Immigration News from around the Web

- The 5th Montreal International Haitian Film Festival (MIHFF), organized by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, will put the spotlight on interculturalism, immigration and integration through a multi-dimensional project called 'These Quebeckers from Other ...

Indias second-largest information technology services provider, Infosys Technologies, has applied for a mere 405 visas till date for financial year 2009-10 its lowest application count in recent years. While the company did not provide figures for the ...

USAtoday, unknown Original article There are some more twists and turns this morning in the ongoing saga of an Army reservist who has challenged his ordered deployment to Afghanistan by arguing that President Obama is not a legal citizen of the United ...

BATUMI: A week after a Moscow summit intended to smooth over the differences between Russia and the US, both countries yesterday engaged in displays of military might near Russia's southern border. A US warship anchored off the Black Sea coast of Georgia ...

Importers and customs brokers must act now to ensure they are compliant with the US Customs and Border Protection Agencys Secure Freight Initiative. The scheme becomes mandatory in January 2010, and CBP said those companies that do not yet have the ...

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THE Obama Administration is considering whether to allow foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to apply for asylum in the US. The action reverses a Bush administration stance in a protracted and passionate legal ...

On July 11, Tampa-based U.S. Army Major Stefan Cook filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia challenging his orders to deploy to Afghanistan. He sought a temporary restraining order arguing the lack of evidence of the ...

Foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse may qualify for U.S. asylum, the Obama administration argued before a U.S. court. The position reverses a Bush administration stance that battered women could not meet U.S. ...

The Brookings Institution report on the U.S.-Canada border that I blogged about last week (here) is now available online. You can view the full report here. ?Toward a New Frontier: Improving the U.S.-Canadian Border? was written for a Brookings ...

WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today's testimony by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in support of S. 1261, Providing Additional Security in States' Identification Act of 2009 (PASS ID), is the latest calculated step by the ...

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The Obama administration has opened the way for foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to receive asylum in the United States. The action reverses a Bush administration stance on an issue at the center of a protracted ...

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The Department of Homeland Security FY2010 Appropriations bill last week opened another season in the Senates tiresome game of who can look toughest on illegal immigration? The object of the game is for sensible immigration reforms opponents to score ...

NEW YORK - Representatives from Cold-War foes Cuba and the United States, which have experienced a slight thaw since Barack Obama assumed the US presidency, met for migration talks Tuesday, the first such meeting in six years. During the one-day meeting ...

The Obama administration has opened the way for foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to receive asylum in the United States. The shift reverses a Bush administration stance on an issue at the center of a protracted ...

Representatives from Cold-War foes Cuba and the United States, which have experienced a slight thaw since Barack Obama assumed the US presidency, met for migration talks, the first such meeting in six years. During the one-day meeting the countries ...

Immigration attorneys say regulators are moving aggressively to request documents Top Stories Computerworld - The H-1B visa and Permanent Residency Card, or green card, programs are under a new assault, and not from its usual opponents in Congress and ...