Us Immigration Ban

Trump's immigration crackdown: Nearly 18,000 Indians at risk of deportation

Trump's administration is ramping up deportation efforts, with 18,000 undocumented Indians at risk of being sent back to India

Over 8,5000 migrants died worldwide, highest since UN started counting

A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday, a record high since it began counting deaths a decade ago. The International Organization for Migration said the biggest increase in deaths last year was on the treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing, to 3,129 from 2,411 in 2022. However, that was well below the record 5,136 deaths recorded on the Mediterranean in 2016 as huge numbers of Syrians, Afghans and others fled conflicts toward Europe. IOM said the total number of deaths among migrants in 2023 was nearly 20% more than the previous year. It said most of the deaths last year, about 3,700, came from drowning. The count also includes migrants who vanished often while trying to cross by sea and are presumed dead even if their bodies were not found. The Geneva-based migration agency cautioned that the figures likely underestimate the real toll, and factors such as improved data collection methods play a part in

Trump 'gutted' immigration system, says Homeland Security Secretary

New Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday alleged that Ex-US president Donald Trump had dismantled the country's immigration system and it takes time to "rebuild it from scratch"

Trump urged to suspend H1B, other visas after 26 mn Americans lose jobs

The letter, dated April 23, was released to the media on Friday, a day after Trump issued an executive order that suspended issuing of new Green Cards for the next 90 days

US immigration fraud: 90 more students, mostly Indians, held from fake univ

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE in March arrested 161 students from the fake university established by it in the US state of Michigan

Judge bars Trump from denying asylum to people entering US illegally

US District Judge Jon Tigar on Monday in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump order.

IT woes: Nasscom steps up US lobbying on immigration laws, H-1B visa issues

Facing rough weather amid large-scale layoffs and visa curbs in the US, the Indian IT industry body Nasscom has stepped up its lobbying with the American lawmakers significantly with an over one-third increase in money spent on such activities. According to the latest lobbying disclosure reports filed with the US Senate, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) paid a total amount of USD 1,50,000 (nearly Rs 1 crore) to its two registered lobbyists in the first quarter of 2017. This marks a significant rise from USD 1,10,000 paid to the two lobbyists in the previous quarter ended December 2016. The amount was same for each of the four quarter of 2016. Among the two lobbyists, The Lande Group was paid USD 50,000 in January-March quarter of 2017 -- the same as the money paid in each of the four quarters of 2016. However, the other lobbyist, Wexler & Walker, a unit of Hill+Knowlton Strategies, LLC, was paid USD 100,000 in the first quarter of 2017, as .

Immigration arrests rise sharply as a Trump mandate is carried out

Federal authorities noted that a majority of those arrested were still people with criminal records

To be great again, America needs immigrants

Hard economic logic is unlikely to turn the anti-global, anti-foreign tide

Meet the foreign tech workers left in limbo by Trump moves

Some visa holders have been in America for so long that they cannot imagine living elsewhere

We will deport criminals, not young immigrant 'dreamers': Donald Trump

Trump, however, stood behind his border wall for the US-Mexican border

Want US visa? Get ready for extra vetting, scrutiny of social media acc

US State Department sends guidance to embassies to meet the Trump memorandum's requirements

Immigration under Obama: Victims share terror stories

Over the course of the Obama administration, ICE agents gradually began to exercise more discretion

40% of US Colleges see a dip in foreign applications amid 'Trump fears'

Like many universities across USA, the Oregon university is getting fewer international applications

Donald Trump vows to fight travel ban block at Supreme Court

He said he would take the case as far as it needs to go

In relief for Syrian family, judge bars Donald Trump from enforcing new travel ban against them

A Syrian Muslim who fled to Wisconsin has been working to win asylum for his wife and daughter

US immigration ban: Hawaii plans to fight Trump's revised travel ban

Hawaii's lawsuit had been on hold while a nationwide injunction on the initial ban remained in place

From travel bans to alternative facts: The descent into irrationality

While the term alternative facts is great comedy material, the ideology is not funny

Trump's revised travel ban still faces legal challenges

The new order still has the original's 120-day ban on the entry of refugees from all countries

Donald Trump could sign revised travel ban as soon as Monday: US official

The new order was to be signed last week but was pushed back after Trump's joint address to Congress