Page 2 - Immigrants

US may soon start denying Green Cards to immigrants seeking public benefits

The move might affect a number of Indians who are on H-1B visas and are in long ques to get permanent legal residency

UK migration panel recommends lowering minimum salary for skilled migrants

The Migration Advisory Committee called for the current salary threshold of 30,000 pounds on such workers, a large chunk of whom are Indians, to be cut down to 25,600 pounds

Where would Hindu immigrants be settled? Uddhav asks BJP on citizenship law

The chief minister also raised the issue of border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum

US proposes to bring tougher work permit rules for immigrant workers

The public can comment on the proposed rule until January 13

A documentary on the dazzling success and dizzying fall of Bikram Chaudhury

This is a story of a man who owed his phenomenal success to his knowledge of yoga, and his downfall to behaviour that ran entirely counter to how a true yogi should live his life.

Over 22,000 Indians sought asylum in US since 2014: Official data

The reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the US can be 'unemployment or intolerance or both in India', Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of North American Punjabi Association

Citizens of nowhere

Despite some caveats, Dina Nayeri's The Ungrateful Refugee that lets us into the lives of one of the most misunderstood people in the world

Book review: 'Blaming immigrants' busts most myths about refugees

Neeraj Kaushal uses her training as an economist not just to bust myths about immigration but recommend how things can be fixed

Crackdown on immigrant families to start tomorrow, says Donald Trump

Trump sent Vice President Mike Pence to visit some of the criticized detention facilities in McAllen, Texas

Anglicising ethnic names may reduce bias towards immigrants: Study

Many immigrants voluntarily adopt a name similar to fit in with the new community, rather than keeping an original name, the study said

How targeting of immigrants is linked to labour repression, civil liberties

The story of American "nativism" is replete with contradictions and ironies

Why Indian immigrants in UK are more favoured than Pakistanis, Bangladeshis

While immigrants from India received a healthy positive figure of +25, their South Asian counterparts are in negative territory. Bangladeshis have a net figure of -3. Pakistanis fare even worse at -4

Immigrants suffer higher rates of psychosis - here's how to help them

If immigrants feel connected to their original, host culture and are able to join more social groups

Canada is open to immigrants and refugees, says Bardish Chagger

Bardish Chagger, Canada's minister for small business and tourism

Democrats invite Muslim immigrants to Trump's address

Immigrants from countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were present during the address

Chicago and other US cities pledge sanctuary for immigrants

Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and San Francisco vowing to refuse to jail undocumented immigrants in jail for deportation purposes

Move to grant citizenship to Hindu Bangla immigrants opposed

Amendment Bill is currently under consideration of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament.

Discontinue issuing visas to India, 22 other countries: US Senator

He said thousands of criminals is released into US communities as their home countries won't take back illegal immigrants