The US Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services has unveiled a guide aimed at recently arrived legal immigrants to the US. The guide provides basic civic education and practical tips for living in the United States. It is the first major effort in nearly a century to provide such comprehensive materials for permanent residents. The guide, which was released on 7 June, is part of a larger effort to assimilate immigrants into American culture sooner rather than waiting until they become citizens.
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After school and summer jobs traditionally dominated by teenagers in the US are more frequently being given to immigrants, according to employment figures.
Last year, 36% of those ages 16 to 19 held some sort of job, be it a newspaper delivery route or a full-time position in lieu of high school or college. That is down from 45% in 2000 and is the lowest level since 1947.
Australian IT workers will be the main beneficiaries of the US' new E-3 business sponsored work visa that specifically targets Australian workers.The new US E-3 visa was signed into law by President George Bush two weeks ago and will allow up to 10,500 Australians live and work in the US.
Around 150,000 frustrated Iranian graduates leave Iran each year, hoping to find better paying jobs in the West. Young, educated Iranians say it is too difficult to find a job in their home country.
"It doesn't really matter what your graduation grade is. It makes no difference what contacts you have. You just cannot find a decent job," complained Somayeh, a 25-year-old graduate of industrial design.
The month-long patrols that monitored illegal immigration in Arizona may soon pop up elsewhere in the US.
The organizer of the Minuteman Project -- where nearly 900 volunteers, some of them armed, patrolled the Arizona border in April for the Minuteman Project -- says similar watches are planned for California and along the Canadian border.
Chris Simcox says his group has 15,000 members and will continue monitoring the borders until the federal government begins military patrols.
Two US senators who will oversee their party's efforts on US immigration have called for strict law enforcement as part of any temporary-worker program. Competing senators have put forward a different plan for the country's immigration policy.