The U.S House of Representatives yesterday passed House Resolution 560, or the Northern Marianas Islands Residents Relief Act. Introduced by Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP), H.R. 560 proposes to provide permanent resident status to long-term foreign workers or CW...

The U.S House of Representatives just passed H.R. 560, or the Northern Marianas Islands Residents Relief Act. Introduced by Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, H.R. 560 proposes to provide permanent resident status to long-term foreign workers in the CNMI, or CW workers....

Nearly 180 days after the enactment of H.R. 559—the legislation that gave CNMI residency to over 1,000 eligible parolees—there’s still no regulation governing the new law that would allow those affected to start applying for CNMI residency. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

After nearly eight months at the committee level, Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan’s (Ind-MP) H.R. 560 was pushed out of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources yesterday with no opposition, setting the stage for the bill to be taken up on the floor of the U.S. House of...