US Immigration News

Amidst a growing debate about immigration in the US, one of the country's top officials has said that tougher policies brought in since September 11 2001 may put a brake on America's productivity growth, Reuters reports.

Answering questions at the Council on Foreign Relations, Ben Bernanke, a member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, said relatively open immigration had been good for the US economy.

The United States is to change procedures at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to improve the security and immigration process, according to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announcedJanuary 4 that it has received enough petitions to fill the allocationfor H-2B visas for this year.

Sophisticated immigration identification measures under the US-VISIT program have been implemented at the fifty busiest land crossings into the U.S. ahead of schedule, the Department of Homeland Security announced January 3.

A new law approved by President Bush makes it tougher for U.S. employers to get L-1B visas for oversees workers, as announced by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.