Immigration News from around the Web

The U.S. Consulate in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, temporarily closed its Consular Agency in the nearby city of Reynosa because of heightened drug-related violence in recent days. A 'Warden Message' was issued by the consulate 'to advise U.S. ...

Massachusetts? exclusion of thousands of legal immigrants from state-subsidized health coverage is unconstitutional and should be struck down by the courts, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by several of the affected immigrants. The lawsuit charges ...

Like Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland, with its street trolleys and small-town architecture, Plaza Mexico in Lynwood hearkens back to a simpler past. Angelenos with roots in Latin America go there for a taste of the old country. There's a roofed ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. Alex Varum was 8 years old when he left Russia. Now 35 and a real estate developer in Silicon Valley, Varum grew up in California, speaks English like a native much better than Russian and feels American in every way. So why ...

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This week, Reverend Luis Cortes, Jr., President of Esperanza and Chairman of the Esperanza for America campaign, convened a group of prominent African American clergy from across the country with Hispanic clergy and faith leaders to discuss the issue of ...

Muscat The U.S. Embassy in Muscat, as part of a worldwide upgrade to the application process for nonimmigrant visas, wants to inform the public of important changes and enhancements to the process of applying for a visa for travel to the United ...

- Powered by BEIRUT: Lebanese citizens travelling to the United States will soon have to complete a new electronic application form, the US Embassy announced Wednesday. The new DS-160 form is filled out entirely online and, as of March 1, will replace ...

The momentum that came from President Obama's lifting of travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans last year may have slowed with his renewal of the embargo this past fall, but new talks between the U.S. and Cuba on immigration issues may show a ...

BERKELEY Former President Bill Clinton urged UC Berkeley students Wednesday to practice 'communitarianism' by helping improve the lives of impoverished people around the world. Speaking in front of more than 2,000 students and university employees in ...

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Previous Issues Comment Are You LinkedIn ILW.COM cordially invites immigration professionals: attorneys, paralegals, law students and others to join . The ILW.COM LinkedIn Group is a place for you to enhance your network with others in the field, to ...

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The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia will soon start requiring the use of the newly-developed DS-160 web-based Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) application. The new application will incorporate all existing NIV applications into one interactive, online form. For all NIV ...

Former President Bill Clinton urged University of California-Berkeley students Wednesday to practice "communitarianism" by helping improve the lives of impoverished people around the world. Speaking in front of more than 2,000 students and university ...

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Pop star Shakira wants President Obama to push for immigration reform. The Colombian singing sensation already knows the president since she performed during his inauguration. On Monday, the Grammy winner, whose latest album is called She Wolf, made ...

PORTLAND, Ore. Marion Pringle has celebrated a lot of birthdays, but perhaps none were as sweet as her 104th, when she finally received proof she's a U.S. citizen. The Portland woman was born in Canada in 1906 and no longer drives but needed to renew ...

As of March 1st, the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek will start requiring the use of the web-based DS-160 Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) application. This new application incorporates all previously existing NIV applications into one interactive, online form. With ...