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Recently, NumbersUSA issued a statistic based on the latest data from the US Department of Homeland Security which so shocked and angered me that I have repeated it in several recent Op-Ed pieces. Let me say it again: Our government is permitting 138,000 ...

WASHINGTON: In what could be worrying for Indian software professionals, two US Senators have introduced amendments to the economic stimulus bill, which if passed would prevent US companies receiving the federal bailout money, from hiring H-1B visa ...

Andre Shepherd, 31, attended a nine-hour hearing on Thursday in the German city of Karlsruhe to explain why he deserted upon being recalled to service in Iraq. Shepherd says his decision was based on a profound moral objection to the US-led invasion ...

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By Patrick Thibodeau The bill would bar any recipient of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the program being used by the government to purchase some US$700 billion of bad mortgage assets, from hiring anyone on an H-1B visa. U.S. Sens. Bernie ...

'When an illegal immigrant is the victim of forced prostitution or is the subject of exploitation in shameful conditions and wishes to cooperate with administrative and judicial authorities, the possibility to obtain a temporary residence permit is ...

If enacted, the Senate stimulus bill would fund over $100 billion in new government construction projects with the goal of providing additional jobs to unemployed Americans. The House-passed stimulus bill contains explicit language to bar employment of ...

Washington In what could be worrying for Indian software professionals, two US Senators have introduced amendments to the economic stimulus bill, which if passed would prevent US companies receiving the federal bailout money, from hiring H-1B visa ...

, currently the highest ranking official at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent a scathing letter to CFP?s editor to rebuke an article I wrote on January 21 entitled, Crime and Corruption at the UCSIS. My article cited criminal ...

'When an illegal immigrant is the victim of forced prostitution or is the subject of exploitation in shameful conditions and wishes to cooperate with administrative and judicial authorities, the possibility to obtain a temporary residence permit is ...

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is at it again. Grassley, who sent a (MSFT) last week saying the company has a 'moral imperative' to lay off skilled immigrant workers before putting American citizens out of work, isn't done railing against the H-1B visa ...

A new report shows that officials' ramped-up efforts to arrest illegal immigrants have been rounding up an increasing percentage of non-criminals. Detainees facing illegal immigration charges walk to lunch through a secured walkway of the Krome Avenue ...

Financial services firms that receive federal bailout money will be prohibited from hiring H-1B workers if legislation introduced last night in the U.S. Senate wins adoption. The bill would bar any recipient of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), ...

President Barack Obama has filled some of his top White House posts with people who not only support expanding the H-1B visa program, but see offshore outsourcing as a plus for the U.S. economy. That group includes the president's new pick to run the ...

Authors: Fekkak Mamdouh; Rinku Sen Upcoming Schedule Monday, February 9, at 7:00 AM About the Program Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mamdouh talk about U.S. immigration policy and Fekkak Mamdouh's personal story. Mamdouh is a former headwaiter at the Windows on ...

Dobbs again promoted GOP claims that SCHIP could benefit undocumented immigrants Summary: CNN's Lisa Sylvester again uncritically reported Republican claims that 'people living in the United States illegally might be able to access' health insurance ...

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By Sindya Bhanooreports that when Microsoft announced its cuts last week, one United States senator said the company should give job priority to U.S. citizens over foreign workers on H1-B visas. 'Microsoft has a moral obligation to protect ... American ...

Houston, Feb. 5: Lobbyists for outsourcing and H-1B visas have won the first round in their fight against potential policies of the Obama administration against such programmes that favour workers from India and other similarly placed countries. Judd ...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement program designed to target the most dangerous immigration fugitives has swept up mostly non-criminals in recent years, newly released documents show. The National Fugitive Operations Program, created in 2003 with ...