Immigrants boost US housing market
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10:10 08/04/2013
A new report shows that immigration is helping to boost the US housing market. The report prepared by the Mortgage Bankers Association suggests that between 2010 and 2020 immigrants are expected to...
COMMENT - US immigration system characterised by delay
13:39 15/03/2013
By Alex Owen The US is famously a country of migrants. In olden days, they would arrive by ship at the port of New York. One of the most famous images of New York in about 1900 is of immigrants from...
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...
Entrepreneurs raise finance for tech hub in ocean off San Francisco
18:55 17/01/2013
A tech startup company, Blueseed, has raised seed finance to carry out research into the possibility of setting up a floating tech company incubator in international waters off the Pacific Coast of...
White House to campaign for immigration reform in 2013
14:44 31/12/2012
President Obama has told Latino pressure groups that he will do everything he can to reform the US's immigration system in 2013. But first, he has asked for their help in helping to pull the US back...
UN launches appeal for Syria
15:27 22/12/2012
The United Nations has issued a request for US$1.5bn to help support 5m Syrians displaced by the Syrian conflict. The UN has said that it needs US$519.6m to support 4m people internally displaced in...
