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Silicon Valley intensifies lobbying on U.S. immigration bill
Reuters* Bill boosts visa numbers for skilled foreign workers * Labor groups seek protection for U.S. workers By Rachelle Younglai and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - Eager to secure more visas for skilled foreign workers, tech companies have...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Rob Portman, G8, Intel Corp.
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Silicon Valley intensifies lobbying on immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eager to secure more visas for skilled foreign workers, tech companies have stepped up their lobbying this week in support of a comprehensive U.S. immigration reform bill. Human resources executives from Adobe , Broadcom , Intel...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Rob Portman, G8, Intel Corp.
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Sen. Sessions' do-nothing solution on immigration [Blowback]
As an attorney and a supporter of immigration reform, I read the Op-Ed article Monday by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) hoping to learn more about principled conservative opposition to the so-called Gang of Eight's plan in the Senate. Instead, I was...Tags: Chuck Schumer, The Washington Post, Extradition, International Law, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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From Cuba to America, as immigrants
My father came to this country in the trunk of a car. That's a sentence I've said many times in my 35 years. I've said it when someone I cared about wanted to give up or when I was asked what I wanted to do for a living or which presidential candidate I...
Tags: Miami Beach, Laws, Science and Technology, One World Trade Center, Immigration
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Column: Palmer Raids Redux: The NSA versus civil liberties
Reuters(Reuters) - During the "Red Scare" that swept the United States in the wake of Russia's 1917 Bolshevik revolution, the Justice Department launched a cycle of raids against radicals and leftists. The U.S. attorney general, a once-celebrated Progressive...Tags: National Security Agency, Russia, Emergency Incidents, New York City Police Department, International Law
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FEATURE-Economic, social pressures behind Kuwait crackdown on foreign workers
Reuters* Kuwait's population is two-thirds foreign * Minister calls for foreign population to be cut sharply * Thousands deported for traffic violations, paperwork * Sharp reduction may not be feasible economically * But social tensions, not just economics...Tags: Civil Rights, Oman, Bangladesh, Government, Kuwait
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Economic, social pressures behind Kuwait crackdown on foreign workers
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - The narrow, cracked streets of the district of Jleeb al-Shuyoukh, down the road from Kuwait's main airport, would normally be bustling with Indian and Bangladeshi workers by late morning, just before the summer sun becomes unbearable....Tags: Civil Rights, Oman, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Politics
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Migrants in Greece detained based on appearance: HRW
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police have often detained people based on their physical appearance during a crackdown on illegal immigration and only a fraction of them were found to be in the country unlawfully, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Migrants...Tags: Civil Rights, United Nations, International Law, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch
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Government has lost control of immigration
Regarding the June 10 editorial, "Driver's license veto a big step backward," and the stories about in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants and the rapid rise in food stamp expenditures: What a day — benefits for everyone. Let's see,...Tags: Politics, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Migration, Delray Beach, Immigration
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Letters to the Editor: Seminole schools, Trayvon Martin, The Villages
Fix Seminole schools I read with amazement the Sentinel article on the need for Seminole County schools to fix its facilities problems using the recently passed millage increase ("Seminole schools chief urges fixes using tax hike, but board skeptical,"...
Tags: Golf, Trayvon Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, Jesse Jackson, Sports
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Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship...
Tags: National Security, Univision (tv network), John Cornyn, Marco Rubio, Washington, DC
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Immigration reform hurts U.S. workers
The Senate this week begins debate on the proposed immigration reform bill. If this bill becomes law, there is one likely outcome for low-skilled Maryland workers: disaster. The assurances of the bill's proponents that the bill will somehow help the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Work Relations, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Employment
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