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India green card wait can stretch 13+ years: Birthplace decides timeline

US green card wait time: From EB-2 backlogs to per-country caps, here's why Indian applicants can wait over a decade despite fast USCIS processing

Trump's $38 billion plan to overhaul US immigration detention: Explained

Trump's $38 billion plan will add 92,600 ICE beds through new mega detention centres, aiming to speed deportations and consolidate facilities nationwide

US visa approved after 2 rejections: Don't give up, says Indian applicant

With US visa interviews pushed back and scrutiny tighter, one applicant shares how preparation helped him secure a 10-year B1/B2 visa after two refusals

Rs 1 crore per migrant? How Trump govt spent money on deportations

Senate Democrats say migrants were sent to remote nations at huge cost, with little oversight and many later returned home

Immigration rule: US restricts truck licences to H-2A, H-2B, E-2 holders

US truck license rule: After deadly highway crashes, the Trump administration limits non-domiciled commercial truck licences to select visa holders and tighter checks

US authorities announce an end to immigration crackdown in Minnesota

The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths is coming to an end, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday. "As a result of our efforts here Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals," Homan said at a news conference. "I have proposed and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude," he continued. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched Operation Metro Surge on December 1. Federal authorities say the sweeps focused on the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area have led to the arrest of more than 4,000 people. While the Trump administration has called those arrested "dangerous criminal illegal aliens," many people with no criminal records, including children and US citizens, have also been detained. Democratic Governor Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expected Operation Metro Surge to end in "days, not weeks and months," based on his conversations with senior Trump administration officials. He told reporter

EB-5 visa denied? Will multiple petitions help your case? Experts explain

Immigration lawyers warn that filing multiple I-290Bs after an EB-5 rejection may not improve your chances. Here's what investors should know

US visa rejection: What is Section 214(b) and why does it matter?

Indian executives report US B1/B2 visa denials under Section 214(b). Here's what the rule means and what happens after a refusal

US visa, green card holders warned: LinkedIn mismatch may irk USCIS

Immigration attorney warns that mismatched LinkedIn details may lead to H-1B, OPT or green card refusals amid tighter US vetting

Even $200,000 H-1B visa fee won't deter hiring: New study explains why

Even a $150,000-$200,000 visa fee may not significantly reduce H-1B hiring, economist George Borjas finds

US visa denied over 'weak ties to India': Entrepreneur calls system flawed

A Knot Dating co-founder says business ownership and tax history were not enough to prove intent to return to India

ICE chief backs officers' actions before Congress after 2 protesters' death

Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency's officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president's mass deportation plans. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda to testify in a hearing called after the shooting deaths of two Americans at the hands of federal officers. They faced fierce questioning from Democrats, and support from most Republicans, over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities. "Let me send a message to anyone who thinks they can intimidate us. You will fail," said Lyons, who blamed elected officials and protesters for escalating rhetoric that he said endangered his officers. Lyons, who at various points declined to comment directly on the killings of the two US citizens, said his officers would not be deterred. "We are only getting started,"

'Scrap H-1B visa': How proposed EXILE Bill seeks to end the visa program

A Republican lawmaker has renewed his attack on high-skilled immigration, arguing the H-1B visa harms American workers

$1,000 scholarship at UCSC Silicon Valley: How Indian students can apply

Planning to study in the US? UCSC Silicon Valley is offering a one-time $1,000 merit scholarship for new F-1 international students

Democrats, White House trade offers as DHS shutdown deadline looms

Democrats have begun tentative talks with the White House on their demands for "dramatic" new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, trading offers just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Democrats had sent the White House their list of demands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies. The White House said it had responded with a counterproposal. No details were immediately available. Time is running short, with another partial government shutdown threatening to begin Saturday. Among the Democrats' demands are a requirement for judicial warrants, better identification of DHS officers, new use-of-force standards and a stop to racial profiling. They say such changes are necessary after two protesters were fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis last month. "Republicans, the clock is ticking," Schumer said on the ...

H-1B visa alternatives: L-1 route gains attention amid rising costs

With H-1B costs surging and uncertainty rising, companies are reassessing L-1 transfers as the March registration window opens

New US rule bars green card holders from business loans; EB-5 safe: Decoded

New US policy disqualifies businesses with any green card holder ownership from SBA-backed loans, triggering criticism from lawyers and Democratic lawmakers

Migrants languish in US detention centres amid dire conditions, long waits

Felipe Hernandez Espinosa spent 45 days at " Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration holding centre in Florida where detainees have reported worms in their food, toilets that don't flush and overflowing sewage. Mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere. For the past five months, the 34-year-old asylum-seeker has been at an immigration detention camp at the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas, where two migrants died in January and which has many of the same conditions, according to human rights groups. Hernandez said he asked to be returned to Nicaragua but was told he has to see a judge. After nearly seven months in detention, his hearing was scheduled for Feb. 26. Prolonged detention has become more common in President Donald Trump's second term, at least partly because a new policy generally prohibits immigration judges from releasing detainees while their deportation cases wind through backlogged courts. Many, like Hernandez, are prepared to give up any efforts to stay in the ..

H-1B visa has lost relevance after Covid, Piyush Goyal explains why

Commerce minister says Indian firms no longer press for more US work visas as remote work and GCCs reshape hiring

Over 3,800 Indians deported from US; 13,256 from Saudi Arabia in 2025: Govt

Government data shows Saudi Arabia and the UAE recorded far higher deportations of Indian nationals than the US last year