US Republicans 'should pass delayed immigration reform'
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10:02 30/05/2014
Democratic leader in the US Senate, Senator Harry Reid, has suggested that the Republicans in the House of Representatives (or 'the House' as it is known) should pass immigration reform before August...
Democrat Senators tell US immigration campaigners to focus on Boehner
18:55 28/05/2014
Campaigners for immigration reform in the US have met Democratic senators in Washington to discuss tactics. The Democratic senators have urged the campaigners to spend the summer putting as much...
Prominent Tea Party activist calls for US immigration reform
12:53 19/05/2014
Sal Russo, a high-profile Tea Party activist, has called on the US Congress to 'fix' the US's immigration system. Mr Russo wrote an opinion piece for the Washington political newspaper Roll Call in...
US IT lobby group calls for action on H-1B visa reform
9:59 13/05/2014
Compete America, a body which lobbies on behalf of high-tech industries in the US, has called on the US Congress to pass legislation to increase the number of H-1B visas available to US industry...
Obama uses Korea visit to call for US immigration reform
13:36 07/05/2014
President Obama has used a speech in South Korea to call on the US Congress to pass immigration reform. The President was speaking at a naturalisation ceremony for members of the US military who were...
US immigration denies visa to Iran's UN envoy
11:59 24/04/2014
The US has refused to grant a visa to Iran's chosen delegate to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi. Because the UN meets in New York, this in effect prevents Mr Aboutalebi from taking up his post...