US lawmakers concerned over spike in request for evidences for H1B visas
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers and experts have expressed concern over the US immigration agency's increasing demand for "irrelevant" or previously furnished information to adjudicate an...
US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico
HOUSTON: The US government July 19expanded its requirement that asylum seekers wait outside the country to a part of the Texas Rio Grande Valley...
Las Vegas police renew commitment to immigration program
LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas police have renewed a partnership program with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement - a move that county commissioners are questioning,...
Asylum ban may further strain immigrant detention facilities
SAN DIEGO: A new policy to deny asylum to anyone who shows up on the Mexican border after traveling through another country threatens to...
US company asked to pay USD 58k in back wages for H1B violations
WASHINGTON: A US company has been asked to pay USD 58,815 to two of its employees after a federal investigation found it guilty of...
US mulls increasing merit-based immigration to 57%
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is proposing a nearly five-fold increase in merit-based legal immigration and half those based on family and humanitarian system, in...
Central American officials avoid focus on immigration
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN TECUN UMAN, Guatemala: From the steps of his church in this Guatemalan border town, the Rev. Fernando Cuevas has watched the flow of...
18 arrested at Boston immigration protest
BOSTON: Eighteen people have been arrested outside a Boston jail used to detain immigrants during a protest against the Trump administration's immigration policies. Hundreds of...
Dems train fire on administration's handling of migrants
WASHINGTON: Democrats pivoted July 3 from a divisive fight over a border bill to what they label the government's “willful neglect'” and “callous” treatment...
New ICE facility for Utah immigrants could be in Wyoming
SALT LAKE CITY: A new detention facility for immigrants behind bars in Utah could be built in Wyoming, a plan that is triggering backlash...