<div id="subtitle">Federal contractors urged not to panic, prepare to check new hires permitted to work in US</div><div><p>For federal contractors, it's time to start checking whether employees are able to legally work in the United States.</p><p>Beginning Tuesday, the federal ...

<div><p>A record number of people, some 1.4 million, rushed to become naturalized US citizens in the 2007 fiscal year before a hike in fees was introduced.</p><p>US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said Wednesday that in 2006 some 730,000 people became naturalized citizens.</p&gt ...