Hard-line Republican stance on immigration may make it a US election issue
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16:38 24/08/2012
Mitt Romney will campaign for the presidency of the United States in November on a hard line anti-illegal immigration policy. The new 'platform plank' was adopted by Republican Party leaders just...
US report says unfettered migration would more than double global wages
12:08 22/08/2012
John Kennan, an economist from the University of Wisconsin, has built an economic model which suggests that wages in the developing world would more than double from an average of US$8,903 to an...
US invites illegal immigrants to apply for right to remain
13:44 16/08/2012
President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme comes into force today (Wednesday 15 th August 2012). The scheme allows some young illegal immigrants to apply for a determination...
Bloomberg calls for greater US immigration
11:46 16/08/2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a campaign calling for relaxation of the US's immigration laws. The campaign is timed to influence the candidates in the United States presidential...
US state legislature passed fewer immigration laws this year
17:54 10/08/2012
A new study has found that US state legislatures passed fewer immigration laws this year; lawmakers' priorities focused on balancing budgets. In addition US courts debated how much authority state...
Indian tech-giant Infosys faces new visa fraud lawsuit
13:03 10/08/2012
Indian outsourcing giant, Infosys Technologies, is being investigated by federal authorities over visa fraud and is facing a second lawsuit over alleged abuse of the US work visa system. A former...
