US immigration faces crisis
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10:45 26/08/2005
Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal...
Research proves benefits of skilled worker immigration
15:02 24/08/2005
Immigration of skilled workers is 10 times more valuable to the economy than immigration of unskilled workers, new statistical research shows. While unskilled immigrants produce many benefits for...
New York must pay same benefits to immigrants as to citizens: court
11:33 22/08/2005
A New York state judge ruled on 18 Aug., that New York state must pay the same benefits to legal immigrants as it does to US citizens, even though the US federal government has stopped paying its...
Debate over US H-1B visa continues
19:10 18/08/2005
As workpermit.com reported this week, the US government has filled its allotment of 65,000 H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2006 and is not accepting new applications. Representativesof the high tech...
Does the US need more H-1B visas? What do you think?
15:55 18/08/2005
Are 65,000 H-1B visas enough per fiscal year? Does the US need to increase the quota? Critics say the system is being abused by companies to bring in foreigners at lower wages even when there are...
US has least friendly business immigration policies: survey
14:45 18/08/2005
In a global survey of 130 businesses taken by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the United States was found to have the least friendly business immigration policies. Long processing time of work permit...
