Immigration
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Trump’s ‘revised’ travel ban targets same seven countries: report
World | Feb 20, 2017, 01:43 PM ISTA draft of President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S., even if they haven't used it yet.
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Former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke denied entry to the US
Football | Feb 18, 2017, 11:48 PM ISTFormer Manchester United’s treble winning striker Dwight Yorke has been denied entry to the United States due to a visa problem stemming from an Iranian stamp on his passport received after having represented the “World
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White House denies report considering using National Guard troops for immigration roundups
World | Feb 17, 2017, 11:36 PM ISTThe Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a
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Trump’s ‘immigration ban is not right', tweets Elon Musk, then deletes it
World | Feb 16, 2017, 02:05 PM ISTAfter addressing the US President Donald Trump’s order on immigration as “incorrect” directly via Twitter on Wednesday, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk quickly deleted three tweets that condemned Trump’s order, saying they were accidentall
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Allow only those who 'want to love our country': President Trump
World | Feb 07, 2017, 07:15 AM ISTPresident Donald Trump on Monday vowed to allow into the United States people who “want to love our country,” defending his immigration and refugee restrictions as he made his first visit to the headquarters Monday
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Green card holders from seven banned nations exempt from immigration order, clarifies White House
World | Feb 02, 2017, 03:52 PM ISTUnited States on Wednesday clarified that the latest order to ban migrants from seven Muslim-majority nations doesn’t apply on legal permanent residents from the seven countries.
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Pakistan could be put on the list of countries with immigration ban: White House
World | Jan 30, 2017, 07:55 AM ISTA top white house official has indicated that Pakistan can be included in the list of the countries from where immigration has been banned. Acknowledging for the first time that Pakistan was under consideration
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US tech giants’ CEOs slam Donald Trump’s immigration order in unison
World | Jan 29, 2017, 06:02 PM ISTUS President Donald Trump's sudden executive order on immigration has been resulted in an outrage of sorts. All the CEOs of various tech giants have gone all out against Trump’s decision and have voiced their
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Chaos, despair reign as Trump's travel ban hits refugees, Muslims
World | Jan 29, 2017, 09:33 AM ISTDespair and confusion set in Saturday among citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries who found themselves abruptly unable to enter the United States a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order.
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Immigration ban working 'very nicely', says Trump
World | Jan 29, 2017, 08:06 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump has asserted that his very strict ban on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries was working very nicely.
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Indian-American who inspired SRK’s ‘Swades' quizzed about immigration status in US
World | Jan 28, 2017, 10:44 PM ISTAn Indian-American woman, who along with her husband had been the inspiration behind Shahrukh Khan's film Swades, was stopped and asked by police if she was in the US "illegally", an incident which comes amid
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Google criticizes Trump’s immigration order as it prompts internet giant to recall staff
World | Jan 28, 2017, 09:16 PM ISTUS President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order against people from seven Muslim-majority countries prompted Google to recall travelling staff members to the US. Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai today criticised the President’s move
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Omar Abdullah detained at US airport for secondary immigration check
National | Oct 17, 2016, 07:57 AM ISTFormer Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had to spend two hours at the airport upon his arrival here as US authorities subjected him to "random secondary immigration check".
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UK plans crackdown on immigration, move to hit Indians
World | Oct 05, 2016, 06:10 PM ISTIn a move that will make hiring of professionals from countries like India difficult for British firms, the UK on Tuesday unveiled plans to further its crackdown on immigration through "work and study routes" from
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14 Indians charged with US immigration fraud
World | May 20, 2016, 11:59 AM ISTNew York:Fourteen people of Indian descent are among 19 charged with involvement in visa fraud through fake "green card" marriages or by falsely making claims of being crime victims, according to officials. Federal prosecutor Gregory
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MHA told to disclose information on Bureau of Immigration
India | Feb 16, 2016, 05:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Union Home Ministry to disclose records related to the establishment of the Bureau of Immigration which is part of the Intelligence Bureau, an organisation exempted from
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Immigration assessment reason for deportation of Indian students: US
India | Dec 31, 2015, 12:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: The US has conveyed that the decision to deny entry to Indian students was not because of black-listing of two California-based institutions but based on the immigration assessment of individuals even as India
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New Zealand-based Indian national's targeted for immigration scam
World | May 18, 2015, 02:46 PM ISTWellington: Indians in New Zealand have been warned following reports of a scam with callers posing as immigration officials demanding money against deportation threats, a media report said on Monday.According to sources, the callers posing
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Hillary Clinton roots for immigration system overhaul
World | May 06, 2015, 07:34 AM ISTLas Vegas: Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that any immigration overhaul must include a path to "full and equal citizenship," drawing a sharp contrast with Republicans who have promoted providing a legal status or blocked
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Obama provides legal status to five million illegal immigrants
World | Nov 21, 2014, 12:00 PM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama today used his executive power to announce a series of administrative measures to provide legal status to more than five million illegal immigrants in the country, including those from India.The