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Trump admin signs agreement with Guatemala to restrict asylum cases to US

President Donald Trump heralded the concession as a win as he struggles to live up to his campaign promises on immigration

Trump admin mulls five-fold increase in merit-based immigration to 57%

At the direction of Trump, Kushner is leading the immigration reform project, which he said was now into its final stages and expects to make it public soon

Thousands are targeted as US prepares to raid undocumented migrant families

The operation, backed by President Trump, had been postponed, partly because of resistance among officials at his own immigration agency

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

Trump threatens to start deporting millions of immigrants from next week

President Donald Trump is threatening to remove millions of people in the country illegally. In a late-night tweet Monday, Trump says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin the removal process next week. He tells his Twitter followers, "They will be removed as fast as they come in." An administration official says the effort will focus on people who have been issued final deportation orders by federal judges but remain at large in the country. Trump has threatened a series of increasingly drastic actions as he tries to stem the flow of Central American migrants crossing the southern border, which has risen dramatically on his watch. Immigration is expected to be a central issue of Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, which officially launches Tuesday.

Mexico eyes steps to cut immigrant flows to US border, says official

Trump on Thursday said he would introduce the tariffs, starting at 5 per cent on June 10 and quickly ratcheting higher if Mexico did not substantially halt illegal immigration

Trump's immigration proposal may end agonising Green Card wait for Indians

The proposed change can bring relief to thousands of Indian professionals who wait agonisingly for US Green card.

US is full, we can't take more immigrants: Trump at Mexico border

At a meeting with border patrol agents and other officials in Calexico, he said 'it's overwhelming our immigration system and we can't let that happen'

Indian-origin man dupes over 100 people, admits to immigration fraud in US

70-year-old Hardev Panesar is scheduled to be sentenced in May and faces more than 20 years in prison on all charges

Sexual assault cases in US shelters for immigrant kids are open and shut

Several of the incidents have led to arrests of shelter employees or teenage residents

Second Guatemalan child died in immigration custody: US authorities

The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump's request for border wall funding

US offers Central America, Mexico billions in aid to nix illegal migration

The US promised to back new Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's push for development in Central America

Trump defends border wall, says illegal immigrants cost US $250 bn a year

The wall will cost $250 billion only which is just two months of the money that the illegal immigrants cost the American exchequer, the US President said

Mexico's incoming government denies deal to host US asylum-seekers

She was earlier quoted as saying that the incoming administration had agreed to allow migrants to stay in Mexico as a "short-term solution" while the US considered their applications for asylum

US-bound refugees to be held in Mexico while claims are processed: Trump

Asylum seekers will be given an initial screening to determine whether they face imminent danger by staying in Mexico, where violence is widespread

US appeals court rules against Trump on 'Dreamers' Daca programme

Legal challenges against the administration's attempt to end DACA are pending in several states

Trump's immigration crackdown: US to deny asylum to illegal immigrants

The new rule was published by the Department of Homeland Security and is expected to get Trump's signature shortly

Why US media's coverage on Trump's caravan lies is disservice to the nation

Journalists are calling Trump's caravan claims 'evidence-free.' It's worse than that.

Donald Trump wants more people to come to US, provided they have merit

'We need people coming in, but we want them to come in on merit. We want people that are going to help us. It's very important'

Crime against humanity: Indian-origin senator on separated migrant families

Senator Kamala Harris demanded immediate reunification of separated families, raising concern over their detention in a "typical prison setting"