Immigrants In Us
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US President Trump says allowing skilled immigrants to train US workers 'is MAGA'
World | Nov 20, 2025, 06:44 AM ISTTrump told an audience of business executives that the US needs immigrants who can train domestic workers in high-tech factories — and insisted that doing so is not inconsistent with his core political beliefs.
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LA protests: Trump sends 2,000 additional troops as stir against immigration crackdown intensifies
World | Jun 10, 2025, 08:07 AM ISTLA protests: The protests negan on Friday and have grown intense since as US federal agents arrested more than 40 people in Los Angeles during a series of immigration raids.
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Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan self-deports after US revokes visa, here is why
World | Mar 15, 2025, 07:32 AM ISTTrump administration has intensified its campaign against foreign students for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University last year. While the Indian national self deports herself, another woman was arrested in Newark after she failed to leave despite her visa expired.
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Joe Biden is worst President in US history: Trump goes ballistic over Open Border Policy
World | Jan 03, 2025, 12:53 PM ISTIn a post on X, US President-elect Donald Trump has criticised the outgoing Biden administration as he refers to Joe Biden as the 'worst president' in the history of the United States. He also attacked the FBI and DoJ for 'not doing' their jobs.
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US: 250,000 children of immigrants, including Indians, facing deportation due to visa backlogs
World | Jul 27, 2024, 01:19 PM ISTAround 40 Senators and Congressmen have written a letter to the Biden administration to protect more than two lakh children who are facing deportation. The White House has blamed the Republicans for voting down a bipartisan agreement for 'documented dreamers'.
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US closes part of Texas border, begins flying Haitians home
World | Sep 20, 2021, 07:16 AM ISTThousands of Haitian migrants have been arriving to Del Rio, Texas, as authorities attempt to close the border to stop the flow of migrants.
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US flying Central Americans to Mexico to deter crossings
World | Aug 07, 2021, 06:50 AM ISTFor years, the U.S. government has intermittently flown deported Mexican migrants back home to make it more difficult to try to cross the border again.
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Taking steps for citizenship to children of legal immigrants: US
World | Aug 05, 2021, 07:56 AM ISTWhite House Press Secy Jen Psaki told this to reporters at her daily news conference while responding to questions on the fear among a section of children, most from India, because of decades-long wait for their green card.
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Big relief to Indian IT professionals: Bill eliminating per-country cap for employment visas cleared
World | Dec 03, 2020, 01:48 PM ISTThe passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas and their current waiting period for Green Card or permanent residency is running into decades.
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US awards immigration detention contracts in California
World | Dec 24, 2019, 11:16 AM ISTThe Trump administration awarded billions of dollars in contracts for private companies to operate immigration detention centers in California —- less than two weeks before a new state law takes effect to prohibit them. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in October to ban contracts for for-profit prisons starting Jan. 1. Supporters hoped the law would force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to look elsewhere after current contracts expire.
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US Judge orders government separated families must be reunited within 30 days
World | Jun 27, 2018, 11:38 AM ISTIf children are younger than 5, they must be reunified within 14 days of the order issued on Tuesday by US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego.
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Texas group takes in about 30 parents separated from kids
World | Jun 25, 2018, 11:08 AM ISTThe release on Sunday is believed to be the first, large one of its kind since President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that preserved a “zero-tolerance” policy for entering the country illegally but ended the practice of separating immigrant parents and children.
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Trump tweet may doom House Republicans' effort on immigration
World | Jun 23, 2018, 03:10 PM ISTTrump likely put the nail in the coffin, telling Republicans on Friday they should "stop wasting their time" on the divisive issue.
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US child migrants: First lady calls for end to Trump's separation policy
World | Jun 18, 2018, 11:40 AM ISTOpposing President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy Melania Trump has called for an end of separating parents and children illegally entering the country from Mexico
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MasterChef Australia Judge Matt Preston is all praises for Priyanka Chopra and Vidya Balan. Here’s what he said
Celebrities | Dec 03, 2017, 04:05 PM ISTMatt Preston finds Vidya Balan smart, intelligent and thoroughly entertaining.
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Obama to shield many from deportation: Sources
World | Nov 14, 2014, 03:00 PM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama is poised to unveil executive action that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the US illegally from deportation, according to advocates in touch with the White House, an