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Trump's first week: 538 illegal migrants arrested, hundreds deported

The Trump administration arrested 538 illegal migrants, including criminals and a terrorist, deporting hundreds to secure US borders

What is birthright citizenship and why did a US judge block Trump's order?

Current laws allow almost everyone born in US to become an American citizen automatically, called 'birthright citizenship' and is based on the idea of jus soli, which means 'right of the soil' in Lati

On immigration, India has good reason to help shore up Donald Trump's wall

US leaders might be surprised at how unbothered most Indians or even Indian Americans are likely to be about the proposed repatriations

Biden lets 800,000 stay 18 months as Trump readies immigration crackdown

About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies. The decisions mark the Biden administration's latest in support of Temporary Protected Status, which he has sharply expanded to cover about 1 million people. TPS faces an uncertain future under Trump, who tried to sharply curtail its use during his first term as president. The announcement, which came as Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro took office for a third six-year term in Caracas amid widespread international condemnation, is based on the severe humanitarian emergency the country continues to face due to political and economic crises under the Maduro regime, the department said. Homeland Security cited "environmental conditions in El Salvador that prevent individuals from returning, .

Won't do business with countries that don't accept back migrants: Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump outlines aggressive immigration policy, promises mass deportation using military force, trade sanctions on uncooperative nations

US can keep using Seattle airport for deportation flights: Appeals court

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for chartered deportation flights, a federal appeals court ruled in a decision that rejected a 2019 local order that sought to counter then-President Donald Trump's immigration policies. The agency has long used airports around the country to charter flights deporting hundreds of thousands of noncitizens considered lawfully removable from the US. But in 2019, in keeping with efforts in liberal Seattle and Washington state to resist Trump's priorities, King County Executive Dow Constantine issued an executive order expressing concern that the deportations could constitute human rights abuses. It announced that future leases at the county airport, also known as Boeing Field, would bar operators from servicing deportation flights. The order prompted ICE to begin using an airport in Yakima a much farther drive from ICE's Northwest detention center in Tacoma for the deportation flights. The US sued King County

43,764 Indian migrants caught at US-Canada border: What's driving the rise?

Even before his inauguration as US President on January 20, 2025, Trump warned that Canada must resolve the border issue to avoid facing a 25 per cent tariff

US-Canada border human smuggling case: Indian testifies during trial

An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the US-Canada border in blizzard conditions has testified that he got separated from a family of four shortly before they froze to death. Yash Patel took the stand on Wednesday on the third day of the trial of Indian national Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, of Florida. Prosecutors say they put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle Indian migrants across the border into Minnesota over a five-week period in December 2021 and January 2022. They say Patel ran part of the smuggling scheme and recruited Shand as a driver. Both men have pleaded not guilty to four counts related to human smuggling. Federal prosecutors say a family of four 39-year-old Jagdish Patel; his wife, Vaishaliben, who was in her mid-30s; their 11-year-old daughter, Vihangi; and 3-year-old son, Dharmik froze to death on January 19, 2022. Patel is a common Indian surname and the victims were not related to Harshk

Illegal border crossings make Arizona voters okay state-level enforcement

Arizona voters have approved letting local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico, an authority that would encroach on the federal government's power over immigration enforcement but would not take effect immediately, if ever. With the approval of Proposition 314, Arizona becomes the latest state to test the limits of what local authorities can do to curb illegal immigration. Within the past year, GOP lawmakers in Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma have passed immigration laws. In each case, federal courts have halted the states' efforts to enforce them. The only presidential battleground state that borders Mexico, Arizona is no stranger to a bitter divide on the politics of immigration. Since the early 2000s, frustration over federal enforcement of Arizona's border with Mexico has inspired a movement to draw local police departments, which had traditionally left border duties to the federal government, into immigration enforcement. The state Legislature

People in US want to restrict immigration from Asia: Prez's policy adviser

US President's domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden has slammed those political groups who are trying to restrict legal migration from Asian countries and other parts of the globe and said their policy of deportation would many a time impact the near and dear ones of people who have legally migrated to the US. I will just say there's a lot of conversation about immigration. Both people, our administration, the others have been focused on securing our border. But there is a big difference between national leaders on the issue of legal immigration. Our community has grown in part because this country has seen expansions of legal immigration as crucially important, Tanden told PTI. But that is a big difference... There are people who want to restrict legal immigration, specifically legal immigration from Asia and other parts of the globe. That is an issue that's really at stake. I don't think there's been enough discussion of that, those sets of issues, Tanden said in an apparent dig at

Surge in illegal Indian migration to US; China tally trebles in 2 years

The debate around illegal immigration has intensified in the runup to the US presidential election. Archis Mohan gives insight into the issue

10 Indians per hour caught at US borders; over 90,000 arrested in FY24

Despite increased security, the allure of the US remains strong for Indians, especially Gujaratis, with over 90,000 illegal entry attempts recorded in FY24, averaging 10 arrests per hour

US Immigrants demand protection for immigrants shielded from deportation

Immigrants who grew up in the United States after being brought here illegally as children will be among demonstrators outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans on Thursday as three appellate judges hear arguments over the Biden administration's policy shielding them from deportation. At stake in the long legal battle playing out at the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is the future of about 535,000 people who have long-established lives in the US, even though they don't hold citizenship or legal residency status and they live with the possibility of eventual deportation. No matter what is said and done, I choose the US and I have the responsibility to make it a better place for all of us, Greisa Martinez Rosas, said Wednesday. She is a beneficiary of the policy and a leader of the advocacy group United We Dream. She plans to travel from Arizona to attend a rally near the court, where hundreds of the policy's supporters are expected to gather. The panel hearing arguments won't rule

US elections: Trump vows to end illegal immigration; supports expatriation

Former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday vowed illegal immigration and let people come inside the country legally, a move that would help communities like Indian-Americans, a significant majority of whom have entered the US through legal processes like H-1B visas. I will end the illegal immigration crisis by closing our border and finishing the wall, most of which I've already built, Trump told his cheering supporters at the Republican National Convention wherein he accepted to be the party's presidential candidate for the November 5th general elections. I think everybody as a Republican, as a patriot in this room, and most Democrats, we want people to come into our country, but they have to come into our country legally. Legally. Less than four years ago, I handed this administration the strongest border in American history, he said. Under the Trump administration, he said, if you came in illegally, you were apprehended immediately and you were

Trump proposes green cards for foreign students graduating from US colleges

Former US President Donald Trump made a departure from his anti-immigration stance and proposed handing out green cards to all foreign students who graduate from US colleges

Biden vs Trump: What are the key issues at stake in the US elections?

Beginning Tuesday, President Biden will tour industrial towns to pitch his 'taxing the rich' plan and his strategy in ongoing global conflicts, while Trump, will be in New York facing a criminal trial

Four, including 3 Indians, arrested while illegally entering US from Canada

At least four people, including three Indian nationals, have been arrested in Up state New York along the Canada border when they were trying to enter the US illegally, officials here said on Wednesday. The US Border Patrol arrested four people, including a woman, when they were jumping off a moving freight train on the International Railroad Bridge in the city of Buffalo. The fourth person, a man, was identified from the Dominican Republic. The men left the woman who became immobile due to an injury as they were approached by the police and were caught shortly after a foot pursuit. The injured woman received first aid from Erie County Sheriff's deputies and US Customs and Border Protection officers (CBP). After treatment, the woman was transported by ambulance to a local medical centre. The investigation concluded that all four people were undocumented non-citizens. The three men are being processed for removal and detained in Batavia Federal Detention Facility awaiting a deport

Illegal border crossings from Mexico plunge after record-high December

Arrests for illegal crossings on the US border with Mexico fell by half in January from record highs in December to the third lowest month of Joe Biden's presidency, authorities said on Tuesday. The sharp drop is welcome news for the White House, even if it proves temporary, as immigration becomes one of the biggest issues in this year's presidential election, with exit polls showing it is the top concern among many Republican voters in early primaries. House Republicans are waging a campaign to impeach US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his oversight of the border. Seasonal declines and heightened enforcement by the US and its allies led to the sharp decline, said Troy Miller, acting commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection. US authorities have repeatedly praised Mexico for a crackdown launched in late December. Border Patrol arrests totalled 124,220 in January, down 50 per cent from 249,735 in December, the highest monthly tally on record. Arrests of ...

US sees drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement

Daniel Bermudez's family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the US to seek asylum when the freight train they were riding through Mexico was stopped by immigration officials. His wife tried to explain that her family had permission to go to the US Instead, they flew her to Mexico's southern border as part of a surge of enforcement actions that US officials say have contributed to a sharp drop in illegal border crossings. In addition to forcing migrants from trains, Mexico also resumed flying and busing them to the southern part of the country and started flying some home to Venezuela. Even if temporary, the decrease in illegal crossings is welcome news for the White House. President Joe Biden's administration is locked in talks with Senate negotiators over restricting asylum and USD 110 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel hangs in the balance. Bermudez said his wife became separated from her family when she talked to authorities as he gathered his stepchild and their belongings

Texas signs bill allowing police to arrest migrants who enter US illegally

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the US border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing the limits of how far a state can go to enforce immigration laws. Opponents have called the measure the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since a 2010 Arizona law denounced by critics as the Show Me Your Papers bill that was largely struck down by the US Supreme Court. Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, and Texas' law is also likely to face swift legal challenges. The law, which takes effect in March, allows any Texas law enforcement officer to arrest people who are suspected of entering the country illegally. Once in custody, they could either agree to a Texas judge's order to leave the US or be prosecuted on misdemeanour charges of illegal entry. Migrants who don't leave could face arrest again under more serious felony ...