The last few years have been unpredictable for overseas business travellers, techies and students in the US. Apart from dealing with delivery deadlines or a job hunt, these people also had to keep an eye out for abrupt changes to visa rules that could make their plans go awry. “You could be in the middle … Read more
By Joel Rosenblatt The Trump administration said a lawsuit seeking to throw out immigration restrictions, including those on H-1B visas used by technology workers, would “cut at the heart” of the president’s legal authority over border control when it is needed most. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in sharp conflict with several U.S. … Read more
PUNE: IT industry lobby group Nasscom said on Thursday that it welcomed the US administration’s move to exempt certain H-1B visa holders from a ban announced earlier by President Donald Trump, while remaining ‘cautiously optimistic’ about some of its caveats. On Wednesday, the US Department of State announced ‘national interest exemptions’ to the two Presidential … Read more
One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board. According to India’s Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to … Read more
These four immigrants have something in common. They were recently deported from the United States, and they all had the coronavirus. Even as extreme measures were taken around the world to stop the spread of Covid-19, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, continue to detain people in the U.S., move them from state to state … Read more
At his pediatrics practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dr. Alaa Al Nofal sees up to 10 patients a day. He’s known some of them since they were born. Others, he still treats after they’ve graduated from high school. “I treat these children for Type 1 diabetes, thyroid problems, thyroid cancer, puberty disorders and adrenal … Read more