Jim Sensenbrenner
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Pelosi pledges to raise Irish visa Bill with Republican Senate leader
- Irish News
- April 18, 2019, 01:00
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(...)

US House committee votes to subpoena full Mueller report
- US
- 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(...)

New US visa deal for Irish citizens passes first Congress hurdle
- US
- November 28, 2018, 22:34
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(...)

Give Me a Crash Course In ... US visas for the Irish
- Abroad
- November 10, 2018, 16:00
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(...)

Irish in Washington push for new visa deal amid concerns for future
- US
- November 10, 2018, 01:00
As Washington continues to dissect the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections, which saw the House of Representatives return to Democratic power for t(...)

Fine Gael TD: US immigration reform 'closer than it's ever been'
- Irish News
- November 9, 2018, 01:00
Support from senior figures in the Trump administration has been instrumental in progressing efforts to secure a landmark visa deal between Ireland an(...)

Landmark deal could seal about 5,000 US visas a year
- Politics
- November 7, 2018, 01:00
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(...)

US Republican to propose new Irish working visas
- US
- September 30, 2015, 17:51
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(...)

Gilmore in US to lobby for immigration support
- Social Affairs
- July 11, 2013, 07:10
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(...)