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Influential US lawmakers urge Biden to reverse Trump's immigration policies

A federal court early this month ordered full reinstatement of the Obama-era programme that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors from deportation

Increasing visa hurdles

Doing business in the US is getting harder

Federal Court rejects Trump's order to exclude undocumented from census

A three-judge panel unanimously said President Trump lacked the authority to remove noncitizens from census counts used to allot House seats

Indian national arrested in $21 mn H-1B visa fraud, looks at 10-yr sentence

Arrested on Thursday, 48-year-old Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate the improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B specialty-occupation work visas

Biden promises H-1B reform, to eliminate country quota for Green Cards

Companies depend on H-1B to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China

New policy on immigrants already does harm, US appeals court says

A judge correctly struck down a new Department of Homeland Security rule that went into effect earlier this year denying green cards to legal immigrants who use Medicaid

Donald Trump says he will soon sign new merit-based immigration act

"We are going to work on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals because we want to make people happy and I will tell you even conservative Republicans want to see something happen with DACA," he said

US asks foreign students to leave the country if classes go online

Harvard is among the first universities that has shifted completely to online teaching till a vaccine is found to tackle Covid-19.

Trump blocks H1B visa; businesses say decision will hurt US recovery

Trump also blocked those entering on H-2B seasonal worker visas, which are used by landscapers and other industries

US immigration fraud: 90 more students, mostly Indians, held from fake univ

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE in March arrested 161 students from the fake university established by it in the US state of Michigan

US arrests 90 students, mostly from India, enrolled in fake university

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has so far arrested more than 250 students, who were lured to enroll in the now-closed University of Farmington

Trump's rule to keep out low-income immigrants gets blocked by courts

US District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan called the rule 'repugnant to the American Dream of the opportunity for prosperity and success through hard work and upward mobility'

US SC allows Trump admin's new asylum rules; fight still on in lower courts

Refugee International alleged it was an attempt by the Trump admin to circumvent laws and bar people, especially from Central America, from seeking protection in the US from violence and persecution

Google employees urge company to pledge it won't work with US border forces

A group of employees called Googlers for Human Rights posted a public petition urging the company not to bid on a cloud computing contract for CBP

US officials force-feeding Indian immigrant on hunger strike: Attorney

Immigrants who go on hunger strike are often moved to ICE's El Paso facility to be fed against their will

Bad news for US visa seekers: New rules could disqualify half of applicants

The rule is part of Republican Trump's efforts to curb both legal and illegal immigration, an issue he has made a cornerstone of his presidency

Photo of drowned father, child triggers debate over Trump's asylum policies

Deaths are not uncommon, with travellers exposed to violence from criminals as well as the treacherous waters of the Rio Grande and desert heat

Illegal immigrants should be deported without trial, says Donald Trump

Trump did not differentiate between people who entered the United States to seek asylum and illegal immigrants