UK benefitting from US immigration deadlock
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15:42 19/07/2013
The UK's tech sector has been growing fast in recent years. Industry insiders say that this is, at least in part, because US tech companies cannot get visas to bring skilled workers into the US...
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US tech chiefs lobby Obama and Congress on H-1B visas and green cards
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Obama outlines framework for US immigration reform
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