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Surge in Immigration Will Boost U.S. Economy, Congressional Budget Office Says
BY RICH MILLER / BLOOMBERG FEBRUARY 7, 2024 10:10 PM EST The surge in immigration will help bolster the U.S. economy by about $7 trillion over the next decade by swelling…
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Several US Immigration, Naturalization Fees to Increase in April
Taylor Delandro Updated: FEB 8, 2024 / 12:25 PM CST (NewsNation) — The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will increase the cost of some immigration and naturalization requests in April. In finalizing a new…
Read MoreCompleting an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade
Release Date 02/09/2024 New USCIS data show progress on customer experience, employment-based immigration, naturalization, and humanitarian work WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is releasing end of fiscal year…
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Americans are Increasingly Worried About Immigration and National Identity, Poll Shows
By Laura Santhanam Feb 7, 2024 5:00 AM EST For a majority of Americans, the United States’ openness to people from all over the world remains essential to the fabric…
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Immigrant Workers Are Informing on Bad Bosses — And Getting Work Permits
Hundreds of New York laborers have received papers that let them get on-the-books jobs under a Biden administration policy that protects workplace whistleblowers and aids prosecutors. BY CLAUDIA IRIZARRY APONTE JAN. 30,…
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H-1B Domestic Visa Renewal Pilot Program Begins as Demand Soars
By Andrew Kreighbaum Jan. 29, 2024, 3:55 AM CST A limited number of H-1B workers now can begin applying to renew their visas without leaving the US, the first time in…
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Immigration Emerges as Key 2024 Election Wedge Issue for Trump, Vulnerability for Biden
By Alexandra Hutzler January 25, 2024, 4:15 AM “Biden’s on a tightrope with this issue,” one observer told ABC News. Immigration, one of the most politically divisive and complex matters…
Read MoreOver 150 Arrested During Human Trafficking Sting in Scottsdale
By Ben Bradley Published: Feb. 14, 2024 at 6:43 PM CST|Updated: Feb. 15, 2024 at 7:17 PM CST SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Scottsdale police say dozens of people were arrested during a multi-agency…
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Suburban Chicago Woman Arrested for Human Trafficking of Mexican Migrants
By John Dodge, Andrew Ramos. Updated on: February 14, 2024 / 3:53 PM CST / CBS Chicago (CBS) — A woman from Highland Park entrapped four migrants from Mexico into forced labor to…
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