US Republicans want 'economic-based immigration' system
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11:22 22/11/2013
Former Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan has told a conference that the Republicans want to remodel the US immigration system from 'family based immigration to an economic-based...
Republicans say US immigration reform bill is dead
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...
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...
US illegal immigration on the rise
10:39 08/10/2013
The latest figures from the Pew Hispanic Research Center suggest that the number of illegal aliens living in the US has been rising in recent years. This is likely to cause Congressional opponents of...
Canadian immigration strike over
10:08 07/10/2013
A union which represents Canadian immigration officers stationed at embassies and consulates around the world has come to a pay deal with the Canadian government after four months of industrial...
Mexico says President may cancel trip to Canada in visa row
17:58 25/09/2013
The Mexican ambassador to Canada, Francisco Suarez, has said that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will not make a planned official visit to Canada next year unless the Canadian government acts...
