US demand for workers grows, especially in construction
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17:33 25/11/2005
As the Associated Press reports, there's no shortage of work for Mike Kirby, a 21-year-old apprentice electrician in Iowa who's lately been on the job 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He and others...
Dependent spouses of US H-1B visa holders often frustrated
10:45 11/10/2005
For thousands of immigrant women professionals who arrive in the United States as spouses on their husbands' visas, being forced to stay at home and not work is difficult and depressing. The...
US banks, financial companies, take interest in immigrants
17:26 29/07/2005
Some weeks, José Edgardo Andrande makes less than $200. Other weeks, his pay tops $1,200. "But then it goes down to $500" the next week, said Mr. Andrande, 42, a job hopper from El Salvador who, for...
New immigration measures in the US constitutionality questioned
15:15 26/05/2005
A federal appeals court in the US state of Virginia has set the stage for a hearing to review the constitutionality of tough new immigration measures in the REAL ID Act. The REAL ID Act would make...
Immigration could save US Social Security System
17:24 17/02/2005
Immigration could help to solve the funding difficulties that America's strained social security system is likely to face in future, the website azcentral.com reports. A report released on February...
