Trump to divert disaster aid for border detention
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is planning to use $271 million of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds, including $155 million disaster relief aid, to...
Immigrants in US military face new citizenship rule for kids
ASTRID GALVAN PHOENIX: The Trump administration has unveiled new rules that will make it harder for children of some immigrants serving in the military to...
Venezuelan migrants clamour to enter Ecuador
RUMICHACA BRIDGE, Colombia: Exhausted from their long journey and without money to buy food, Venezuelan migrants stranded on the Colombian side of the Rumichaca...
Connecticut school requested immigration status of family
CHRIS EHRMANN HEBRON, Connecticut:  A high school wrongly asked a woman and her son about his immigration status when they sought enrolment, state education officials...
Illegal Bangladeshi immigrant couple held, trafficked minor girl rescued in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Three people, including two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants, have been arrested and a minor girl allegedly used by them in prostitution rescued here, police...
New US norms for Green Cards unlikely to impact Indians
NEW YORK: The new US regulations restricting those unable to support themselves financially from getting permanent residence status is unlikely to have a major...
Biographer: Statue poem embraces migrants from 'all places'
NOMAAN MERCHANT Long before a Trump administration official suggested the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty welcomed only people from Europe, the words captured...
Several held at Jew protest at Amazon Store
SAN FRANCISCO: Several protesters from Jewish community groups were arrested at an Amazon bookstore in Manhattan after they occupied the shop and protested Amazon...
New Mexico says public benefit immigrant rule may hurt kids
SANTA FE, New Mexico: New Mexico's human services secretary fears that children may be deprived of food assistance and other vital services under the...
Court in New Hampshire halts deportation of Haitian man
CONCORD, New Hampshire: A federal court judge in New Hampshire has ruled that a Haitian immigrant who claims he fled politically-motivated attacks in his...