US senators say immigration reform bill has 'substantive agreement'
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16:41 08/04/2013
Senator Chuck Schumer, one of the so-called 'Gang of Eight' Republican and Democrat senators who are working on a comprehensive US immigration reform bill has said there is 'substantive agreement' on...
US tech chiefs lobby Obama and Congress on H-1B visas and green cards
19:02 18/03/2013
The chief executives of some of the most famous companies in the world have written a public letter to President Obama to press him to support legislation that would allow more skilled immigration...
US Tech sector backs immigration reform
12:06 08/03/2013
US tech firms are supporting the proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill that is being drafted by a group of eight senators. Tech industry associations such as the Technology CEO Council are...
US budget crisis impacts on immigration
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...
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...
