• U.S. businesses want fewer restrictions on skilled foreign workers

    On Tuesday representatives from two major U.S. companies, Microsoft and Nasdaq, headed to the Hill to testify before a Senate subcommittee on immigration policies and its effects on highly skilled foreign workers; speaking before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general Counsel, urged lawmakers to ease restrictions and immigration laws for skilled overseas workers

  • Arizonans raise $100,000 for private border fence

    In its first week of fundraising, buildtheborderfence.com, an effort by private citizens in Arizona to build a fence along the U.S-Mexico border to keep illegal immigrants out, has raised more than $100,000; the site first began accepting donation on 20 July and has so far received funding from roughly 2,300 people

  • Congressman arrested for immigration protest

    On Tuesday a U.S. lawmaker was arrested for organizing a sit-in in front of the White House; Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois), a staunch advocate for immigration reform, led a protest outside the White House to demand that President Barack Obama stop deporting undocumented immigrants

  • Also noted

    Busy border patrol * Arizona sheriffs ask for more help * Alabama immigration law taken to court * Obama “strong supporter” of DREAM Act * Additional security on U.S.-Canada border