US Immigration News

People across America took advantage of the May Day bank holiday to march in support of immigration reform. In cities across the US on May 1st 2013, there were demonstrations with thousands of people in attendance. The largest single demonstration was held in Los Angeles where some 30,000 people marched but there were smaller demonstrations in cities big and small.

The US tech industry has given a cautious welcome to the draft immigration bill released by a group of US senators on 16th April 2013.

The bill was revealed by a group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, who have been working on a draft bill since January. The group were nicknamed The Gang of Eight by the US media.

The bill is 844 pages long and will introduce many changes. Among these are the following. It will:

The so-called 'Gang of Eight' has released its draft immigration reform bill and it seems that one of the main losers may be Indian outsourcing companies which have, in recent years, become major players in the global outsourcing of services revolution. Six of the ten leading services outsourcing companies globally are Indian.

The US Congress has announced that it will vote in June on the immigration reform bill prepared by the so-called 'Gang of Eight'.

The Gang of Eight is made up of four Republicans and four Democrats who have been working on the bill since January. The Republicans include the former Presidential candidate John McCain and the youthful darling of the right Marco Rubio who, many believe, will challenge for the presidency in 2016. The Democrats include veteran New York senator Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin of Illinois.

A group of US senators has released the draft Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (The Act). The Act was drafted by the Gang of Eight; a group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, and contains proposals for comprehensive reform of the entire US immigration system.

The Gang of Eight, a group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, who have been working on proposals for a law that would radically overhaul the US immigration system since January, have released their draft Act of Congress, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. It is 844 pages long and contains proposals to reform every area of the system.