WASHINGTON — The director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that she would support a law to require local law enforcement to hold immigrants for ICE even if they oppose doing so — seemingly flying in the face of recent efforts by the Obama administration to mend relationships with […]
The Filipino workers say they were recruited by the bakery owners with a promise: Join us as we launch a new business in the United States, and we’ll double — or even quadruple — your pay. But when the first workers arrived in Southern California in 2012 under a little-known […]
The ex-wife of a former Chinese official was arrested Tuesday in Newcastle, Washington on charges that she and her former husband laundered money to buy property in Washington state and lied to obtain U.S. visas through the immigrant investor program. A federal grand jury indicted Shilan Zhao (趙世蘭), 51, of Newcastle, Washington, […]
By Mario Trujillo A bipartisan Senate bill aiming to increase the number of high-skilled visas doled out by the federal government is running up against Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). During a hearing Tuesday, Grassley made it clear that he believes the bill sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), […]