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  Indian students are turning away from UK universities for higher studies. Here's why

  World | August 22, 2024 20:10 IST

  The UK Home Office data shows a 23 per cent fall in Indian students coming to the UK for higher studies, despite being the largest community to enter the country. This indicates restrictions on the right of student visa holders to allow dependent family members.

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  US awards immigration detention contracts in California

  World | December 24, 2019 11:16 IST

  The 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 announces new rules that can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps

  World | August 12, 2019 20:36 IST

  Federal law already requires those seeking green cards and legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the U.S., or what's called a "public charge," but the new rules made public on Monday, detail a broader range of programs that could disqualify them.

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  Donald Trump mulls ending birthright citizenship for US-born babies of illegal immigrants

  World | October 30, 2018 19:51 IST

  Revoking birthright citizenship would spark a court fight over the president's unilateral ability to change an amendment to the Constitution. The 14th Amendment guarantees that right for children born in the US.

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  US President Donald Trump warns against illegal immigration, says 'there will be consequences'

  World | October 15, 2018 14:35 IST

  President Donald Trump has warned that there will be consequences for illegally coming into the US, asserting that he wants all the immigration laws, which have become a "laughing stock" globally, to be changed.

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  US Judge orders government separated families must be reunited within 30 days

  World | June 27, 2018 11:38 IST

  If 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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  Immigration Crisis: Officials says hundreds of kids reunited with families since May

  World | June 22, 2018 11:05 IST

  The U.S. government was wrestling with the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s move to stop separating families at the border.

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  Children crying at border adds to outrage over Trump’s administration policy

  World | June 19, 2018 15:27 IST

  An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a US immigration facility took center stage in the growing uproar over the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.

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  Will make long-term deal on immigration only if good for US: Donald Trump

  World | January 23, 2018 6:57 IST

  Trump has said that he will make a long-term deal on immigration only if it is good for the country and will work towards solving the problem, once the government is funded.

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  Donald Trump pushes for merit-based immigration system

  World | January 14, 2018 20:38 IST

  Trump has been calling for the merit-based immigration system, of which people from countries like India could be a major beneficiary, to reduce overall immigration to the US.

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  US cities should be sanctuaries for Americans not for criminal, aliens: Donald Trump

  World | December 10, 2017 14:01 IST

  Trump has highlighted the case as an example of the failure of "sanctuary cities", where local officials did not work with authorities to enforce immigration laws.

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  Donald Trump administration plans to revamp immigration system

  World | November 11, 2016 16:40 IST

  The administration of newly elected US President Donald Trump is planning to revamp immigration system and will execute a 10-point plan to "restore the integrity" of the US immigration system, the President-elect's transition team said

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  'Infosys indulged in blatant violation of immigration laws'

  October 31, 2013 17:18 IST

  Washington: Federal prosecutors have alleged that IT major Infosys indulged in blatant violation of immigration laws by not only bringing its employee inside the country on a visa which does not permit work, but also

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  Infosys agrees to pay record $34 mn to settle US visa row

  October 30, 2013 23:54 IST

  Washington: IT major Infosys today agreed to pay to the US government a whopping sum of USD 34 million to settle charges of, what federal authorities said, massive violation of the country's immigration laws to