When immigrants overstay visas, US does little
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13:53 24/10/2005
The US Department of Homeland Security frequently fails to follow up on leads that foreign visitors have overstayed their visas, the agency's inspector general says in a new report. The result is an...
Bush pushes for US guest worker plan
14:19 19/10/2005
US President George W. Bush sought support for his guest worker plan for foreigners, hoping to persuade conservatives by promising to fight illegal immigration. Bush and his advisers are caught...
US Senate passes Homeland Security Bill
17:10 11/10/2005
The US Congress has approved hiring 1,000 new Border Patrol Agents in the fiscal year 2005-2006. The US Homeland Security spending Bill also included money for 250 more Immigration and Customs...
New Zealand needs to open debate on immigration: group
16:59 26/09/2005
New Zealand must start a debate about the long-term economic benefits of attracting more immigrants rather than focusing on how foreigners could fix the short-term labour crunch, Wellington Regional...
Hurricane Katrina uproots Vietnamese immigrants in US
15:54 07/09/2005
Thousands of Vietnamese settled in the US Gulf Coast region after the upheaval of two wars in their homeland. Hurricane Katrina uprooted them again. Quan Hong Huynh was sent to a "re-education" camp...
Wall Street Journal calls for no limits to H-1B visas
18:20 29/08/2005
Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal...
