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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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Living on the edge: are America's deportation laws traumatising immigrants

Undocumented migrants are facing psychological trauma due to harsh new US immigration rules