US Immigration News

The United States needs to further tighten its immigration laws to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the country, says a new report released this week."US immigration officials are overwhelmed by the number of people they had to deal with and cannot conduct proper security checks," said Steve Camarota of the Centre for Immigration Studies, which published the study. The centre advocates cutting legal migration to the United States.

Hurricane Katrina has left many cities in the southeastern United States nearly destroyed. Officials are saying that hundreds of people might be dead, and many thousands are left without homes and basic provisions. Survivors face challenges as flooding and power outages continue.

We at workpermit.com would like to extend our condolences to those who have lost family members or loved ones in hurricane Katrina, in the southeastern United States.

Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal immigration.US Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff has pledged to rush federal aid as soon as possible and come up with a plan to stem the tide.

As workpermit.com reported on 15 August 2005, the US's annual H-1B visa limit for the 2006 fiscal year has been met. However, we would like to remind you that graduates of U.S. masters degree or above programs still qualify for some remaining numbers for both fiscal year 2005 and 2006.

Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal immigration.US Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff has pledged to rush federal aid as soon as possible and come up with a plan to stem the tide.

A New York state judge ruled on 18 Aug., that New York state must pay the same benefits to legal immigrants as it does to US citizens, even though the US federal government has stopped paying its share.

The decision restores higher aid payments to thousands of disabled legal immigrants, many of them elderly refugees who were facing eviction after being cut off from federal and state disability benefits because they had not become United States citizens within a seven-year period set by Congress.