Obama says US immigration reform should be complete in six months
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19:13 06/02/2013
Speaking in a TV interview on Wednesday 30th January 2013, President Obama said that he expects comprehensive immigration reform legislation to be passed by the US Congress within the next six months...
Obama to hold meetings on immigration reform with business and unions
19:52 05/02/2013
The White House has announced that President Obama will be holding a series of meetings on Tuesday 12th February 2013 in support of his campaign to reform the US's immigration system. The president...
Poll shows majority in US back immigration reform
18:04 24/01/2013
A poll of US voters released on Monday 21st January 2013 shows that 53% of those responding would support a change to the law to allow the estimated 11m immigrants currently living in the US to...
Microsoft presses US immigration for H-1B reform
9:18 21/01/2013
Last year, Microsoft reported that it was looking for qualified IT professionals. Last September, it announced that it had 6,000 vacancies that it could not fill, 3,400 of these were IT roles. It...
George W Bush speaks out in favour of immigration
10:53 12/12/2012
George W Bush speaks out in favour of immigration The former president George W Bush has stepped into the immigration debate in the US. He has told a Washington event focussed on economic growth that...
US IT firms press Obama to increase number of STEM visas
10:16 08/11/2012
The US presidential election cost over $2bn according the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), a US think tank. For the first time, businesses were able to donate through Political Action Committees...
