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US SC rules against temporary immigrants seeking green cards

US Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who entered the country unlawfully and were later allowed temporary status for humanitarian reasons will not be eligible to apply for green cards

Relief for Indian IT sector as Biden administration removes H-1B visa curbs

Dept of Homeland Security vacates rule that would have redefined H-1B specialty occupations, curbed off site placement of H-1B staff, and raised employer compliance obligations

Indian workers building temple in New Jersey allege harassment, violations

Lawsuit alleges employer forced them to work on temple for more than 87 hours a week for $450 a month.

Joe Biden urges US Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform

US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to pass the comprehensive immigration reform, asserting that immigrants have done so much for America during the pandemic

US immigration enforcement agencies to stop referring migrants as 'aliens'

Employees of the two main US immigration enforcement agencies have been directed to stop referring to migrants as aliens, a dated term that many people consider offensive

US group opposes Biden admin's decision to reverse Trump era H1B visa norms

"President (Joe) Biden often portrays himself as a man from the 'working class' who is a tireless defender of the American worker," said FAIR president Dan Stein

Joe Biden administration won't defend Donald Trump's immigration rule

A Trump-era immigration rule denying green cards to immigrants was dealt likely fatal blows after the Biden administration dropped legal challenges, including before the Supreme Court.

US to open more beds for immigrant children as numbers rise sharply

Biden's administration is instructing facilities that hold immigrant children to lift capacity restrictions enacted during the pandemic to open up beds in a system facing sharply increasing needs

H1B on backburner as Biden focuses on 470,000 pending immigrant visa cases

Processing of non immigrant visas, including H1B cases are taking a backseat for now as the Joe Biden admin turns its attention to more than 470,000 immigrant visa cases pending in US consulates

US president believes it's important to modernise immigration system: WH

A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently

Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking immigration, ends green card freeze

Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking immigration, ends green card freeze

Comprehensive immigration reform needed to retain talent: US tech industry

A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently

Increase in visas, focus on southern border: New immigration bill shapes up

It would be a sharp reversal of Trump administration policies, and parts are likely to face opposition from a number of Republicans. Biden has acknowledged he might accept a more-piecemeal approach

Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration

After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States. It seems the new president wants to help migrants, Osorio said as he got ready to check in to a cheap hotel in downtown Tijuana before heading to the US. They're saying he is going to help, but I don't know for sure how much is true or not. The 63-year-old is among thousands of people who have come to the U.S.-Mexico border with the hope they will be able to ask for asylum and make their way into the US now that former President Donald Trump is no longer in office. While Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers. In fact, it's discouraging people from coming to the country, hoping to avoid what happened under both Trump and former ..

Joe Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration

After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States. It seems the new president wants to help migrants, Osorio said as he got ready to check in to a cheap hotel in downtown Tijuana before heading to the U.S. They're saying he is going to help, but I don't know for sure how much is true or not. The 63-year-old is among thousands of people who have come to the U.S.-Mexico border with the hope they will be able to ask for asylum and make their way into the U.S. now that former President Donald Trump is no longer in office. While Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers. In fact, it's discouraging people from coming to the country, hoping to avoid what happened under both Trump and former

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers in Mexico into US

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States

Biden seeks more foreign workers while skirting H-1B visa uproar

Companies like Google, Apple and Facebook have for years pressed to increase the number of tech workers allowed into the US

Biden administration delivers early win for H4 spouses of H1B workers

After years on cliff edge, the H4 community is relieved. "We've had enough," said an Atlanta resident who has a valid H4 employment authorisation document

Judge bars US President Joe Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban

US District Judge Drew Tipton issued a temporary restraining order sought by Texas

Veteran activists campaign for President Biden's immigration reform

Immigrant rights activists energised by a new Democratic administration and majorities on Capitol Hill