Most come on family reunification visas, which allows foreigners with family members or spouses who are permanent residents or U.S. citizens to enter the country. About 90,000 came over on H-visas, employment-based visas, in 2011.

More and more Mexicans are acquiring E-2 NAFTA and EB-5 visas than ever before. The E-2 NAFTA visa allows business investors from countries who are business partners with the U.S. to enter, and the EB-5 visa requires a $500,000 to $1 million investment and the creation of at least ten U.S. jobs.

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Six senators from five states have written to the Department of Labor to express their concern over the H-2A visa program and the possible effects on the country’s food supply. They listed several instances of unnecessary administrative delays that caused domestic farms to be underemployed.

Other issues critics cite is the lack of Americans willing to work in agriculture and the foreign workers’ vulnerabilities to abuse.

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Several protests are planned for New York, including a call to skip work to instead occupy Union Square and participate in a march in Manhattan. A march to the White House is also organized in Washington, D.C.

Protestors on the West Coast have promised to shut down Los Angeles, where past May Day protests focusing on immigration has drawn tens of thousands of people. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the force is on maximum deployment for today.

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According to the Pew Hispanic Center, the population of illegal Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. dropped to 6.1 million from 7 million just five years ago. Between 2005 and 2010, nearly 1.4 million Mexicans left the U.S. while Mexicans entering the country dropped to 1.4 million– canceling out net migration between the two nations.

Arrests at the border has also dropped tremendously. In 2005, one million immigrants were captured crossing the border; in 2011, the figures dropped to 286,000.

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Some of the changes to the bill include exempting schools from reporting their students’ immigration status, suspending businesses’ licenses for 100 days (up from 60) for hiring an illegal immigrant, and giving churches more latitude for ministering illegal immigrants.

However, critics of the bill say the revisions do nothing to help avoid practices that could lead to racial profiling and discrimination.

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The bill’s sponsor, Senator Charles Schumer, said the law was passed at the time in order to stop a small group of companies that were exploiting U.S. law to import foreign workers.

The two countries are at a consulting stage, which is the last step to resolve a dispute before legal action takes place. Lowering the visa fees are a high priority for India, and Trade Minister Anand Sharma said he brought up the issue to U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson during his visit last month.

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Agents conducted arrests in every state over a six-day period. As part of ICE’s pledge not to target illegal immigrants who have stayed out of trouble, have family in the country, or came here at a young age, agents instead focused on immigrants convicted of crimes such as murder, drug trafficking, and sex crimes.

Illegal immigrants from 116 countries were arrested and more than a third had more than one criminal conviction.

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Research shows that allowing drivers’ licenses for illegal immigrants lowers insurance rates. Both New Mexico and Utah have similar laws in place. The current bill has the support of Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck who stated, “It improves public safety because we know that if our motorists are licensed, they know the rules of law, and if they’re tested we’re more sure they know the rules, and if they’re uninsured we know there are more responsible drivers.”

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It is believed the Garcia and Kozak were having a heated discussion about Garcia’s job performance when Garcia opened fire on Kozak with his service weapon.  A separate agent close by to the conversation then shot and killed Garcia to prevent more rounds being fired at Kozak.  Kozak was shot 6 times.  He is currently in stable condition at a local hospital.

According to Claude Arnold, the special agent in charge for I.C.E. in Los Angeles, “We are doing everything humanly possible to understand why it happened and ensure it will not happen again.”

Icon and legend, Whitney Houston, died last Saturday in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.  Her body was discovered by her assistant, Mary Jones, in the bathtub.  She was 48 years old.  Police have not released the results of the autopsy report, and the cause of death is still undetermined.

The funeral for Houston will be held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ at noon on Saturday. “The family has made it very clear there is going to be a strong musical celebration of her life,” stated Pastor Joe Carter.

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