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USA Ceasing Ban on Travel for Foreign Nationals Infected with HIV
The only disease singled out in the US immigration law for exclusion will be revoked imminently. Gay rights advocates are applauding this move as a step closer to ending the discriminatory ban which has been in effect since 1987. “Gay rights groups are praising the imminent release of a proposed regulation ending a 1987 U.S. [...]
Janice Jacobs, assistant secretary at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, said the US was interested in increasing the number of foreign students, including Vietnamese, studying in the US. Currently, the US is hosting around 15,000 Vietnamese students and the Southeast Asian nation now ranks 8th among countries sending most students to the US, she said.
Continue reading …The BBC reported on the immigration raids that occurred recently. Seven people have been arrested in raids by UK Border Agency officers on restaurants and takeaways in County Durham and Tyneside. In one Indian restaurant in Durham three Bangladeshi men were found working illegally while in a Chinese takeaway two more people were arrested. Three [...]
Continue reading …Today on the Boston Globe, Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff, writes about what most immigration advocates have been pondering, whether Obama will carry through on his promise for immigration reform. Boston Globe: Before a huge crowd in San Diego last summer, Barack Obama vowed to make fixing illegal immigration a top priority as president, and Latinos [...]
Continue reading …U.S. Immigration and Presidential Election: Uncertainty and Indecisiveness
November 4, 2008 No CommentThe Presidential Election is but one day away and on the eve, we are bombarded in the news about sensationalized campaigning in a last ditch attempt to sway voters. It seems too much is focused on fluff and not enough on substantive issues, such as comprehensive immigration reform.
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