Jim Sensenbrenner

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Leo Varadkar and Nancy Pelosi at Government Buildings, Dublin. Ms Pelosi indicated she would look at the possibility of attaching the Irish visa Bill to a routine funding Bill being passed by Congress. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Pelosi pledges to raise Irish visa Bill with Republican Senate leader

US Democrat politician Nancy Pelosi has said she will renew efforts to pass a Bill extending working E3 visas to the Irish and raise the issue with th(...)

Democrat Jerry Nadler speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday. Photograph: Alex Edelman/Bloomberg
US House committee votes to subpoena full Mueller report
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  • April 3, 2019, 18:53

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives judiciary committee voted on Wednesday to authorise subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full(...)

The Bill only applies to future flows of Irish people rather than undocumented Irish living in the United States.
New US visa deal for Irish citizens passes first Congress hurdle

The US House of Representatives has voted to extend the E3 visa scheme to Irish citizens during a debate in Congress on Wednesday evening. Though the(...)

Immigration reform campaigners say they are “cautiously optimistic” about securing a new visa deal between Ireland and the US. Photograph: iStock
Give Me a Crash Course In ... US visas for the Irish

America is full of people of Irish descent. Why is it so hard to move there? Indeed. More than 35 million Americans claim Irish heritage, but since t(...)

St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York. Up to 5,000 visas a year could be made available to Irish citizens. Photograph: John Lamparski/Getty Images
Irish in Washington push for new visa deal amid concerns for future

As Washington continues to dissect the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections, which saw the House of Representatives return to Democratic power for t(...)

John Deasy, the Waterford TD appointed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to spearhead efforts at visa reform in US. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Fine Gael TD: US immigration reform 'closer than it's ever been'

Support from senior figures in the Trump administration has been instrumental in progressing efforts to secure a landmark visa deal between Ireland an(...)

About 10,500 E3 visas are available to Australian citizens each year, but only about half of the visas are taken up. Photograph: YinYang/iStock
Landmark deal could seal about 5,000 US visas a year

The Government is close to a landmark visa deal with the US which could allow thousands of Irish people to live and work there. In a significant deve(...)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan (left), on a visit to Washington, has welcomed plans by Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (right) of Wisconsin to table legislation for E3 visas for “a limited period of time for Irish people”. Photograph: Marty Katz
US Republican to propose new Irish working visas

A Republican congressman intends to introduce a Bill that, if passed, would allow thousands of Irish to apply for new “E3” visas to live and work in t(...)

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore TD: to meet members of the US congress to lobby for their support for new immigration legislation. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
Gilmore in US to lobby for immigration support

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore lands in Washington DC today to meet members of the US congress to lobby for their support for(...)