As H1B crackdown by Donald Trump Govt widens, skilled immigrants are pursuing their American dream 'elsewhere'
• 6 years agoImmigrants with specialized skills, especially those applying for the popular H1B program, are being denied work visas or seeing applications get caught up in lengthy bureaucratic tangles under federal changes that some consider a contradiction to President Donald Trump's promise of a continued pathway to the U.S. for the most talented foreigners.
H1B spouses' H4 work permits are being walked off the cliff in the Donald Trump era and anxiety is peaking: All you need to know
Nikhila Natrajan • 6 years agoThe Donald Trump government’s process of slow-walking the H4 visa work permit off the cliff is on its last mile and anxiety is peaking across the community of H1B spouses in the United States.
Donald Trump's toned down State of the Union speech fails to soothe fears of resurgent terror, trade war with China
Tara Kartha • 6 years agoTrump’s policies have the potential to create instability across the world, and rebound on the US.
Fact check: Trump exaggerated economic boom in State of Union speech; economy healthy but not nearly one of the best
• 6 years agoThe Associated Press is fact-checking remarks from US president Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. Here's a look at some of the claims we've examined
Donald Trump turns State of the Union into 2020 political pitch, hails economy 'miracle', seeks end to 'partisan investigations'
Nikhila Natrajan • 6 years agoIt was so Trumpian. US president Donald Trump, profoundly weakened by looming legal and political peril and surrounded by a sea of freshman Democrats dressed in suffragette white, checked off the box on his second State of the Union (SOTU) calling for an end to "ridiculous partisan investigations" alluding to the Robert Mueller probe, "foolish wars" the "politics of revenge" and then insisting that he will "build the wall" along the US Mexico border.
In State of the Union speech, Donald Trump claims best job rates, highest wages under his administration; full text of address
Fp Staff • 6 years agoHere is the full text of Donald Trump's second state of the union speech
Donald Trump State of the Union promises epic political spectacle with 'optimism' spin: How to watch, what to track
Fp Staff • 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union (SOTU) is likely to be as close as possible to a political rally burnished by the veneer of a historic setting despite White House spin that Trump will call for "optimism and unity".
Donald Trump State of the Union speech will call for 'unity' but after 2 years of bitter, personal attacks, nobody is buying in
• 6 years agoAfter two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, President Donald Trump will call for unity and cross-party cooperation in Washington during Tuesday's State of the Union address, a message likely to ring hollow with emboldened Democrats eager to block his push for a border wall.
Donald Trump Govt unveils new H-1B visa lottery rules effective 1 April; advanced degree holders top priority for US
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIt's official. The Donald Trump administration, via the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new rules favoring advanced US advanced degree holders filing H1B visas that go into effect 1 April and will be published in the US federal register Thursday. The revised scenario beginning this Spring recalibrates the educational qualification requirements of who (all) can be counted towards the regular, yearly stream of 65,000 visas in a move that will filter out more bachelor’s degree holders from the H1B program, raise the probability of more US Master's degree holders filling the first wave of total available slots which analysts sat will eventually squeeze incoming batches of H1B workers.
Donald Trump caves in, says will reopen US Govt till 15 February and he doesn't get any money for border wall
Fp Staff • 6 years agoUS president Donald Trump who dragged 800,000 government workers through a 35 day shutdown and bragged that he would not "cave" finally did, re-opening the government for a temporary 3 week period as public opinion against him has risen to an all time high.