| A Killing in a Town Where Latinos Sense Hate The stabbing of a laborer has brought accusations of anti-immigrant hostility to a village in Suffolk County. nytimes.com |
Texas: Passport Lawsuit Settled Hundreds of citizens along the United States-Mexico border whose applications for passports were banished to a bureaucratic black hole because their births were attended by midwives will be able to reapply. nytimes.com |
Canada to make foreign qualifications assessment faster Canadian immigrant s will find it quicker in future to have their qualifications assessed. The new Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications will mean that Canadian immigrants will find out within one year whether they can be licensed or registered to work in certain fields. This was announced recently by the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Co-Chair of the Forum of Labour Market Ministers, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.... workpermit.com |
US H-1B Visas continue to be available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced recently that H-1B visas continue to be available for the latest fiscal year. According to the latest announcement USCIS has received the following number of visa applications for Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011):... workpermit.com |
Detention and the Disabled A new report lays out in unsettling detail the burdens faced by a particularly vulnerable group: immigrants with mental disabilities. nytimes.com |