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Trump admin to check for antisemitism before granting immigration benefits

US President Donald Trump's administration will immediately start considering antisemitic activity on social media and physical harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits, according to a federal agency announcement on Wednesday. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening the social media activity of immigrants that request benefits, including those who apply for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and people affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity. The guidance takes effect immediately, according to the release. The announcement followed a notice last month about a Department of Homeland Security proposal to collect social media handles from people applying for benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from Trump. The public and federal agencies had until May 5 to provide feedback. The proposal notice raised alarms from immigration and free speech ..

Canada updates US travel advisory: Expect phone, laptop inspections

Canada's notice follows growing concerns over the authority of US Customs and Border Protection agents to inspect personal devices without warrants

Deportation threats & fake fees: Indian Embassy in US warns of fraud calls

The Indian Embassy in the United States warns Indian nationals and visa applicants about fraudulent calls from scammers

US immigrants may soon need to share social media details with USCIS

USCIS estimates this proposal would affect over 3.5 million applicants annually

US green card: EB-4 visa applications suspended - what happens next?

No further EB-4 green cards will be issued until the new financial year begins on October 1, 2025

US firms can buy Gold Card for $5 million to hire top Indian grads: Trump

Defending the move, Trump said the new scheme would allow American businesses to recruit top graduates from Ivy League and other leading universities

Illegal immigrants must register or face jail: What Trump's order means

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a branch of DHS, said it would soon release a registration form and process

End of EB-5 visa: Why the $5 mn US 'Gold Card' blow hits rich Indians hard

The "Gold Card" will replace the employment-based EB-5 visa programme. This comes as a blow for Indians who had started seeing the EB-5 visa as an alternative to the H-1B visa

335 Indians deported since Feb 5: Trump says 'cheaters, liars sent packing'

"The fraudsters, liars, cheaters, globalists, and deep state bureaucrats are being sent packing," Trump said

H-1B, F-1, B-2 visas and more: Legal ways for Indians to enter the US

While legal migration pathways exist, individuals who attempt to enter the US through illegal means face long-term consequences

NYC mayor Adams to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city's Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump's border czar. Adams said he will issue an executive order reestablishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence at the complex one of the nation's largest and most notorious lockups as had been the case under prior administrations. The Democrat said ICE agents would be focused on assisting the correction department's intelligence bureau in criminal investigations, particularly those focused on violent criminals and gangs. As I have always said, immigrants have been crucial in building our city and will continue to be key to our future success, but we must fix our long-broken immigration system, Adams said in a statement. That is why I have been clear that I want to work with the new federal administration, not war with them, to find common ground and make better the lives of New ...

Court allows to block Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo

A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president's immigration crackdown. In a legal filing earlier in the day, lawyers for the men said the detainees "fit the profile of those the administration has prioritized for detention in Guantanamo, i.e. Venezuelan men detained in the El Paso area with (false) charges of connections with the Tren de Aragua gang." It asked a US District Court in New Mexico for a temporary restraining order blocking their transfer, adding that the mere uncertainty the government has created surrounding the availability of legal process and counsel access is sufficient to authorize the modest injunction. During a brief hearing, Judge Kenneth J Gonzales granted the temporary order, which was opposed by the government, said Jessica Vosburgh, an attorney for the three men. "It's short term. This will get revisited and further fleshed

WATCH: US releases video of Indian immigrants chained, handcuffed

The US has deported 104 Indians on a record military flight, reinforcing strict immigration policies as the USBP chief has further warned, 'Cross illegally, and you will be removed'

Plane carrying 33 Gujarati immigrants, deported from US, lands in Ahmedabad

A plane carrying 33 persons from Gujarat, who were among 104 Indians deported from the US for illegal immigration, landed at Ahmedabad airport from Amritsar on Thursday morning, officials said. Soon after their arrival, the 33 immigrants, including some children and women, were transported to their native places in Gujarat in police vehicles, Assistant Commissioner of Police, 'G' division, R D Oza said. "A plane carrying 33 Gujarati immigrants, including children and women, landed at the airport from Amritsar in the morning. They were among those who were deported from the US. We deployed police vehicles at the airport to transport them to their respective places," Oza told reporters at the airport. While mediapersons tried to talk to the deported immigrants, they refused to say anything and left for their native places in the police vehicles. Majority of them are from Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Patan, Vadodara and Kheda districts, sources said. A US military aircraft carrying 104 ille

Trump administration begins flying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the expansion of a migrant detention center at the military installation to full capacity

Trump's birthright citizenship order blocked: Here's what we know so far

"You are an American citizen if you were born on American soil-period," said Washington Attorney General Nick Brown

US citizenship by birth: Impact on H-1B visa, green cards aspirants decoded

While Trump's comments on H-1B visas were seen as supportive, his administration's latest immigration order is likely to create challenges for visa holders

Trump crackdown: India to repatriate 18,000 illegal immigrants from the US

In 2023-24, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported over 1,100 Indian nationals

Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count

Republican efforts to exclude people in the US illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump's second term in office began Monday. Trump joined in the battle immediately upon returning to office, signing an executive order on Monday that rescinded a Biden administration order and signalled the possibility of a push by his new administration to change the 2030 census. Those efforts may get a boost from the GOP-controlled Congress, where Republican US Rep. Chuck Edwards from North Carolina earlier this month re-introduced legislation that would put a citizenship question on the census form. During his first term, Trump signed an order that would have excluded people in the US illegally from being included in the 2020 census numbers used to allot congressional seats and Electoral College votes to each state. The GOP ...

We should welcome more immigrants: Former US NSA Bolton on H-1B visa scheme

He further emphasised that the H-1B visa programme has a positive impact for the US and suggested a need for a 'political will' to allow more legal immigration