Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore of Ireland met with Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts yesterday in Washington.
(Marty Katz)
Brown seeks more work visas for Irish
Tries to end logjam on US Senate bill
Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore of Ireland met with Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts yesterday in Washington.
(Marty Katz)
US Senator Scott Brown, who hopes to garner reelection support from the state’s large Irish-American population, has become a central player in a battle to allow more Irish workers to come to America. Brown’s efforts to break a logjam in the Senate over a bill that would allow an additional 10,500 skilled Irish workers to gain work visas every year have attracted significant attention in the Irish press and are being watched closely by activists around the United States.
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