US immigrants to pay for work permits

SAN DIEGO: The Obama administration said Friday it will begin charging $465 this month for temporary work permits for many young illegal immigrants, as it laid out details of one its signature new policies on immigration. US Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting applications Aug. 15 for the permits that are subject to renewal for [...] Read more »

Help for young immigrants

Young protesters in front of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office in Los Angeles on June 16, 2010. The group was protesting the government’s pursuit of deportation of college students and recent college grads who would otherwise be eligible for the Dream Act. By some estimates, nearly a million young people in this country are living in [...] Read more »

High-skilled immigrants pursued to boost Michigan economy

John Yu-hsien Chang, a 2009 graduate of the University of Michigan, started a company called Sentient Wings, which uses model planes to take photos. He’s from Taiwan, but would like to stay in the U.S. Gov. Rick Snyder has launched an initiative to attract more foreign investors and entrepreneurs to bring their talent, ideas and [...] Read more »

Project to centralize immigration services in Tampa

TAMPA –Immigrants will soon have a new place to go through the process of becoming American citizens with the construction of what officials describe as a modern, energy-efficient U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office on Hoover Boulevard. Officials broke ground on the $10 million, 42,282-square-foot building near Tampa International Airport on May 18 and expect [...] Read more »