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India to move WTO this week against US visa fee hike
NEW DELHI: India will seek consultations with the US under the aegis of WTO this week on visa fee hike for professionals, which "discriminates" against Indian software companies that send employees to America on short-term contracts.
Updated: 05/21/2012 06:22A
US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers
“Instead of being valued for their contributions, immigrant farmworkers are subject to a dysfunctional immigration system and labor laws that exclude them from basic protections most workers take for granted.” The report is based on interviews with
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:37A
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
The report comes as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of Arizona's strict immigration law, with many states weighing similar get-tough measures. “We remain in a dangerous period where those appealing to anti-immigration elements are
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:09A
On Immigrant Day, California Offers Signs of Hope
As California's legislature considers far reaching policies in support of immigrants in 2012, the environment nationally is another story altogether. From Arizona's anti-immigrant law encouraging racial profiling and harassment of undocumented
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:02A
Young illegal immigrants coming out
Diane Martell, 17, of Bessemer, center, leads protesters in a march outside the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery during a demonstration against the state's immigration law Nov. 15. Diane says she is tired of watching the fear in her father's face every
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:02A
Same as it ever was: You may ask yourself, can Montgomery change its ways?
adjusting the immigration bill to make it “better.” Then the Legislature met — and the wheels came off the wagon. Gov. Robert Bentley's “Job Creation and Retention Act,” which would have given businesses a tax break at the expense of the Education
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:00A
Chinese Family Says 'Thanks' To Mrs. Pfost For Special Act
Mrs. Pfost had been instrumental in helping to keep 17-year-old Jackie Lee at Lewiston with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Quon Lee, 402 1st Ave., when immigration officials wanted to deport him to China. It all started in 1947 when Quon Lee went back to
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:18A
Chinese Family Says 'Thanks' To Mrs. Pfost For Special Act
Mrs. Pfost had been instrumental in helping to keep 17-year-old Jackie Lee at Lewiston with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Quon Lee, 402 1st Ave., when immigration officials wanted to deport him to China. It all started in 1947 when Quon Lee went back to
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:12A
Reader Letter | Dispelling immigration myths
Even though those are welcoming words, some immigrations laws and attitudes are so contrary to basic principles that our very democracy is at risk. Our country is in danger of losing its identity as a welcoming nation. Today's immigrants come from all
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:10A
Israel's Pending Immigration Disaster
Israel, which welcomed Ethiopian Jews, is not racist, it has to protect itself from illegal African immigration. Erik Arnold is a freelance columnist who writes on a variety of cultural and political topics. In The Picture of Dorian Gray,
Updated: 05/21/2012 02:25A
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