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Battle is on to set Republican policy on US immigration

14:35 12/11/2012
The recriminations have begun after the Republicans lost the US presidential election. The party must decide how to respond after losing an election that most commentators say it should have won...

US courts inspector criticises immigration courts' poor performance

14:53 10/11/2012
The inspector general of the United States' Justice Department has issued a critical report about US federal immigration courts. Michael E. Horowitz says that the courts are allowing the backlog of...

Obama owes victory to Hispanics and must reform US immigration

17:20 09/11/2012
The US presidential election is over and President Barack Obama will serve a second term as president of the United States. Exit polls show that he owes that victory in the popular vote to Latino...

US IT firms press Obama to increase number of STEM visas

10:16 08/11/2012
The US presidential election cost over $2bn according the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), a US think tank. For the first time, businesses were able to donate through Political Action Committees...

Canadian immigration minister tells UK Poles to move to Canada

14:06 06/11/2012
Jason Kenney, the Canadian minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, visited the UK and Ireland at the end of October 2012. He was trying to persuade skilled workers to consider a...

Irish report says immigration vital to economic success

15:10 01/11/2012
An Irish report on immigration finds that, even after the crash, immigrants are playing a vital role in the Irish economy. For Ireland to prosper, it must continue to be open to inward migration. The...

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