Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judgesThe Trump administration is deploying National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers as temporary immigration judges, aiming to address court back...
03 Oct, 2025, 09.47 AM IST
Under Trump’s new rule, temporary immigration judges don’t need immigration law experienceThe Trump administration modified hiring rules. This allows temporary immigration judges without prior immigration law experience. The Just...
05 Sep, 2025, 03.02 PM IST
Trump turns to military lawyers as temporary immigration judges after mass firingsThe Trump administration is planning to deploy up to 600 military lawyers to the Department of Justice to serve as temporary immigration ju...
02 Sep, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
$1,000 asylum fee? House Republicans propose to hike immigration costsHouse Republicans have introduced a proposal to increase fees for legal immigration processes, including a $1,000 asylum application fee an...
05 May, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
Trump administration fires 20 immigration judgesThe Trump administration has dismissed 20 immigration judges along with several assistant chief immigration judges. This move adds to effor...
16 Feb, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
Make (Non-US) Indian Migration great againDonald Trump's changes to US citizenship laws could impact high-skilled immigration from India. This uncertainty may push Indian immigrants...
22 Jan, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
Trump scraps citizenship by birth in the US. Can it affect your family even if you're on H-1B visa or green card?President Donald Trump announced an executive order on Monday that would deny U.S. citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who ...
21 Jan, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
Trump’s immigration overhaul is fraught with hurdles - from courts to statesPresident-elect Donald Trump's immigration reform plans face numerous challenges, including overwhelmed immigration courts, limited ICE res...
02 Jan, 2025, 10.54 AM IST
Trump’s immigration overhaul is cruel and self-defeatingDonald Trump aims to deport millions of undocumented immigrants after his inauguration. This action will harm families and disrupt essentia...
24 Dec, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
No more automatic citizenship for children in US? What Trump's victory could mean for Indians queuing for green cardDonald Trump, in a likely presidential win, plans to end automatic citizenship for children born in the US to non-citizen parents. This exe...
06 Nov, 2024, 09.12 PM IST
Major changes to US immigration policy are under discussion. What are they and what could they mean?Many immigration advocates, including some Democrats, say some of the changes being proposed would gut protections for people who desperate...
10 Dec, 2023, 08.30 PM IST
For asylum seekers, giant US immigration backlog can be a boonThe huge backlog of cases in US immigration courts is encouraging more migrants to enter the country knowing they can work legally without ...
23 Jul, 2023, 08.13 AM IST
USCIS on track to issue 281,507 employment-based green cards by September 30Jeremy McKinney, president at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, stated issuing 280,000-plus employment-based immigrant visas is...
11 Sep, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
US court grants relief for L2, H4 immigrant spouses seeking employment permitsWhile L-1 spouses or L-2 visa holders will get the extension without applying for it, H4 visa holders will still have to apply for the exte...
11 Nov, 2021, 03.05 PM IST
USCIS Ombudsman: A solution to difficult immigration casesThe USCIS ombudsman's office is housed within the Department of Homeland Security but watches over the USCIS independently. You can open a ...
02 Sep, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
US President Joe Biden sends comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress on day one in White HouseCalled the US Citizenship Act of 2021, the legislation modernises the immigration system, and also proposes to eliminate the per country ca...
22 Jan, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
86,000 odd Indian children will age out owing to the green card backlog, with a risk of family separationOf the 8.15 lakh Indians who are caught in the green-card backlog, which for most will take 84 years to process, 1.57 lakh are children. Th...
23 Nov, 2020, 10.49 PM IST