IS THERE AN AMNESTY ON THE HORIZON FOR ILLEGAL / UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.?
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in African Market USA African Trumpet News Features Law Immigration and You News African News American News Politics
Since President Barack Obama prevailed in the 2012 U.S. presidential elections, there has been much talk about the reasons why the Republican Party lost the highly contested race. Much of the chatter has surrounded the fact that the Republican Party clearly and mistakenly neglected a significant population of the voting electorate, Spanish speaking people or Hispanics. The statistics show that Hispanics favored Obama over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the November 6, 2012 election by 71 percent to 27 percent.
Making The Grade, But Not The Jobs-The Case Of African Immigrants In The US
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in African Trumpet News Education Law Immigration and You
Africans immigrants to North America are always presented as hard working, friendly, education-focused minorities that adapt well to their new host countries. This image of the hard-working African immigrant is often presented as a stereotype that is in contrast to U.S. born African (Black) Americans. In fact, the majority of Africans come to the U.S do come for the purposes of education more than any other reason. This has led to a situation where more than one-third (36.6%) of African immigrants to the U.S. have a bachelor’s or higher degree”. When it comes to education, African immigrants as a group have a higher education rate than immigrants from the West Indies, Asia, and Europe. When compared to U.S. citizens more Africans in the U.S report having a college degree than U.S. born minorities (Asian, Latino, and Black Americans). Africans in the U.S. are doing significantly better in educational attainment rates where 36.6% have a bachelors degree compared to 29.5% White Americans who are also the privileged majority and have the most access to the power institutions in the U.S.
Work Place Law With Ben Frimpong-Demand For H-1B Visas On The Decline
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in African Business African Trumpet News Law Immigration and You Politics
Demand For H-1B Visas On The Decline
Report released July, 2011 by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) indicated that agency received 18,400 H-1B visa petitions for fiscal year 2012 that count toward the congressionally mandated 65,000 cap.
2012 Diversity Visa Lottery Results Canceled
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in Law Immigration and You News American News
The State Department has canceled the results of the 2012 Diversity Visa Lottery that were posted atwww.dvlottery.state.gov in May 2011. A problem with a computer program caused results that were not valid. The results didn't represent a fair, random selection of entrants, which federal law requires. If you applied to the Diversity Visa Lottery between October 5, 2010 and November 3, 2010
A notice on the US State government website reads as folows:
**IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE 2012 DIVERSITY LOTTERY PROGRAM**
BRONX REPORT-Why A Bronx Report Column? By:Dr Mark Naison, Fordham University
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in African Market USA African Trumpet News Culture Law Immigration and You News African News
If you ask people about the Bronx, the first thing most people would mention would be the Yankees. Next would come the Zoo and the Botanical Gardens, after that Fordham University, then more negatively, a range of attributes associated with urban decay, such as gangs and drugs and arson, coupled with a some apologetic references to the Bronx’s significance in the development of Latin Music and Hip Hop.
Work Place Law With Ben Frimpong-EMPLOYMENT LAW DISCRIMINATION
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in Law Immigration and You
In our December 2010 edition, part 1 of our series focused on race/color and religious discrimination. In January, part 2 focused on Sex (Gender) and National Origin Discrimination. In this edition, we will focus our discussion on age and disability discrimination
Work Place Law With Ben Frimpong-Sex (Gender) Discrimination
Posted by Isaac Amo Kyereme | Posted in Law Immigration and You
In our December 2010 edition, part 1 of our series focused on race/color and religious discrimination. Part 2 will focus on Sex (Gender) and National Origin Discrimination. As previously mentioned, the U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) enforces Federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. These laws protect individuals against employment discrimination and unfair treatment on the basis of a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
WORK PLACE LAW with Ben Frimpong
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has begun accepting H-1B visa petitions since April 1, 2010, for employment that will begin on October 1, 2010.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Begins To Accept H-1B Visa Petitions
The H-1B visa is designated for employers and companies who want to hire foreign workers to fill certain designated professional or specialty positions that require at least a bachelor's degree or the equivalent. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS takes possession of a properly filed petition with the correct fee.
WORK PLACE LAW with Ben Frimpong
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African Immigrants bring Race and Religious Discrimination Complaints against Wal-Mart
America`s Socialist Roots
Posted by Saddat Adutwum | Posted in African Market USA Law Immigration and You News American News Politics
Dr. Thompson is a Public Intellectual of many parts. He was for a number of years Spokesperson on the Economy for one of Ghana's leading opposition parties, the Convention Peoples’ Party (the political organization formed by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah). He has been affiliated with a number of renowned research institutions in Ghana, most notably the Institute Democratic Governance. Dr. Thompson has published extensively across the social and political economy literature, though with a perceptible slant towards the historicist and developmentalist strains within the discipline. In recent times, some local and international media have taken to calling him “Ghana's leading Economist”.
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