US Supreme Court sides with Trump in asylum-processing caseThe court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative justices, overturned a lower court's finding that the policy violated federal law. T...
25 Jun, 2026, 07.47 PM IST
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
20 May, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
Supreme Court considers letting Trump administration revive restrictive immigration asylum policyThe Supreme Court is reviewing a Trump-era immigration policy. This policy limited the number of migrants allowed to seek asylum at the US-...
25 Mar, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
US could block asylum on public health grounds under Trump regulationThe U.S. has finalised a regulation allowing authorities to deny asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border during public health emergencies, revivin...
29 Dec, 2025, 10.02 PM IST
Mexico refuses U.S. military flight deporting migrants amid rising tensions over immigration policiesMexico declined a U.S. military flight that was intended to deport migrants back to their home country.
25 Jan, 2025, 09.33 PM IST
As US election rhetoric heats up, illegal border crossings fallThe banks of the Rio Grande river separating Mexico and the United States look almost deserted, and formerly overcrowded migrant shelters a...
31 Oct, 2024, 01.31 PM IST
1.49 lakh Indian illegal immigrants detained since 2019: US dataIn January 2022, as many as 5,459 Indians were caught entering the US illegally. Of these, 708 were caught along the US-Canada border. The ...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.19 AM IST
US to limit asylum to migrants who pass through a 3rd nationAdministration officials expect the rule will take effect when a pandemic-era rule that denies asylum on grounds of preventing the spread o...
22 Feb, 2023, 10.22 AM IST
US formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in MexicoThe announcement appeared to be a foregone conclusion after Biden promised as a candidate to end the policy, known informally as "Remain in...
02 Jun, 2021, 09.16 AM IST
As Biden winds down Mexico program, many migrants on U.S. border left in limboBiden's focus on ending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) - under which 65,000 migrants were sent back to Mexico - fulfills a key elec...
12 Mar, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Joe Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigrationWhile Joe Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administratio...
16 Feb, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Joe Biden administration suspends Trump asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, HondurasThe Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Hondura...
07 Feb, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
Supreme Court puts off wall, asylum cases at Joe Biden's requestThe court also put off arguments that were to take place on March 1 over the Trump policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for ...
05 Feb, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Over 22K Indians seek asylum in US since 2014: Official dataThe reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the US can be "unemployment or intolerance", says director of North American Punjabi Associatio...
30 Oct, 2019, 02.25 PM IST
How more and more Indians are illegally entering the US to seek asylumAs many as 8,997 Indian citizens were apprehended while trying to cross the US’ south-west border in 2018, up from just 77 in 2008, accordi...
24 Aug, 2019, 11.18 PM IST
Mexico will hold US-bound refugees while claims processed: Donald TrumpAfter a trek of more than a month from Honduras, nearly 5,000 migrants - including women and children - are now in Tijuana living in a make...
25 Nov, 2018, 06.57 AM IST
UN report: Over 7,000 people from India filed applications for asylum in US in 2017There were 197,146 refugees as at 2017 end in India and 10,519 asylum seekers with pending cases. There are about 40,391 asylum seekers fro...
20 Jun, 2018, 01.16 PM IST