WASHINGTON – The U.S. government unveiled today a multi-agency, nationwide initiative to combat immigration services scams. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are leading this historic effort. This initiative targets immigration scams involving the unauthorized practice of immigration law (UPIL), which occurs when legal advice [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to California’s policy of granting reduced, in-state tuition at its colleges and universities to graduates of its high schools who are undocumented immigrants. In-state tuition is about one-third less than out-of-state tuition. Eight other states—Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Washington—have passed [...]
poll shows Obama holds significant lead over possible Republican rivals in the 2012 election despite lagging economy. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Print PDF This post was submitted by Reuters.
Imagine being unemployed for nine months and finally a job offer comes your way. Great you’re ready to pop the champagne cork. But wait not so fast. First you have to pass a background check. That could mean pulling your credit score. What if it’s not great? Will that affect your chances of getting the [...]
A recent case shows how Indonesia is abusing the rights of citizens in West Papua. Jayapura, Indonesia In Indonesia, there has been much to celebrate since the democratic reformasi began in May 1998. Most Indonesians are freer under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono than they ever were under the “Guided Democracy” of Sukarno or the “New [...]
HACKENSACK, N.J. — No one has to tell the folks at the One-Stop Career Center in northern New Jersey that the economy is getting softer. They feel it first-hand. “The last month or two, it’s gotten very slow,” said Susan DeGroat, who lost her job as a billing manager two years ago. “I go online [...]
The mayor of London tries to charge the U.S. government a fee designed to reduce traffic congestion Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN / IM.
If you want to get a sense of what an economic powerhouse Washington has become in recent years, look no further than the Virginia suburb of Falls Church City. Boasting a strong school system and positioned about six miles from the nation’s capital, Falls Church has for years enticed rich families, making it the nation’s [...]
If the contemporary era thinks it has cornered the market on presidential candidates who think outside the box — such as Ron Paul and Herman Cain — it should think again. American history is chock-full of one-of-a-kind politicians with White House aspirations. Nevermind all the self-nominated hopefuls like Leonard “Live Forever” Jones — a Kentucky [...]
Malaysia’s capital boasts numerous street vendors and restaurants that offer an insight into its multicultural character. Ethnic Malays, who are Muslim, make up the majority of the population in Malaysia and dominate its cuisine with their liberal use of coconut milk, aromatic herbs and shrimp paste. Chinese and Indian minorities also contribute, carrying the cuisine [...]
The Obama administration wants to help more struggling Americans stay in their homes by reducing the amount they owe on their troubled mortgages, a top Treasury official said on Saturday. “We are very definitely trying to facilitate more principal reductions,” said Timothy Massad, Treasury’s acting assistant secretary for financial stability. “It is a very important [...]
It’s been a tough week for the U.S. economy. Housing prices continued to fall, the stock market dropped again for the fifth week in a row, but it was the job numbers that really hit home: Employers added just 54,000 jobs in May. That’s the fewest in the last eight months. The unemployment rate unexpectedly [...]
The Shanghai Daily is reporting that a 17-year old sold a kidney so he could buy an iPad 2. “I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it,” said the boy surnamed Zheng in Huaishan City. “A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney [...]
After a week of tough economic news, the latest job numbers tell perhaps the most powerful story of economic pain that continues to wrack Americans. And it puts President Obama’s 2012 re-election at risk. The economy added just 54,000 jobs in May, far below forecasts, and the housing market hardly has a pulse. It’s become [...]
The Farce and Corruption Threatening Indonesia’s Rainforest At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns out of the ground, its nadir filled with brown slurry. Looking across the hinterland from its southern ridge, a dust-scape stretches off towards the horizon, braided by dirt tracks and the giant dump trucks that traverse [...]
WASHINGTON – Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Education Secretary Arne Duncan participated in a conference call today to discuss comprehensive immigration reform with members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The pair made the case for why effective immigration reform is vital to U.S. economic competitiveness and why the involvement of the business community is [...]
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