| 9 Die as Haitian Immigrants’ Boat Sinks The Coast Guard pulled 27 people out of the waters off Boynton Beach, at least 10 of them dead, after a boat packed with Haitian immigrants capsized and sank. nytimes.com |
Zimbabwe Deports U.N. Investigator JOHANNESBURG A United Nations torture investigator who was supposed to meet Zimbabwe’s prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, was instead detained under guard at the airport overnight and ejected from Zimbabwe on Thursday morning. nytimes.com |
Immigration Offer Draws Few Haitians Just 34,000 Haitians in the United States illegally have applied for a special status that temporarily allows them to work. nytimes.com |
Governors Criticize Border Plan The Texas and Arizona governors criticized the Obama administration’s border security plans Monday, saying not enough National Guard troops were being deployed to their states. nytimes.com |
US companies still able to apply for H1B visas for overseas workers - 17,000 visas left Before the global financial crisis, the cap on H1B visas was being reached on the first day that visas became available for each fiscal year. In recent years visas have continued to be available throughout the year. The latest USCIS update of 12 November 2011, confirms that over 17,000 H-1B visas are still available under the regular H-1B cap and 2,600 under the Masters Exemption for the current fiscal year.... workpermit.com |