The Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule, effective July 16, 2007, to "enhance program integrity and reduce the incentives and opportunities for fraud and abuse related to the permanent employment of aliens in the United States."

NEW JERSEY: Green card backlogs, employment for graduating foreign students and dependent spouses of H1 employees, and delays in issuing social security cards were some of the issues addressed at a first of its kind Forum on Immigration by officials of the Department of Homeland Security, in New Jersey recently.

America is a nation of immigrants and its history of admitting newcomers goes all the way back since its inception. Millions upon millions of people have been attracted to this country because it provides opportunities to anyone who works hard, regardless of race, religion or national origin.

Silicon Valley: Internet search giant Google has urged the US government to raise the number of H-1B visas by highlighting the contributions of its co-founder Sergey Brin and the company's principal scientist Krishna Bharat, both foreign-origin workers.

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is set to deport 750 more Indians found overstaying in the kingdom on pilgrim visas even as the Indian consulate in Jeddah has set up a special cell to facilitate the repatriation of the illegal migrants.

NEW YORK: Indian American legal experts and immigrant rights activists across the board have strongly opposed and rejected the comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007.

SILICON VALLEY: The high-tech industry in the US has opposed the immigration bill being debated in the Senate, saying the measure as currently drafted would harm the American technology industry.

NEW DELHI: India has protested US senators writing directly to Indian companies and seeking H-1B visa details and said such missives from American law-makers would "vitiate the atmosphere" of WTO negotiations in services.

Your urgent action has never been needed more than now, when the debate and negotiations on comprehensive immigration reform legislation are nearing a "make or break" point.

NEW DELHI: A study that fuelled a debate in the US on the merits of H1-B visa has found that Indians working there temporarily get nearly 13,000 dollars a year less than their American counterparts.