Immigrants rush to New Orleans as builders fight for workers
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17:00 11/10/2005
In New Orleans, in the US , which is starting the long task of cleaning up after hurricane Katrina, the signs are handwritten and simply worded, such as "Workers Wanted" or "Need 50 Laborers Now!"...
Hurricane Katrina uproots Vietnamese immigrants in US
15:54 07/09/2005
Thousands of Vietnamese settled in the US Gulf Coast region after the upheaval of two wars in their homeland. Hurricane Katrina uprooted them again. Quan Hong Huynh was sent to a "re-education" camp...
New guest worker category introduced to US legislators
12:51 04/08/2005
New proposed legislation in the US introduces a "guest worker" visa category that would allow foreign professionals to take up temporary jobs in the US which cannot be filled from within the country...
US lawmakers battle over immigration efforts
9:14 30/05/2005
Two US senators who will oversee their party's efforts on US immigration have called for strict law enforcement as part of any temporary-worker program. Competing senators have put forward a...
Some US states to fight new drivers license law
18:20 11/05/2005
Some states are threatening to challenge and even disobey new orders from the US Congress to bring in uniform procedures for obtaining driver's licenses throughout the US which would mean verifying...
Undercover reporter finds US IDs for sale to illegal immigrants
17:32 21/04/2005
The United States is currently undergoing the largest wave of immigration in over a century, reports CBS news on April 20. But what makes this wave like no other is that so much of it is illegal...
