Trump launches immigration crackdown in New Orleans
- 03-Dec-2025
U.S. immigration officials kicked off an operation in New Orleans to arrest immigrants in the U.S. illegally, federal officials said on Wednesday, making it the latest city to be targeted by President Donald Trump’s crackdown. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the operation would target criminal offenders who had been released from local custody […]
U.S visa no longer a passport to love for Indians after Trump H-1B squeeze
- 07-Oct-2025
Sidhi Sharma wanted to marry an Indian citizen with a high-flying job in the US. But the 19-year-old medical student from India’s northern Haryana state dropped the idea after seeing recent headlines about U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration. “I had always dreamed of settling in the U.S. after marriage,” she said, without elaborating on her […]
UK tightens rules on refugee settlement and family reunion
- 02-Oct-2025
The UK will no longer automatically extend settlement and family reunion rights to migrants who have been granted asylum, the government announced on Wednesday in a further effort to curb immigration. The Labour government has been tightening its immigration policies in a bid to curb support for the populist Reform UK party, and is particularly […]
Vance, Leavitt Slam Democrats Over Shutdown, Immigration Priorities
- 01-Oct-2025
Washington: Vice President J.D. Vance and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized Democratic leadership over the ongoing government shutdown, accusing them of prioritizing undocumented immigrants over American workers. Speaking to reporters, Leavitt said, “The Democratic Party is holding the budget hostage to demand healthcare for illegal immigrants. This isn’t about compassion—it’s about politics.” Vice […]
UK to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers
- 26-Sep-2025
The British government said on Friday it would require every employee to hold a digital identity document, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s latest attempt to tackle illegal migration and reduce the threat from the populist Reform UK party. Addressing the Global Progress Action Summit alongside the leaders of Canada, Australia and Iceland, Starmer said his left-leaning […]
Trump’s immigration curbs make Indian students rethink the American Dream
- 24-Sep-2025
BENGALURU/HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: Paridhi Upadhaya was packing her bags after securing a computer science scholarship in the U.S. until headlines of President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown, last week prompted her family in Lucknow, India to scrap the plan. “Trump’s unending onslaught against immigrants is forcing us to consider other destinations for her,” the 18-year-old’s father […]
Dallas gunman wrote ‘anti-ICE’ on unused bullet
- 24-Sep-2025
Dallas: A gunman who wrote “ANTI-ICE” on an unused bullet killed two detainees and wounded another on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas before taking their own life, officials said. FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on X of what he said were the suspect’s unspent shell casings that […]
Washington’s immigrant neighborhoods push back against ICE arrests
- 19-Sep-2025
WASHINGTON, Sept 19: When U.S. immigration agents swooped down to arrest a Salvadoran man in Mount Pleasant, a Washington area known for its Hispanic immigrant population, residents alerted neighbors who flocked to the scene, chanting at officers to get out before the man was hauled away. And when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained a […]
Pakistan, Bahrain to establish joint working group on immigration
- 11-Sep-2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bahrain on Thursday agreed to establish a Joint Working Group to enhance collaboration across multiple sectors, including counter-terrorism, and immigration as President Asif Ali Zardari appreciated the cooperation between the two countries, including the visa abolition agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders. Bahrain’s Interior Minister, Lieutenant General Rashid bin Abdullah Al […]
US unemployment rate near 4-year high as labor market hits stall speed
- 06-Sep-2025
WASHINGTON: U.S. job growth weakened sharply in August and the unemployment rate increased to nearly a four-year high of 4.3%, confirming that labor market conditions were softening and sealing the case for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut later this month. The Labor Department’s closely watched employment report on Friday also showed the economy lost […]