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Cochran cosponsors amendment postponing changes to visa program

MBJ Staff — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:30:46 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is co-sponsoring an amendment to again stop the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing new regulations for a temporary foreign worker visa program that, according to Cochran, would make it harder for seasonal industries, like shrimping, to survive. Cochran is vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved [...]

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Florida man pleads guilty to temporary work visa fraud

Associated Press — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:08:04 +0000

GULFPORT — A 41-year-old Florida businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit visa fraud by obtaining fraudulent temporary work visas for workers from the Philippines for Mississippi jobs. The Sun Herald reports Michael V. Lombardi, of West Palm Beach, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing Aug. 6. [...]

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Bryant baffled by opposition to immigration-enforcement bill

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:59:00 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said he doesn’t understand some of the opposition that’s developed to an immigration-enforcement bill, particularly from businesses that say they don’t hire illegal immigrants, anyway. “If they’re not hiring illegal immigrants I am baffled as to why they think this law would be detrimental to their work,” Bryant told reporters [...]

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Contractors, ag groups join opposition to immigration-enforcement bill

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:27:47 +0000

JACKSON — Building contractors and agriculture groups, including those representing the poultry industry and sweet-potato growers, say they’re against an immigration-enforcement bill awaiting debate in Mississippi. Their opposition indicates growing political difficulties for a bill supported by first-term Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who won office last November with the help of tea party groups and [...]

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Groups voice opposition to immigration enforcement legislation

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:22:58 +0000

JACKSON — Four influential groups in Mississippi say they’re opposing an immigration enforcement bill because of unanswered questions about how it would affect police agencies and local government. The Associated Press obtained a letter sent to senators yesterday by the heads of the Mississippi Municipal League and the associations of sheriffs, police chiefs and county [...]

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Cochran cosponsoring resolution of disapproval over proposed H-2B changes

MBJ Staff — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:09:11 +0000

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will support legislation to stop the implementation of new federal regulations governing a temporary foreign worker visa program, saying the regulatory changes are flawed and detrimental to seasonal industries like shrimping on the Gulf Coast. Cochran announced that he would cosponsor a joint resolution of disapproval challenging the [...]

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Cochran supporting bill to stop new regulations for H-2B program

MBJ Staff — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:37:47 +0000

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Labor launches new foreign-worker compliance tool

Wally Northway — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:28:30 +0000

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has unveiled a new tool to help employers and others understand how to comply with requirements under the H-1B visa program, which allows for the temporary employment of foreign workers in the U.S. in certain specialty occupations. An online “advisor,” available at www.dol.gov/elaws/h1b.htm, describes the program’s standards and [...]

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