A growing number of immigrants are pursuing careers in science and engineering in the United States, according to a new report by the National Science Foundation. An estimated 5.2 million, or 18 percent, of the country’s 29 million scientists and engineers were immigrants in 2013 — up from 3.4 million, […]
Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur who hired him wanted to keep him on. So he helped Mr. Négri apply for a three-year work visa for […]
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court said Monday that President Obama could not move forward with his plans to overhaul immigration rules by providing up to five million people with work permits and protection from deportation. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, […]
White House spokesman says new House speaker playing to right wing with ‘preposterous’ remark
4 Nov
by Foster, on News
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday accused new House Speaker Paul Ryan of “pandering to the extreme right wing” of his party on immigration. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Ryan’s recent comments on an immigration overhaul are “preposterous” and […]