US Immigration News

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The United States Senate decided on Thursday to revive an immigration bill that was tabled last week. In theory, it could provide millions of the estimated 13 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. a chance at amnesty and work visa's, with the goal of opening a path toward American citizenship. The Senate indicates they will try to pass it before Memorial Day in late September of this year.

Up to several million people of Latino heritage marched in several cities of the United States on 01 May in support of immigrant workers rights. The largest was in Los Angeles with approximately 1 million in that city alone. Primarily they are from Mexico or descended from Mexicans, but many are from other Central/Latin American nations such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

The topic of illegal immigrant workers has recently become a high-profile topic in American politics and news. Characterizing this issue as having only two sides may not give a full picture of the situation. This is a very complex topic that spans several areas. People from around the world today that wish to visit America for work, studies and/or travel might become confused by the diverse news stories currently being published.

Since the last week of April, the United States dollar has suffered a dramatic decline against many of the big international currencies. There are several factors involved, but most prominent are a large debt and some currency shake-ups in countries such as China.

It is being speculated that this may be the beginning of a long-term decline.

The US Senate will try again within weeks to break the deadlock on immigration reform, the leader of Senate business says. Bill Frist was speaking after huge demonstrations on May 1 illustrated immigrants' demands for more liberal policies.

Congress is caught between competing bills that would either criminalise or legitimise illegal immigrants. But Mr Frist said his attempts at reconciliation would focus on "border security first and foremost."

He said any reform should start "by tightening our borders."