Tag: imigration law

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 07:26 UTC

  Trump latest: “wealth test” rule for immigrants could deny visas and residency to thousands of poor applicants

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that some experts say could cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 06:54 UTC

  Mexican president hails Obama's decisions on immigration

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto hailed US President Barack Obama's sweeping steps on immigration, saying they were “most important measures taken in several decades” and would allow families to stay together.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 09:07 UTC

  Immigration compensated for fewer babies, helped Germany increase population

  

  The number of babies born in Germany sank to a record low in 2011, official statistics showed Monday, but a surge in immigration to Europe's top economy led its population to grow.

• Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:11 UTC

  US Supreme Court confirms controversial Arizona anti-illegal immigrant employment law

  

  The United States Supreme Court gave its blessing this week to one of the strong immigration control laws passed by the state of Arizona, a law that has served as a model for similar measures in other states.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2011 - 07:36 UTC

  Obama impassionate call for immigration reform next to US/Mexico border

  

  President Barack Obama issued an impassioned call for immigration reform in a speech at the US-Mexican border on Tuesday, sending a message to Hispanics whose votes he needs to win re-election next year.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 23:54 UTC

  US shadow population levelling off could signal recession is coming to an end

  

  The number of illegal immigrants in the United States levelled off at around 11 million in 2010, ending a two-year slide since the start of the recession, according to a study released on Tuesday.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:18 UTC

  Mexico to impose strict limits on cash transactions to fight organized crime

  

  Following the discovery of 72 bodies in northern Mexico, allegedly illegal immigrants heading for United States killed by one of the country’s main drug-cartels, Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed Thursday a new package of measures against money laundering to help fight organized crime.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:37 UTC

  U.S. Judge blocks key parts of Arizona’s controversial immigration law

  

  A US federal judge in Arizona has blocked key parts of the state's strict immigration law a day before it was due to take effect. The judge blocked a requirement that police check the immigration status of criminal suspects whom they had stopped while enforcing other laws.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:22 UTC

  Eleven countries condemn Arizona’s controversial immigration law

  

  Eleven countries mostly from Latinamerica on Wednesday signed a declaration condemning the US state of Arizona's controversial immigration law, describing it as “racist and xenophobic.”