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		<title>HIV No Longer A Bar to Entering the U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Immigration officials in the United States recently announced that HIV is no longer a bar to entering or immigrating into the United States.  In the past, a person had to undergo HIV testing and have a negative test result (meaning no HIV present) in order to qualify. That is no longer the case!  Now, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=401</link>
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		<title>Change for Cuban-American Relations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Press Secretary of the White House issued the following statement on April 13, 2009 titled &#8220;Fact Sheet: Reaching Out to the Cuban People&#8221;.  It&#8217;s a great blueprint for what the Obama Administration&#8217;s plan is going to be to change Cuban-American relations.
FACT SHEET: REACHING OUT TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE
Today, the Obama administration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=396</link>
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		<title>Immigration Statistics for 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year the USCIS publishes immigration statistics showing who came from where and what visa they used to get here to the US.  Follow THIS LINK to read all about it.  You might be surprised by what you see there!
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		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=394</link>
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		<title>Amnesty in the Works?  Maybe!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a statement issued by Angela Kelley, Director of the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) in Washington, DC. today:
&#8220;We applaud the White House, Senator Harry Reid, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi for their vision, leadership, and commitment to passing comprehensive and meaningful immigration reform this year. The United States, now more than ever, needs workable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=390</link>
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		<title>Recommendations for EB-5 Reform from the CIS Ombudsman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, provides independent analysis of problems encountered by individuals and employers interacting with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and proposes changes to mitigate those problems.
CLICK HERE to read the recommendations presented to the Department of Homeland Security on March 18 2009 for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=387</link>
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		<title>Immigrants&#8217; Impact on Our Coffers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I read with interest the following article about how the immigrant population, legal and illegal, has a positive impact on States&#8217; economies.  Read for yourself the results of the studies conducted by many states here in the U.S.~~
Immigrant Policy Project
A Summary of State Studies On Fiscal Impacts of Immigrants
March 17, 2009
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Several states and organizations have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=367</link>
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		<title>Reform Coming for Homeland Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, outlined areas that are going to be targeted for reform.  Below is an excerpt from a press release from the White House:
Reform Agenda at the Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Napolitano ordered an Efficiency Review across the Department of Homeland Security last month – an effort that will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=322</link>
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		<title>Some Potential Exciting News for E-2 Investor Visa Holders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Adam Putnam has introduced a bill into Congress, tentatively named the E-2 Nonimmigrant Investor Adjustment Act of 2009.  Its purpose is to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain E-2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status.  As of February 24, 2009, it has been referred to the House [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=317</link>
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		<title>Student and Exchange Visitors &#8211; Facts and Approved Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you or someone you know is interested in coming to the USA to study, there are some great information recourses available from United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.  Click HERE to see a list of the approved schools.  Click HERE for a link to a fact page on all of the different student and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=314</link>
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		<title>Myth Busted!  Immigrants Are NOT a Burden on Our Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an article that was posted on the American Immigration Lawyer&#8217;s Association web site, reprinted here in full.
FACT: According to a 2007 report from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Latino immigrants in Nevada paid roughly $2.6 billion in federal taxes and $1.6 billion in state and local taxes (including $500 million in sales [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://visa-me.com/?p=306</link>
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