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Trump's immigration proposal may end agonising Green Card wait for Indians

The proposed change can bring relief to thousands of Indian professionals who wait agonisingly for US Green card.

US is full, we can't take more immigrants: Trump at Mexico border

At a meeting with border patrol agents and other officials in Calexico, he said 'it's overwhelming our immigration system and we can't let that happen'

Indian-origin man dupes over 100 people, admits to immigration fraud in US

70-year-old Hardev Panesar is scheduled to be sentenced in May and faces more than 20 years in prison on all charges

Sexual assault cases in US shelters for immigrant kids are open and shut

Several of the incidents have led to arrests of shelter employees or teenage residents

Second Guatemalan child died in immigration custody: US authorities

The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump's request for border wall funding

US offers Central America, Mexico billions in aid to nix illegal migration

The US promised to back new Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's push for development in Central America

Trump defends border wall, says illegal immigrants cost US $250 bn a year

The wall will cost $250 billion only which is just two months of the money that the illegal immigrants cost the American exchequer, the US President said

Mexico's incoming government denies deal to host US asylum-seekers

She was earlier quoted as saying that the incoming administration had agreed to allow migrants to stay in Mexico as a "short-term solution" while the US considered their applications for asylum

US-bound refugees to be held in Mexico while claims are processed: Trump

Asylum seekers will be given an initial screening to determine whether they face imminent danger by staying in Mexico, where violence is widespread

US appeals court rules against Trump on 'Dreamers' Daca programme

Legal challenges against the administration's attempt to end DACA are pending in several states

Trump's immigration crackdown: US to deny asylum to illegal immigrants

The new rule was published by the Department of Homeland Security and is expected to get Trump's signature shortly

Why US media's coverage on Trump's caravan lies is disservice to the nation

Journalists are calling Trump's caravan claims 'evidence-free.' It's worse than that.

Donald Trump wants more people to come to US, provided they have merit

'We need people coming in, but we want them to come in on merit. We want people that are going to help us. It's very important'

Crime against humanity: Indian-origin senator on separated migrant families

Senator Kamala Harris demanded immediate reunification of separated families, raising concern over their detention in a "typical prison setting"

Cruel, inhumane: US Tech CEOs oppose family separations at border

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc's Google, wrote on Twitter that "the stories and images of families being separated at the border are gut-wrenching"

52 Indians held in Oregon amid US immigration crackdown

The 52 detainees identified themselves as Sikhs and Christians who fled India due to alleged religious persecution

White House defends immigration policy on separating children amid backlash

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the administration was only strictly enforcing the law

Hate to see separation of families due to immigration policy: Trump

The Democrats forced that law upon our nation, says Trump

H-4 visa on hold till rulemaking process is complete: US immigration

H-4 is issued to the spouse of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India

Texas to deploy 250 National Guard troops, aircraft at US-Mexico border

Trump has failed so far to persuade either the Mexican government or the US Congress to fully fund a wall he wants to build along the border