Immigration news

The CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, Suzanne Clark, has said more immigration to the US is needed to ease inflation and tackle America’s labor shortages. Ms Clark has urged the Biden administration to ease US immigration policies in order to double the number of legal immigrants.

 

During a recent press conference, Ms Clark said: “We need more workers. We should welcome people who want to come here, go to school and stay. That is a place the government could be particularly helpful and we do believe it would be anti-inflationary.”

Startup companies in the UK banking with Revolut – a British financial technology company that offers banking services – have been banned from securing a UK sponsorship licence to sponsor skilled workers from overseas by the Home Office. Business experts say the Home Office’s decision is counter-intuitive to the UK government’s pro-fintech push.

 

California is set to become the first state in America to achieve universal healthcare access under a new proposal outlined by Governor Gavin Newsom. As part of his state budget proposal, Newsom plans to give all low-income residents in California, regardless of US immigration status, access to the state’s Medicaid coverage.

 

Thousands of European citizens have been denied UK immigration status amid a Home Office blunder that saw them accused of crimes they did not commit. According to a report published by The Independent, hundreds of applicants have had their UK immigration applications put on hold – sometimes for years – due to non-existent, pending prosecutions.

 

New York City has granted hundreds of thousands of US employment-based visa (green card) holders and so-called Dreamers the right to vote in local elections in a landmark move. Republicans are now attempting to sue to block such rights for non-US citizens. If legal challenges fail, New York will become the largest US city to allow non-citizens to vote.

 

Workpermit.com recently reported that the UK government was considering easing UK visa restrictions for Indians as part of a UK-India trade deal. However, the proposals have been met with a Tory backlash with ministers saying that ‘while a free trade deal is valuable in itself, Britain should not be held to ransom’.