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Odds of getting a work visa this year may be less than one in three Share Top Stories Related March 7, 2008 (Computerworld) The U.S. is concerned that some companies, desperate to get an H-1B visa, may try to 'game' the random visa lottery selection ...

AM Mar. 7--MEXICO CITY -- Remittances to Mexico were down nearly 6 percent in January, the biggest drop in 13 years, which experts attributed to a downturn in the U.S. economy and anti-immigrant policies. In its report this week, Mexico's central bank, ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are checking whether several people stopped at the Canadian border are linked to an explosion that damaged a military recruiting station in New York, police said on Friday. 'Some pictures of Times Square, including ...

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Speaking at the launch of Virgin Atlantic's hydrogen-powered limousine service in New York, Branson said that while phase one of open skies was welcome it did not go far enough. Until EU carriers are able to fly between US cities and US airline ownership ...

NEW YORK (AFP)--U.S. officials are investigating a possible link between a Canadian border crossing incident and the bombing of the U.S. military recruiting post in Times Square, New York's police chief said Friday. 'It's being looked into by federal ...

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Immigration Reform? Senate GOP Weighs In Te-Ping Chen Yesterday, seemingly unperturbed by the recent failure of immigration-as-a-wedge efforts at the ballot box, Senate Republicans introduced their most jerkily reactive set of immigration bills yet. One ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. authorities are checking whether several people stopped at the Canadian border are linked to an explosion that damaged a military recruiting station in New York, police said Friday. 'Some pictures of Times Square, including the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may be unable to meet its timetable for essentially stopping illegal immigration across its border with Mexico by 2011, a Bush administration official told Congress on Thursday. Ralph Basham, commissioner of U.S. ...

AP, BOSTON US immigration officials have learned humanitarian lessons from a factory raid a year ago that was criticized for separating families and leaving children without proper care, the agency's director said. Most of the 361 workers arrested at ...

-worker, $38 billion agency fails to deliver on a slew of projects Mandel Ngan / AFP - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff listens to a question during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday, on oversight of the ...

U.S. Department of Defense Their military uniforms stood out in the packed school auditorium, a vivid reminder that thousands of immigrants serve their adopted country in war and peace. There was a U.S. Army corporal from the Philippines who endured ...

Oil prices steadied Thursday after nearing a record $106 a barrel as investors reacted to a surprise drop in U.S. crude supplies and the dollar struck new lows against the euro. Also supporting prices was an OPEC decision not to boost output and rising ...

EL CALABOZ, Texas/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Standing on a grassy levee, Eloisa Tamez stares at the modest dwellings on her property near the U.S. border with Mexico and cannot imagine a wall running through it. Tamez filed a class-action suit in February to ...

RE : Contrary to Republican edicts, the party's nominee for the White House is unusually moderate in his stance on illegal immigration. Although John McCain supports the building of a border fence, his voting record shows a willingness to reform the ...

Like many office phones, mine has a red light that blinks when I have voicemail. At times I hate that blinking red light. Tuesday morning it was blinking when I got to work. The voice on the message was calm and steady, but a little off-kilter, at least ...

CARPENTERSVILLE, Illinois: Officials in a Chicago suburb that is home to many Hispanic residents began proposing hard-line anti-illegal immigration policies last year, drawing pro-immigrant rights activists into the streets in protest. Months ...