US Immigration News

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During the summer, a series of U.S. towns and local jurisdictions began passing immigration-related legislation. Some have been restrictive and controversial, with Hazleton, Pennsylvania of particular note.

A popular fast food chain in the United States is the target of a class-action lawsuit by employees who are illegal immigrants who were fired. In a bizarre twist on the U.S. illegal immigration debate, the employer had an opportunity to register the illegal employees under a program to make them legal, but missed the deadline and solved the problem by terminating th

The United States Department of State currently is responsible for operating and maintaining the program. The official name for the program is the DV-2008 Diversity Visa lottery, commonly referred to as the Green Card Lottery since that is the visa type issued to qualified winners.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a study indicating that foreign-born students are signing up for university studies in countries other than the United States. In 2004, 22% of university students in the U.S. were foreign-born, while 25% were foreign-born only two years before that.

The date when passports will be required for U.S. citizens flying or cruising to Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico has been extended by one week, to 08 January 2007. The earlier deadline for requiring passports for air and sea passage to those destinations from 31 December 2006 was changed to accommodate holiday travellers, according to U.S. State Department spokeswoman Laura Tischler.