EU lawmakers back 'return hubs' for migrantsEU lawmakers on Monday gave preliminary backing to a tightening of Europe's immigration policy, paving the way for so-called "return hubs" ...
10 Mar, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
Spain's looming migrant amnesty strains services, sends applicants scramblingSpain plans to grant legal status to half a million undocumented migrants. However, immigration offices are already strained. A lack of sta...
27 Feb, 2026, 10.02 AM IST
Immigration reform in the US has always been tough, and rarely happens in election yearsHistorical roadblocks, polarization, and election-year politics hinder meaningful immigration reform in the US. Recent bipartisan efforts h...
20 Feb, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Joe Biden eyes more foreign workers while skirting H-1B visa uproarThe sweeping proposal Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office drew quick Republican opposition over its centerpiece: a faster pat...
12 Feb, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
Trump working on executive order to establish merit-based immigration system: White House"It's going to be a very big bill, a very good bill, and a merit-based bill and it will include DACA," Trump said.
11 Jul, 2020, 08.51 PM IST
View: A strange phenomenon in immigration during Covid-19 pandemic and lockdownsIn the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and national lockdowns, when the world economy has cratered, western governments took a U-turn on im...
09 Jun, 2020, 12.07 AM IST
Illegal Indian immigrants in US: Many overstayed their tourist or student visas or are from broken marriagesThere are over 11 million people in the US who have either entered the US illegally, overstayed their visas, or are waiting for their US im...
08 Oct, 2017, 12.57 AM IST
Donald Trump scraps Obama-era amnesty programme; 7,000 Indian Americans to be hit"I am here to announce that the programme known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama Administration is being rescinded," Jeff Sessi...
05 Sep, 2017, 10.21 PM IST
Indian-American Mary Thomas announces US Congressional bidIndian-American Mary Thomas, a government attorney in Florida, has said that she will run for the Congressional elections in November 2016.
29 Jul, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
US House votes to block funding for Obama immigration orders"We are dealing with a president who has ignored the people, ignored the Constitution, and even his own past statements," House Speaker Joh...
15 Jan, 2015, 09.15 AM IST
US President Barack Obama, Republican leaders clash on immigration reformCantor said House Republicans do not support Senate Democrats' immigration bill and amnesty efforts, and it will not be considered in the H...
17 Apr, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
Quietly, businesses help reshape US immigration debateTed Poe and assured that his fellow Republicans would help overhaul the US immigration system in the coming months.
26 Aug, 2013, 04.53 PM IST
Barack Obama urges Republicans to pass immigration bill; 240,000 Indians to benefitThe bill would boost economy and create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants, including over 240,000 Indians.
14 Jul, 2013, 02.44 PM IST
Jeb Bush says immigrants key to economic prosperity in USFormer Florida governor Jeb Bush has claimed that immigrants were "more fertile" and thus a great benefit to American society.
16 Jun, 2013, 09.41 PM IST
Senators hopeful of comprehensive US immigration reform by summerInfluential US Senators hope to have a comprehensive immigration reform in place by this summer.
29 Jan, 2013, 09.29 PM IST
- Barack Obama says talented young illegal immigrants can stay in US
The changes caused by his executive order will make immigration policy "more fair, more efficient and more just," he said
16 Jun, 2012, 07.40 PM IST
- Obama vows to pass immigration bill
President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to push immigration reform through a divided Congress, calling lawmakers' failure to pass a White...
23 Dec, 2010, 04.16 AM IST