<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>US-immigration News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=64&amp;catid=297</link><description>News Feed for - US-immigration</description><item><title>Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96192519&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:41:00</pubDate><description>Published: 22/11/2009 at 07:03 AM Online : tweetmeme_url tweetmeme_service tweetmeme_source The United States has granted political asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer </description><source>Bangkok Post</source></item><item><title>Deputies recount experience of guarding U.S.-Mexico border</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96180134&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:55:00</pubDate><description>A week of work was far from average for seven Florence County sheriff's deputies who spent several days this month guarding the U.S.-Mexico border just a few paces from the most world's most dangerous </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Cross border terrorism hampering Afghanistan, Pakistan: Clinton</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96053555&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:31:00</pubDate><description>Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Noting that a 'cross border fertilisation of terrorism' is preventing both Pakistan and Afghanistan to defeat the forces threatening them, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton </description><source>Mangalorean</source></item><item><title>US H-1B Cap Count November Update</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96205708&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:15:00</pubDate><description>that approximately 55,600 H-1B cap subject petitions had been filed. Also, that as already announced all 20,000 H-1B visas available for aliens with advanced degrees had been used and that new H-1B petitions </description><source>Workpermit.com</source></item><item><title>Lesbian U.S. soldier wins bid for asylum</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96110418&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T04:06:00</pubDate><description>Janice Tibbetts Canwest News Service OTTAWA - A lesbian soldier who deserted the U.S. army won a key court victory Friday when a judge ordered the refugee board to reconsider her failed asylum claim and </description><source>Seattle Gay News</source></item><item><title>U.S. Government Grants Guo Feixiong's Family Political Asylum</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96186969&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:22:00</pubDate><description>Contact: Annee Kahler, Media Coordinator, 267-210-8278, Annee@ChinaAid.org; Jenny McCloy, Directory of Advocacy (Washington, DC), 202-213-0506, Jenny@ChinaAid.org; both with ChinaAid; www. ChinaAid.org, </description><source>Christian News Wire</source></item><item><title>Immigration priority for U.S. Apple</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96183794&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T21:29:00</pubDate><description>Early next year is a window of opportunity for Congress to act on immigration reform, says a leading national apple lobbyist. A year ago, Nancy Foster, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Apple </description><source>Fresh Plaza</source></item><item><title>Patricia Gracia: Crossing the Border Line of Tijuana, Mexico to the US American </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96062264&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T11:50:00</pubDate><description>Advertising executive tells her personal story filled with challenges and sacrifices in pursuit of her lifetime dream and accomplishments SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Founder and President </description><source>TickerTech.com</source></item><item><title>Lockheed Martin Delivers First Set Of U.S. Customs &amp; Border Protection P-3 Orion </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95900189&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T00:52:00</pubDate><description>Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and U.S. Customs &amp;amp; Border Protection (CBP) officials marked the delivery of the first CBP set of new production P-3 Orion wings from the company's Marietta, Ga., production </description><source>Your Industry News</source></item><item><title>H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firm layoffs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96066750&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T15:52:00</pubDate><description>Legislation could affect a broad swath of tech firms that have laid off large numbers of workers but continue hiring guest workers The two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to </description><source>InfoWorld</source></item><item><title>Parties want tightening of US passport checks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96074736&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T13:25:00</pubDate><description>Top spokespeople from three political parties back making customs checks for US citizens more thorough Many Americans are travelling to Denmark after visiting Middle Eastern countries, and now parties </description><source>Copenhagen Post</source></item><item><title>Tensions divide U.S.-Canada bordertown</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95942936&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T22:31:00</pubDate><description>The U.S. is planning to build a wall on the street, and install a customs post on Canusa street in Stanstead, Que. Houses on one side of the street are in the U.S., but on the other side they are in Canada. </description><source>Globe and Mail</source></item><item><title>Student deported before graduation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95863981&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T03:39:00</pubDate><description>By clicking on 'sign up' you agree with and and consent to the collection, storage and use of this information in the subject to laws and regulations. For our international users, please be aware that </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>U.S. cracks down on border meeting spot for Mexicans</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96021381&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T01:24:00</pubDate><description>A man and a child walk past a fence marking the border between Mexico and the U.S. in Tijuana November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States has severely restricted </description><source>Upstatetoday.com</source></item><item><title>25,000 onsite H-1B inspections</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95965172&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T07:40:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: US immigration officials are taking H-1B enforcement plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers over this fiscal year, according to a report in ComputerWorld. </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>Clinton recognized cross-border fertilization in Pak dangerous</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96109288&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T22:50:00</pubDate><description>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there is cross border fertilization of terrorism in :Pakistan from Afghanistan and the US would continue to press Islamabad to go after extremism in the country. </description><source>DDI News</source></item><item><title>Dialysis Unit Closing Hits Illegal Immigrants Hard</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96095359&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T21:05:00</pubDate><description>ATLANTA  Each had crossed the border years before, smuggled across the desert by a coyote, never imagining the journey would lead to a drab and dusty clinic on the ninth floor of Atlanta?s . Some knew </description><source>New York Times</source></item><item><title>Asylum for Activist's Family</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96033489&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T19:03:00</pubDate><description>The wife and children of a jailed Chinese activist are granted U.S. asylum.</description><source>Radio Free Asia</source></item><item><title>US immigration dodge is permanent</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96070749&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T12:54:00</pubDate><description>Janet Napolitano, boss of US Homeland Security, is making the Global Entry system - a quicker way through customs and border control - permanent. The voluntary scheme, for US residents, is currently being </description><source>The Register</source></item><item><title>Family of detainee lauds judges decision to halt deportation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95878112&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T06:42:00</pubDate><description>The family of Pedro Tavarez, a federal immigration detainee who died Oct. 19 after being held in Suffolk County jail, hailed yesterday a judges decision to halt deportation of two of his former cellmates </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Patrick orders staff to craft plan on immigration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95859389&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T01:46:00</pubDate><description>By Maria Sacchetti and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in 'the usual debate' over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Mexican migrants give more money to U.S. than to kin back home</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96025341&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T20:52:00</pubDate><description>Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico's largest bank, BBVA Bancomer. In a new report, </description><source>RBC Dain Rauscher</source></item><item><title>US Immigration 101</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96004079&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T17:05:00</pubDate><description>We have China to thank for in the evolution of the immigration service system in the United States. Until the Civil War between the Gray and the Blue, migrating to the United States was nothing but a </description><source>Saipan Tribune</source></item><item><title>PREPARED REMARKS BY SECRETARY NAPOLITANO ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AT THE CENTER FOR </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95638882&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-16T23:43:00</pubDate><description>Thank you to John Podesta for that warm introduction. John is a good friend of mine, and I admire the work hes done here at the Center for American Progress to advance the national debate on a range of </description><source>Hellenic News</source></item><item><title>U.S. stops Canadian canola meal shipments at border because of salmonella</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95939082&amp;Channel_ID=64&amp;Category_ID=297</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T10:50:00</pubDate><description>EDMONTON - The United States has stopped canola meal shipments from five Canadian plants at the border over concerns about potentially dangerous salmonella bacteria. And prairie farmers are calling on </description><source>Newstalk 1290 CJBK</source></item></channel></rss>