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Desi swing songs that became global protest anthems long before 'Jimmy'

While Faiz's verses fuelled Shaheen Bagh protests and solidarity marches for Kanhaiya Kumar, 'Give me some sunshine' from 3 Idiots was used effectively by anti-DACA agitators on the US-Mexico border

Biden administration seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients

The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a regulation aimed at fending off legal challenges to a decade-old program that shields immigrants from deportation if they arrived as young children. The rule isn't scheduled to take effect until Oct. 31 and its fate is tied to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been closed to new registrants since July 2021 while the case winds its way through the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Its 453 pages are largely technical and represent little substantive change from the 2012 memo that created DACA, but it was subject to public comments as part of a formal rule-making process intended to improve its chances of surviving legal muster. President Joe Biden said he would do everything within my power" to protect DACA recipients while renewing a call for legislation to provide them a pathway to citizenship. Dreamers are part of the fabric of this nation, said Biden, using a

Google backs Biden's immigration efforts, pays fees of 500 Dreamers

Google said that it would donate $250,000 grants as application fees of about 500 young immigrants seeking employment under the US government program- the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

First new Obama-era DACA applications approved in final weeks of 2020

Over 170 new applicants have become the first individuals in several years to win approval to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme for immigrants

Indians to benefit as US court orders full reinstatement of DACA programme

Reversing the outgoing Trump administration's decision, a federal court ordered full reinstatement of the Obama-era programme to protect undocumented immigrants brought as minors from deportation

Untapped weapon: How unlocking Latino vote can help Biden become president

A recent poll found that 52 percent of Latino voters in key battleground states said the selection of Ms. Harris as his running mate would make them more likely to vote for Mr. Biden

US govt scraps order asking some foreign students to leave country

Announcement is a relief to international students, including those from India, and it comes after leading US universities sued the government.

Trump working on executive order to set-up merit-based immigration system

Responding to a question, Trump said his action on the DACA is going to be part of a much bigger bill on immigration

7k Indian-Americans affected as Trump scraps scheme protecting immigrants

Around 800,000 undocumented workers will be affected by Trump's Obama-era amnesty programme

DACA: Google, Wells Fargo speak out against the move

Trump scraps scheme protecting immigrants

Trump ends DACA: Obama slams decision, calls it 'wrong' and 'cruel'

India ranks 11th among countries of origin for DACA students

The end of DACA: What we know and don't know

Since the program's inception, nearly 800,000 have signed up

Donald Trump's cowardice on 'Dreamers'

DACA recipients are not threats to public safety or national security

20,000 Indian immigrants in US fear deportation as Trump repeals DACA

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday announced the rescinding of the DACA

US tech giants pledge to fight for 'Dreamers' hit by DACA

US President Donald Trump yesterday scrapped an Obama-era programme

After White House issues demands, hopes for an immigration deal dim

On Sunday night, the White House issued a "framework" for an immigration deal that would protect so-called "Dreamers," undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children

US Supreme Court to examine Obama-era 'Dreamers' programme Trump wants axed

Court challenges to the phase-out of the program have now risen to the top court, whose justices will take stock of the issue during oral arguments

Trump expected to end 'Dreamers' programme, could impact 7000 Indian-Americans

Trump is set to scrap a programme that grants work permits to immigrants who arrived in the country illegally as children