The US tops UN study on global immigration
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12:38 06/04/2006
With the US locked in a nation wide immigration debate, latest figures reveal that the country has one-fifth of the world's immigrants within its borders. A report by the United Nations reveals that...
US senate approves shortening citizenship wait
12:09 04/04/2006
Legal immigrants fluent in English could become US citizens in 4 years rather than the current 5 years. This proposal by Senator Lamar Alexander was agreed to by the US Senate April 3. The Senate...
H-1B visa increase one step closer
13:10 30/03/2006
The US could soon be doubling the number of work visas for skilled IT specialists wishing to work in the country. The Senate committee has approved one part of a controversial immigration bill...
Thousands march in US to protest new immigration laws
19:50 27/03/2006
In the largest demonstration in California's history, well over half a million people marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday March 25, in defence of immigrant rights and to protest the...
Shortage of nursing staff in US
18:03 27/03/2006
The US is suffering from a nursing shortage, with employers and educators resorting to all sorts of tricks to attract and keep nursing staff. In Spartanbury, South Carolina, nurses are eagerly...
US H-1B visa race set for April 1
19:28 23/03/2006
US Citizenship and Immigration services will begin accepting petitions for H-1B visas for workers for the US fiscal year beginning 2007 on the first of April. The visas are sure to be snapped up...
