Congress OKs visas for Iraqi translators
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Congress has agreed to a tenfold increase in special immigrant visas for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, whose work with U.S. military personnel and diplomatic officials makes them targets for terrorist violence
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The House bill would include provisions to make it easier to deport suspicious undocumented immigrants and would relax standards for sending foreigners to countries where they might be tortured.
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Foreigners could have a harder time  seeking asylum in the United States and illegal immigrants  would be barred from getting drivers licenses under a bill  approved on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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In a move to crack down against   illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections, the House of   Representatives voted on Wednesday to require Americans to   provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 24 -- Leaders of Iraq's oil-rich Kurdish region have apparently approved a draft oil law that will be presented to Iraqi lawmakers in coming weeks, an eagerly awaited breakthrough that is expected to professionalize and expand drilling in the country.
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The Iraqi Cabinet approved a draft law Monday to manage the country's vast oil industry and distribute its wealth among the population &#151; a major breakthrough in U.S. efforts to press the country's Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish groups to reach agreements to achieve stability.
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Jordan has become the first Arab state to send a fully accredited ambassador to Iraq, a major display of political support for the U.S.-backed government in the face of past kidnapping-slayings of Muslim diplomats.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 3 -- Controversial legislation that had been promoted as a way to return former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to government became law Sunday, Iraq's presidency council said, despite objections by Iraq's highest-ranking Sunni Arab government official.
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The US Congress has passed a reforms Bill which exempts 20,000 foreign students, who pass out of universities in the country with Masters or Doctorate degrees, from the annual cap on 65,000 H-1B visas given to foreigners seeking work in America.
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Senators are now allowed to use taxpayer dollars to travel to the funerals of service members in their home states
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Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the US can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies
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The top U.S. envoy on refugees announced Tuesday that the United States will increase its support to countries hosting Iraqi refugees with a $30 million grant for education.
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Iraqi MPs pass three important laws after weeks of delays and brinkmanship between rival factions.
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A bill that would toughen border   security while giving millions of illegal immigrants a chance   to earn U.S. citizenship cleared key test votes in the U.S.   Senate on Wednesday, setting the stage for passage this week   and a big battle with the House of Representatives.
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The New Carrollton Ramada Inn and Conference Center has been chosen as the polling station for Iraqi immigrants in the Washington area who want to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's Jan. 30 election.
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BAGHDAD, Jan.12 -- The Iraqi parliament on Saturday approved legislation that would reform the process for allowing members of the Baath Party to return to government jobs and collect their pensions, an important achievement for the divided parliament on an issue that is still regarded with raw...
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- The Iraqi parliament on Wednesday passed three key measures that for months had been the subject of bickering that threatened to undermine the country's political process.