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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010, a bill that includes the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which allows citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners; and ...

A federal program to assist law enforcement in spotting immigrants with criminal records is now operational in every Texas county, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced. The program known as Secure Communities targets what ...

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a man with his own immigration story, told Congress Thursday that securing the U.S. borders must be matched with efforts to ensure that employers can't hire people who are here illegally. Murdoch and New York Mayor Michael ...

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a man with his own immigration story, told Congress Thursday that securing the U.S. borders must be matched with efforts to ensure that employers can't hire people who are here illegally. Murdoch and New York Mayor Michael ...

Washington - Every year the Diversity Visa Lottery gives 50,000 qualified people from countries that send low numbers of immigrants to the United States a chance to apply for a permanent resident visa, or "green card." (Media-Newswire.com) - Washington ...

News today release from Immigration Equality : Immigration Equality Action Fund Hails Introduction of LGBT-Inclusive Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Legislation from Senator Robert Menendez Includes Uniting American Families Act ...

The American Government will continue towards comprehensive immigration reform, a White House office has confirmed. Comprehensive US Visa and immigration reform is on the agenda for the Obama Government. Speaking at a think tank event in Washington, ...

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. announced today that it has completed its first U.S. cross-border Renminbi (RMB) trade settlement transaction, following the extension of China's RMB trade settlement pilot program in June 2010. This transaction was completed for ...

WASHINGTON - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a man with his own immigration story, told Congress Thursday that securing the borders must be matched with efforts to ensure that employers cannot hire people who are in the United States illegally.Murdoch and ...

WASHINGTON - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says securing the U.S. border must be matched with efforts to ensure that employers cannot hire illegal immigrants. Murdoch, an Australian who became an American, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg testified ...

MAYOR BLOOMBERG, JOINED BY FELLOW PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY CO-CHAIR RUPERT MURDOCH, TESTIFIES IN FRONT OF U.S. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON "THE ROLE OF IMMIGRATION IN STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S ECONOMY" National Coalition of Business Leaders ...

Online retailers are increasingly taking advantage of the Internet's ability to create a global marketplace for their goods, according to a study from Forrester Research for Shop.org. The report analyzed 87 online merchants and found that 73% already ...

India on Tuesday conveyed its concerns to the US on issues like H-1B visa fee hike, export control restrictions and outsourcing ban during a meeting between external affairs minister S M Krishna and his counterpart Hillary Clinton here. "Our concerns ...

The U.S.-Mexico border region has significant solar resources that make it an ideal environment for CPV technology. A constant source of intense sunrays provides an annual average of seven to eight kilowatt hours per square meter daily, providing enough ...

(DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- (Monday, September 27, 2010) Blythe, Calif. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents seized several bundles of cocaine hidden inside a tractor trailer at the Highway 95 ...

Jefferson Bus Lines is dropping its Winnipeg to Grand Forks, N.D., route, blaming long delays at the international border. The Minneapolis-based company says it can often take several hours just to get across the U.S.-Canada border and the delays would ...

NEW YORK, United NationsMexico has urged all United Nations member states to ratify the international convention that calls for the protection of the rights of migrant workers and their families, deploring what it described as a global tendency to ...

ANGEL ISLAND -- As he sailed on a ferry to Angel Island State Park last week, clad in the hooded, brown robe of a Franciscan friar, the Rev. Franklin Fong imagined his ancestors who landed on the island some 80 years ago. "It takes every generation of ...

Shackled Mexican immigrants ride in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bus for deportation in Harlingen, Texas. A coalition of Mexican mayors has asked the United States to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious ...

A coalition of Mexican mayors has asked the United States to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. to Mexican border cities, saying the deportations are contributing to Mexican border violence. The ...