Study compares fertility rates among US immigrants
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13:22 13/10/2005
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies finds that women from the top-ten immigrant-sending countries to the US collectively have higher fertility than women in their home countries. As...
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...
Immigrants rush to New Orleans as builders fight for workers
17:00 11/10/2005
In New Orleans, in the US , which is starting the long task of cleaning up after hurricane Katrina, the signs are handwritten and simply worded, such as "Workers Wanted" or "Need 50 Laborers Now!"...
Dependent spouses of US H-1B visa holders often frustrated
10:45 11/10/2005
For thousands of immigrant women professionals who arrive in the United States as spouses on their husbands' visas, being forced to stay at home and not work is difficult and depressing. The...
U.S. Green Card Lottery applications now accepted
14:32 05/10/2005
The U.S. State Department has announced that registration for the 2007 Diversity Visa Lottery, also know as the Green Card Lottery, will begin at noon local time on October 5, 2005. Persons seeking...
US immigration dropped after 2001
11:49 29/09/2005
Legal and illegal immigration into the United States declined as of 2001 after reaching a high in 2000, a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center found. "The number of migrants coming to the United...
