Republicans say US immigration reform bill is dead
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9:27 14/11/2013
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Party's whip in the House of Representatives ('the House') has said that there will be no vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House...
House Republicans back US immigration reform bill
12:35 08/11/2013
Two Republican members of the House of Representatives have endorsed a comprehensive immigration reform act that would radically overhaul the US immigration system. The Act is broadly speaking the...
35,472 Indians get green cards from US immigration in 2012
11:47 08/11/2013
The latest figures show that 35,472 Indians working in the US with H-1B visas were issued with US permanent resident visas (better known as green cards) in 2012. This is the highest ever number in a...
Infosys pays $34m to US immigration but denies visa abuse
10:33 06/11/2013
The Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys has agreed to pay $34m in settlement of a case brought against it by the US Department of State, US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of...
Boehner 'hopeful' that US immigration reform will happen this year
15:07 30/10/2013
The speaker of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, has said that he is 'hopeful' that 'the House' will pass immigration reform this year. He told journalists on October 23rd 2013, 'I think...
Annoyed Washington Republicans may block US immigration reform
14:04 29/10/2013
The bitter rows between Republicans and Democrats over the US federal government budget and the debt ceiling have ended any hope of comprehensive immigration reform this year, according to a leading...
