US budget crisis impacts on immigration
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19:10 05/03/2013
On Friday 1st March 2013, President Obama ordered swingeing cuts in US public spending after Congress failed yet again to agree a deal on public spending. The President's order will cut $85bn from...
US immigration could make E-Verify checks 'permanent and mandatory'
10:48 28/02/2013
Two new bills have been introduced in the US Congress this year which would make it compulsory for employers to use the E-Verify system before taking on new employees. E-Verify is a system that...
McCain talks immigration on the border
17:26 27/02/2013
Senator John McCain, the former Republican presidential candidate, returned to his home state of Arizona this week for a series of meetings about immigration with his constituents. Mr McCain is a...
Obama upsets Republicans on immigration reform
10:13 26/02/2013
Republicans in the US Congress have been upset by the revelation that the White House is working on a draft immigration reform bill. Republican senator Marco Rubio has issued a statement which reads...
Proposed US law would grant 125,000 more business green cards a year
13:27 18/02/2013
A group of four senators has proposed a new law that would see the US government grant 125,000 more employment-based green cards each year. The Startup Act 3.0 would grant 75,000 green cards (...
US voters split but slightly in favour of immigration, poll finds
17:31 15/02/2013
The US electorate is fairly evenly split on many issues surrounding immigration but when asked whether immigrants are beneficial for the US overall, only 35% of those asked in a recent poll said they...
