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Donald Trump mulled naming Sidney Powell, who floated election conspiracy theories, as voter fraud special counsel
• 5 years agoDuring a White House meeting, the outgoing president also asked about deploying the military to 'rerun' the election. Ex-NSA Michael Flynn, whom Trump recently pardoned, called on the president to declare martial law
Rejecting Donald Trump's claims, US attorney-general says no sign of voter fraud in presidential polls
• 5 years agoWilliam Barr said both the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security called the 2020 election the 'most secure in American history'
Donald Trump administration proposes to scrap computerised lottery system to select H-1B visas
• 5 years agoUS govt is planning to replace the lottery system with a wage-level-based selection process which is expected to counter the downward pressure on the wages of US workers
Donald Trump administration imposes new curbs on H-1B visas to protect US workers, narrows ‘specialty occupation’ definition
• 5 years agoThe new rules will allow enforcement of compliance through worksite inspections and monitor compliance before, during and after an H1-B visa is approved
Trump administration proposes fixed time limit on visas for students, researchers, journalists
• 5 years agoThe proposal has been brought in view of the abuse of the loopholes in the existing system by China, the Department of Homeland Security said
Donald Trump government scraps 6 July policy to strip international students of US visas
• 5 years agoThe policy about foreign students was one of a number of measures Trump has taken to advance his agenda on immigration, using the coronavirus pandemic and the need to protect the country from health threats as justification
H-1B visa suspension: Remote working during COVID-19 lockdown insulates India's IT sector; Indian talent will be in demand, say experts
Sulekha_nair • 5 years agoAnalysts and sector specialists said that the latest move by the Trump government is not expected to have much impact on the Indian tech sector which has a significant presence in the US.
Donald Trump to sign Executive Order barring immigration into US, blames 'invisible enemy' for move
• 5 years agoPresident Donald Trump said on Monday evening that he intended to close the United States to people trying to immigrate into the country to live and work, a drastic move that he said would protect American workers from foreign competition once the nation’s economy began to recover from the shutdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak
US law enforcement agencies arrest over 250 students, including 90 Indians, from fake university set up by authorities to check immigration fraud
• 6 years agoUS federal law enforcement agencies have arrested 90 more foreign students, mostly from India, taking the total number of students held so far to over 250 from a fake university set up by the authorities to check immigration fraud
Facebook to block fake US DHS accounts who are spying on profiles of foreigners
• 6 years ago“Law enforcement authorities are required to use their real names on Facebook and we make this policy clear,” Facebook spokeswoman