US Senators debate immigration reform
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12:35 16/05/2013
The US Senate has begun to discuss the comprehensive immigration reform law that they will vote on later this year. Before the vote, various Senate committees will examine the law and propose...
Facebook founder announces pro-immigration lobby group
11:36 17/04/2013
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of facebook, has announced that he and other tech industry bosses have founded Fwd.us, a group which will lobby for reform of the US immigration and education systems. It...
US tech chiefs lobby Obama and Congress on H-1B visas and green cards
19:02 18/03/2013
The chief executives of some of the most famous companies in the world have written a public letter to President Obama to press him to support legislation that would allow more skilled immigration...
Obama outlines framework for US immigration reform
10:03 31/01/2013
President Barack Obama gave a speech in Las Vegas on Tuesday, 29th January 2013, in which he told Americans that the time has come for the US to reform its immigration system. The President's speech...
Obama and Romney clash on immigration reform
18:25 17/10/2012
In the second of the US presidential debates, held yesterday, 16th October 2012 at Hofstra University, New York State, President Obama and the Republican challenger for the presidency, Mitt Romney,...
Immigration reform law would create 1.4m jobs in US says report
13:01 03/10/2012
A report published by the left-of-centre Washington think tank The Center for American Progress says that passing the DREAM Act would add US$329bn to the US economy by 2030. 1.4m jobs would also be...