our nation's borders. ...

This testimony comments on the H-1B program. Congress created the current H-1B program in 1990 to enable U.S. employers to hire temporary, foreign workers in specialty occupations. The law capped the number of H-1B visas issued per fiscal year at 65,000, ...

A GROUP that backs a visa program designed to bring high-skilled foreign workers to the United States says that some of the approximately US$3 billion in visa fees paid by employers benefits science and math scholarships, US worker training and ...

Republicans on the House Administration Committee want to shore up voter registration rules in the wake of a Colorado study that found as many as 5,000 non-citizens in the state took part in last years election.Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.), the ...

Rayburn House Office Building Chairman Gallegly, Ranking Member Lofgren, and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the H-1B program and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) efforts ...

- 19:48| Congresswoman Candice Miller Send to a friend ... March 31, 2011 1:14 PM March 31, 2011Miller bill seeks 100 percent' secure U.S. borders by 2016 NATHAN HURST Detroit News Washington Rep. Candice Miller is expected to introduce a bill ...

WASHINGTON: A group that backs a visa program designed to bring high-skilled foreign workers to the US reports that some of the approximately $3 billion in visa fees paid by employers has gone to science and math scholarships, US worker training and ...

Emily Ruiz, a 4-year-old American citizen at the center of an immigration dispute, returned to the United States from Guatemala on Wednesday, according to her family's attorney, who accompanied her. ...