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By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- President Barack Obama is set to sign a $600 million border security bill today. The legislation was approved by the Senate Thursday and by the House on Tuesday in special August sessions. The money will be raised in part through increased visa fees for foreign personnel companies that bring skilled foreign workers to the U.S. -- with hikes from $320 to as high as $2,750 each, according to the Los Angeles Times. (India is not happy.) The fees will be levied on companies that hire 50 or more foreign workers or have half or more than half of their staff on foreign visas. Here's ...
Obama Blames Politics for Delay on Immigration
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 1) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed immigration policy gridlock on "political posturing and special interest wrangling." In a speech, Obama took Republicans to task, in particular 11 GOP senators who supported recent efforts to improve the immigration system. He did not name any, but told his largely supportive audience at American University that those lawmakers had succumbed to the "pressures of partisanship and election-year politics." Seeking to build new momentum on an issue many advocates hoped would be resolved by this point, Obama laid out his rationale ...
Immigration Fight: Has Arizona's Get-Tough Law Changed Everything?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyCapitol Hill press conferences normally radiate the sincerity of an airline crew on a late-arriving regional jet robotically thanking each passenger at the exit door for enduring flying with them. But there was a faint whiff of the genuine article early Thursday evening when beleaguered Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and four senior Democrats unveiled their framework for an immigration reform bill. The message from each of the Democrats can be summarized in words often uttered by lonely children on sunny Saturday afternoons: "Will the Republicans come out and play, please?" After going ...
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