US senate approves shortening citizenship wait
Comments (0)
12:09 04/04/2006
Legal immigrants fluent in English could become US citizens in 4 years rather than the current 5 years. This proposal by Senator Lamar Alexander was agreed to by the US Senate April 3. The Senate...
US to remove illegal immigrants along Canadian border
15:50 31/01/2006
U.S. government agents say they will speed up the removal of illegal immigrants caught near the border with Canada , extending a program already in effect along the Mexican border. The practice,...
US House passes new immigration bill
13:36 20/12/2005
The US House of Representatives adopted new immigration legislation, including a measure to set up vast border fences that has strained ties with Mexico, late on Dec. 16. The bill was adopted in a...
US citizenship test to change
18:47 07/12/2005
Questions on the nation's citizenship test will be revised to focus on basic civics and won't be the sort that would stir academic debate, the head of the federal citizenship office said Dec. 6...
US to eliminate social benefits for immigrants
12:41 10/11/2005
The US Senate approved a bill eliminating social benefits for legal immigrants, arguing that it will save the Federal Budget 35 billion dollars over the next five years. The New York daily Tribuna...
For many in the US, the green card wait is long
10:04 25/07/2005
A special feature from the Washington Post. Hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers are trying to stay in the United States . The wait is often long. The backlog of foreign workers seeking green...
