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The population of the United States hit the 300-million mark officially on 17 October, a milestone set to generate little celebration. Unlike the pomp and circumstance that greeted the 200-million mark in 1967, federal officials this year are not planning any major events to welcome the 300 millionth American, who many say will likely be Hispanic, possibly an illegal immigrant, but more likely to be a legal immigrant.
The debate on immigration will continue as members of Congress consider whether or not a guest worker program will become a reality in 2007. Although authors of the bill say it is not an amnesty program, features of the bill will help immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for two years and have an employer who will sponsor them. The proposed bill would allow those immigrants to live and work in the U.S. along with their families.
President George W. Bush signed an executive order in July 2002 allowing immigrants with green cards to become United States citizens as soon as they are sworn in, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Since then, more than 25,000 immigrant members of the armed services have become U.S. citizens and another 40,000 are eligible to request naturalization, USCIS said in a statement.
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Part of the United Kingdoms SBS programe is closed immediately because all the available visas have been given. Other parts of the scheme are still open. This means that the number of people eligible to come under the SBS work permit scheme has been reduced even further.
Announcement from the UK Home Office :
Key points of a planned speech by the Tory leader, David Cameron, stress the importance and value of immigration to the British economy and its people. Likely to enrage anti-immigration campaigners, the basic message is that the recent flood of new workers into Britain is a "good thing" and that skilled immigrants actually "create more employment."