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IMMIGRATION

  • Pakistani soldier Arafat Khaskheli gets U.S. citizenship
  • Fraud applications galore in Diversity Visa Lottery
  • 20,000 more H-1B visas announced
  • U.S. says significant reduction in visa processing achieved
  • Immigrant driver’s card is approved by Utah Senate
  • Asian Americans have the highest incomes and education among foreign-born in U.S.
  • Former green card holders can reold deportation orders
  • ‘Contribution of Legal Immigrants to the Social Security System’
  • Homeland Security, State Department extend stay of foreign students, scientists
  • N.Y. cancels expedited service for spouses
  • Kennedy airport toughest for asylum seekers
  • Serious inadequacies in treatment of asylum seekers by Homeland Security
  • Australia style points system of immigration could benefit Indians
  • Main reason Indians come to settle in NYC is employment
  • Opposition Conservative Party vows to cap immigrants, asylum seekers
  • Certain USCIS applications to be mailed to Chicago Lockbox instead of submitting to district offices
  • Migrants are opportunity, not threat to Europe, says EU
  • 73 men from Punjab duped by employment agents; 1,500 mile journey on foot
  • Jan. 7, 2005 is deadline to apply for the 2006 diversity visa lottery
  • Immigrant organizations oppose ‘deputization of Suffolk Police’
  • Bangladeshi woman, 2 children are deported
  • Tight visa rules hurt U.S. business, say companies
  • India is 4th highest immigrant source, says report
  • Congress passes measure to increase highly skilled work visas by 20,000
  • Eliot Spitzer announces $450,000 settlement to pretzel vendors
  • DRUM on immigration issues
  • States considering proposals to deny illegal immigrants government services
  • European Union to endorse plans for common asylum policy by 2010
  • Proposal to exempt foreign students from H-1B limit
  • Officials try to calm foreign visitors over requirement for fingerprinting
  • H-1B visa cap reached on day one of fiscal year
  • Official promises to cut down on immigration backlog
  • Should U.S. residents assume their right to due process?
  • AAPI’s appeal to Congress for renewal of selective J-1 visa waiver
  • Showkat Hossain: from an uncertain immigrant to Bangladeshi immigrant hope
  • Immigrants end fasting to demand reform of U.S. immigration laws
  • U.S. links alien status to medical aid; Rep. Crowley criticized the measure
  • Border patrol agents to be given power to deport aliens
  • Ombudsman Prakash Khatri calls for reducing visa processing time
  • Rep. Pallone urges Bush administration to reverse decision on visa holders
  • Over 60 percent of top science, math students are children of immigrants
  • Rigorous English test for immigrants
  • $100 fee for student, scholar visas
  • U.S. visa seekers will require to submit electronic fingerprints
  • Over 20 research groups call for steps to address visa-processing quagmire
  • Real Immigraton ‘reform’ needed, says Nancy Pelosi
  • Court justices to rule on holding illegal immigrants indefinitely
  • Disappointment over new guest workers program
  • Fingerprinting, photographing of foreign visitors begin
  • President Bush unveils new immigration rules
  • NAPACL on special registration
  • Guidelines to immigrants applying for Diversity Visa Lottery
  • Indian immigrants’ petition urges review of regulation on adoption by permanent residents
  • New program to facilitate foreign visitors from Jan. 5
  • Tom Ridge favors a status short of citizenship for illegal immigrants
  • Special Registration Program ended Dec. 2; rights groups relieved
  • Greater influx of legal, illegal immigrants during 2000-2002, says study
  • Language a barrier between immigrants, health care
  • Immigrant groups laud Sen. Hillary Clinton’s workforce bill
  • Jawed, 27, allegedly lies to immigration officials, jailed
  • Ravinder Singh among those who testify in immigration bribery case
  • Despite strict visa application rules for students post-9/11, high enrollment from India
  • Indictment charges against Jaisingh in alleged visa fraud
  • Holt bill on Hasan family
  • New passport rules for visitors to fight terrorism is postponed
  • Advocates for children push legislation (DREAM Act) for immigrant children’s education
  • Program on ‘preventing immigration-related employment discrimination’
  • Citing intelligence reports, U.S. closes visa loopholes
  • New round-the-clock command center to help foreign students entry
  • Personal interviews to rise under new U.S. visa rules
  • Bill seen as last hope for family of murdered store owner
  • Gallup poll says more Americans want reduction in immigration
  • Lawmakers attack use of antitorture law to block immigrants’ deportation
  • DeLauro legislation seeks to limit issuing of L-1 visas
  • NYC Mayor Bloomberg says undocumented immigrants should be made citizens
  • Almost all visa applicants to U.S. may require interviews under to new plan, reports WSJ
  • Court allows detention of criminal immigrants
  • New interim rules for British Commonwealth nationals
  • Work permits for kin of victim as they await passage of Holt bill
  • Blanket detentions of asylum seekers by U.S. draw criticism
  • Problems plague software to track foreign students
  • Rights groups concerned over government powers
  • Legislation is introduced to give permanent resident status to 9/11 victims’ kin
  • Senate passes amendment to protect kin of 9/11 victims
  • New INS registration may apply to all countries
  • Bangladeshis among 4 countries added to special registration list
  • Complying, anxiously, with registration plan
  • United States to demand passenger lists from international carriers
  • Bill proposed to legalize illegal immigrants
  • Order for expediting citizenship requests by aliens in military
  • Proposal to track foreign visa holders
  • Pallone criticizes ending of J-1 visa program
  • House approves bill on illegal immigrants
  • Day of solidarity with immigrant groups marked
  • N.Y. protest against detention of immigrants
  • Pakistan added to INS special registration list
  • U.S. looking to expand use of foreign doctors
  • Alien nation: For immigrants, watchword is enforcement
  • New immigration regulations may affect students


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