WASHINGTON - To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labour.

Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13 (EFE).- A North Carolina activist was selected to be honored as a hero by Spanish-language television network Telemundo for denouncing injustices in U.S. immigration detention centers. Mexican-born Viridiana Martinez was one of the 10 people recognized on Sunday on "Todos Somos Heroes" (We're All Heroes), an award special on Telemundo highlighting regular citizens who do something extraordinary for the public without asking anything in return.

Washington, May 6 (EFE).- Seventy-one percent de Americans approve immigration reform that would permit legalization of the undocumented population in the United States. The survey, taken by the Global Strategy Group and Basswood Research, found that 74 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of Democrats support the bipartisan plan presented by the Senate's "Gang of Eight." The poll results were released the day before the Senate Judiciary Committee begins the process of hearings and amendments to the bill.

Washington, Apr 30 (EFE).- U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that passing immigration reform that permits the legalization of the undocumented population would be "a historic achievement." "I'm actually confident that there are a range of things that we're going to be able to get done. I feel confident that the bipartisan work that's been done on immigration reform will result in a bill that passes the Senate, passes the House, and gets on my desk. And that's going to be a historic achievement," Obama told a packed press conference at the White House.