News
06 Feb 12
Kansas businesses propose surprising US immigration plan
A coalition of local businesses in Topeka, Kansas intend to propose a surprising new programme to allow some illegal immigrants to stay in the country in a move which is not only at odds with current US immigration legislation but will almost certainly clash with controversial Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
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06 Feb 12
17 asylum seekers bound for the US drown as boat capsizes
Rescue efforts off the coast of the Dominican Republican have recovered 17 bodies and 13 survivors after a boat holding 70 American bound illegal immigrants capsized on Saturday.
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02 Feb 12
Republican outsider outlines controversial US visa policy
Texan Congressman Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, has outlined his own US immigration policy for the first time in the race.
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01 Feb 12
US economy eagerly awaits boost from American visa relaxations
President Barack Obama's recent announcements to ease the requirements for Chinese and Brazilian tourists to apply for an American visa have been received warmly by American retailers.
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31 Jan 12
US immigration authorities warn against security jokes
Leigh Van Bryan, 26, tweeted his understandable excitement about his upcoming holiday but chose his words a little unwisely as he was held at Los Angeles International Airport, questioned and then sent home.
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27 Jan 12
Romney and Gingrich clash over US immigration claims
In a fierce debate in Florida before the state's primary, Republican nominee front runners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney took the chance to insult each other with the most intense exchanges concerning each other's US immigration policies.
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26 Jan 12
Florida primary likely to gauge voters on US immigration proposals
As the race to be the Republican Nomination begins to gather momentum, the candidates will get a representative view of how their US immigration policies are received within the Hispanic community when the Florida primary takes place next week.
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26 Jan 12
US and Mexico team up over US immigration officer’s murder
An American federal judge has allowed Mexico to join American officials in the prosecution of a Mexican drug cartel boss accused of killing an American immigration official.
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25 Jan 12
Obama calls for US immigration reform in speech to Congress
In his annual State of the Union address to the United States Congress, President Barack Obama called for a comprehensive reform of the US immigration process, urging Congress to allow people to 'earn their citizenship'.
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24 Jan 12
Romney proposes 'self-deportation' as US immigration solution
Republican Presidential Nominee candidate Mitt Romney has declared that he would tackle US immigration by favouring, what he referred to as "self deportation".
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