Us Immigration Rules
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
 "People in US want to restrict immigration from Asia: Prez's policy adviser")
Breakdown for Indians: What the June 2024 US Visa Bulletin tells us
The US Visa Bulletin lists priority dates, essentially placeholders in the green card application line
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Surge in immigration to boost US GDP by $7 trn over decade, says CBO
The agency's estimates come amid a fierce political debate in Washington over the surge of migration at the US-Mexico border and what should be done to control it
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Spouses, kids of H1-B visa holders to get automatic work authorisation
In a huge relief for H-1B visa holders, a White House-backed bipartisan deal has been unveiled under which automatic work authorisation would be granted to about 100,000 H-4 visa holders, who are spouses and children of a certain category of H-1B visa holders. The National Security Agreement that was announced on Sunday after long negotiations between the Republican and the Democratic leadership in the US Senate also provides a solution to about 250,000 aged-out children of H-1B visa holders. The move comes as good news for hundreds and thousands of Indian technology professionals who are waiting in a painstakingly long wait for a Green Card, in the absence of which their spouses cannot work and their aged-out children face the threat of deportation. 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. The per-country caps are numerical limits on t
 "Spouses, kids of H1-B visa holders to get automatic work authorisation")
Migrants near US border wait for asylum ruling amid falling temperatures
Hairdresser Grisel Garcs survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centres in southern Mexico and then jolting railcar rides north toward the U.S. border. Now on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande across from El Paso, Texas, she's anxiously awaiting a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision on asylum restrictions expected to affect her and thousands of other migrants at crossings along some 3,100 kilometers of border from Texas to California. And she's doing so while living outside as winter temperatures plunge over much of the U.S. and across the border. She told of fleeing economic hardship only to find more hardship, such as now having to shiver through temperatures colder than any she's ever experienced. Riding the train was bad. Here the situation is even worse. You just turn yourself over to God's mercy, said Garcs, who left a school-aged daughter behind, hoping to reach the U.S. with her husband. Their savings
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US SC temporarily halts expiration of asylum-limiting policy Title 42
The US Supreme Court has temporarily halted the expiration of an asylum-limiting policy which was set to end this week
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Nearly one million immigrants gained US citizenship in FY22: Report
Nearly one million immigrants obtained US citizenship during 2022, the highest number of naturalized citizens in almost 15 years, according to a US Citizenship and Immigration Services report
Facing deportation, sacked workers on US visas say Meta abandoned them
The affected workers have now created a WhatsApp group to share their concerns. A majority of the about 300 people in the group are from India, the report said
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Democrats dealt setback in bid to grant millions of migrants work permits
Senator Dick Durbin, the no. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters that he was "disappointed and we're considering what options remain."
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Indians may soon jump the queue to get Green Card by paying extra fee
The move, if included in the reconciliation package and passed into law, is expected to help thousands of Indian IT professionals
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US noted India's concerns over new visa rule for foreign students: MEA
The Trump administration has announced those F-1 and M-1 (non-academic and vocational students) visa holders planning to take online classes only will not be allowed to remain in the US
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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
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H1-B visa denial rate spikes under Trump; Indian IT firms worst-hit
In the first three quarters of fiscal 2019, US Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudicators denied 24 per cent of H-1B petitions for "initial" employment
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US judge blocks Trump's mandatory health insurance rule for immigrants
Seven US citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday contending the rule would block nearly two-thirds of all prospective legal immigrants
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Donald Trump calls for huge increase in quota for skilled migrants
This will bring us in line with other countries and make us globally competitive, says Trump
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Judge blocks Trump asylum policy for gang violence, domestic abuse victim
It was yet another legal blow for President Donald Trump's efforts to harden immigration policies without Congress changing laws
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Reunite separated families within 30 days: Court to US border authorities
More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks and placed in government-contracted shelters hundreds of miles away
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Living on the edge: are America's deportation laws traumatising immigrants
Undocumented migrants are facing psychological trauma due to harsh new US immigration rules
 "Living on the edge: are America's deportation laws traumatising immigrants")
