Archive for the ‘Immigration Reform’ Category
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on how the U.S. economic downturn, along with increased raids against illegal immigrants, has slowed down immigration to the U.S. To read the article, please go to THIS LINK.
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Immigration is an important national issue. The health of our economy depends on the ability of companies to transfer workers to the U.S. and abroad.
Both Barack Obama and John McCain have said that they support comprehensive immigration reform. As the election nears, it will be important for readers to know where the ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
A bill (S.3414) that would recapture family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays was introduced in the U.S. Senate. Similar to the bill passed by the House Judiciary Subcommittee, this bill would also prevent loses of family and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. To read the entire ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
In what could be considered a positive step for at least some immigration reform this year, the House Judiciary Subcommittee held a mark-up session today and approved three pieces of immigration-related legislation.
H.R. 6020, sponsored by Representative Lofgren (D-CA), would amend the INA to allow soldiers who have served in support ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Vivek Wadhwa, an Executive in Residence at Duke University and Wertheim Fellow at Harvard Law School, writes an interesting article about how the lack of H-1B and immigrant visa numbers is 'forcing' highly-educated immigrants to leave the United States and work elsewhere in the world. The article also correctly points out that this problem is ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
As John McCain and Barack Obama highlight their differences between now and November, one area where they are not so different is their position on immigration reform. Both are for reforming our broken immigration system, including creating a guest worker program and increasing immigrant visas. However, both also support increased ...
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