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'Border is closed': Biden administration pushes back amid mounting crisis

Homeland Security Secretary said the administration's message to would-be border-crossers was simple: "Now is not the time to come. Do not come. The journey is dangerous"

Without viable CM face, Congress hopes its alliance will help reclaim Assam

With no local leader emerging as a viable choice for chief minister, the party has decided to take a call on this important issue later

Fled to India over 'shoot till they are dead' order, say Myanmar cops

The description of events was similar to that given to police in Mizoram on March 1 by another Myanmar police lance corporal and three constables who crossed into India

Joe Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants

Biden's decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates

No illegal immigration into India, concerned over smuggling: Bangladesh

Border Guard Bangladesh claimed that no illegal immigration is taking place into India from the neighbouring country

Will provide access to citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants: Biden

Biden identified this as one of his priorities in addition to beating the coronavirus pandemic, rebuilding the economy and figuring out how to restore American leadership around the world

Letter to BS: Citizenship Bill will push northeast people to the brink

Parliament cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill without giving much thought to the concerns of the people of the northeast

Citizenship Amendment Bill is a bid to fashion an ethnic democracy

The Modi govt is fashioning something much more than an electoral strategy; a system that is democratic but also majoritarian

States asked to identify and deport illegal immigrants: Govt informs RS

Union Minister Rai said instances of illegal migrants who came as travellers, tourists or traders overstaying between 2014-17 was only 1,000 as compared to 1.34 lakh between 2008 and 2013

Few changes that govt could make in contentious citizenship amendment bill

The Congress, Trinamool Congress, CPI(M) and a few other parties have been steadfastly opposing the bill, claiming that citizenship can't be given on the basis of religion.

CJI Gogoi says NRC a 'base document' for future and was urgently needed

The CJI praised the citizens of Assam for displaying great magnanimity and large heartedness in accepting various cut off dates for the purpose of preparation of NRC.

Detention deficit

Centres to house illegal migrants is a bad idea

Will identify, deport illegal immigrants from every inch of India: Shah

The minister was replying to a supplementary query by Samajwadi Party member Javed Ali Khan on whether the National Register of Citizens will be implemented in other states as well

Pro-illegal immigrants forces trying to disrupt, delay NRC in Assam: AASU

The allegation by the AASU came less than a month before the publication of the final NRC, a list of Assam's residents

US wants 2 years to identify migrant kids separated from parents at border

US Justice Department said it will take at least a year to review about 47,000 cases of unaccompanied children taken into government custody between July 1, 2017 and June 25, 2018

At least 16 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh detained in Mathura

Efforts are on to nab the other accused

Assam tightens security ahead of NRC list targeting 'illegal Bangladeshis'

On Sunday the state government will release a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) after a census carried out for the first time since 1951

Five Indians, Canadian held for illegally entering US

Indians are ranked fourth in illegal immigrants in the US after Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala

Nearly 1 in 5 immigrants in US live illegally in NYC, LA and Chicago

A report released today estimates more than 2.5 million immigrants in the country illegally live in the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, which have pledged to fight President Trump's plans to expand deportations. The study by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center provides a glimpse of where immigrants in the country illegally reside and regions that could be most affected by Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. It also underscores the challenges Trump could face in rounding up large numbers of deportees because many areas that are home to large numbers of immigrants lacking legal papers oppose his plans. Any actions by the new administration could be even more widely felt among immigrant communities in regions such as Phoenix, Houston, Dallas and Denver. In these areas, 37 percent of immigrants lack legal status, compared to 26 percent nationwide, the report said. Immigrants in Phoenix are already starting to see tougher enforcement. A woman in the ..