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US Supreme Court allows Trump-era border policy to remain for now: What is Title 42 and how does it affect immigration?
The US Supreme Court has voted to keep in place Title 42, a Donald Trump-era policy that blocks thousands of people from crossing the US-Mexico border. The policy was introduced in March 2020 when COVID-19 broke out and the Joe Biden administration continues to use it
Indians should stop getting excited: Rishi Sunak is hardcore anti-immigrant 'Conservative'
Rishi Sunak was supported by Tory MPs because of his integrity and professionalism and not his ‘Indian’ lineage or skin colour
Hunger crisis could swell already record global displacement, says UN
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, traditionally a breadbasket to the world, has sparked dramatic grain and fertiliser shortages, sent global prices soaring and put hundreds of millions of people at risk from hunger.
Of spaghetti meatballs, chicken tikka masala, and General Tso's: How independent films have depicted 'immigrant food'
Many immigrants brought with them their cultures and memories of the foods they cooked back home. They set up restaurants, first to serve their immigrant brothers and sisters, but later to bring their cuisines to the rest of the American population.
After In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda donates to immigrant rights groups to help marginalised communities
The actor is forever drawn to what he calls “the things that don’t leave you alone.” Immigration, he said, is both a passion and a foundational element of his work.
How Indian Americans came to love the Spelling Bee: Behind success at the competition is a story of community
The bee has become an occasion for unity within the South Asian American immigrant community, and it all goes back to a historic victory more than three decades ago.
Venezuelans migrate to US in droves due to pandemic-induced crises and internal turmoil afflicting their homeland
While Central Americans and others can spend months trekking through the jungle, stowing away on freight trains and sleeping in makeshift camps run by cartels on their way north, most Venezuelans reach the US in as little as four days.
In Minneapolis, an immigrant street struggles to recover in the aftermath of George Floyd's death and protests
Lake Street cuts a long path through Minneapolis, from the upscale bars at the street’s west end, through the immigrant commercial enclaves, to the leafy neighbourhoods of middle-class bungalows that reach to the Mississippi River. It also cuts a path through the city’s history of immigrant life and deeply embedded inequality.
Danish Renzu on how The Illegal is inspired by his own journey to America as an immigrant
Danish Renzu said The Illegal is dedicated to those who knew how "difficult is pursuing the American dream" and yet chose to never give up on that
US eases immigration norms in view of COVID-19: H-1B holders, Green Card applicants get 60-day grace period to submit documents
The relaxations in the US immigration policy come in view of the coronavirus outbreak, which first surfaced in China''s Wuhan city in December, 2019. So far, the virus has claimed over 65,000 lives in the US and over 235,000 lives globally.
Coronavirus Outbreak: US authorities to consider extending non-immigrant visas on case-by-case basis
USCIS said that it has taken steps to help individuals, employers and others address some of the immigration-related challenges they face as a direct result of the COVID-19 national emergency
Return migration and COVID-19: Data suggests Kerala, TN, Punjab, UP, Bihar may be future red zones for contagion risk
The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus the major international migration corridors India shares with the world including the Gulf, Europe, and North America. Many of the Stage 1 imported cases in India came through these corridors as emigrants returned to their families.
High skilled immigrants body urges US President Donald Trump to address long sufferings of H-1B visa holders
A nonprofit body, representing high skilled immigrants from India, has urged President Donald Trump to address their long sufferings of H-1B visa holders by accelerating the pace of Green Card or legal permanent residency and remove bureaucratic, legal hurdles from the most-sought after work visa
Good economics for the CAA-NRC times: Banerjee, Duflo's book dispels many of our beliefs about immigration
The conspicuous exclusion of Muslims in the CAA will alter the demographic makeup of voters in states, creating a cushy vote bank for the BJP. Notably, war and natural disasters may force people to move, but otherwise, an increase in wages, better opportunity and even starvation are not enough.
Citizenship Amendment Act 'fundamentally discriminatory', undermines India's obligations under 1965 human rights convention, says UN OHCHR
While the goal of protecting persecuted groups through the new Citizenship Amendment Act was welcome, this should be done through a robust national asylum system that is premised on the principle of equality and non-discrimination, the spokesman of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations said
'Will expel all infiltrators': In Kolkata, Amit Shah slams Mamata Banerjee for opposing NRC, terms decision on J&K tribute to Syama Prasad Mookherjee
BJP chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said in Kolkataka that all "infiltrators" will be thrown out of India, while also accusing West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee of creating panic over the Nationa Register for Citizens (NRC)
Over 42,000 illegal migrants who entered from Mexico sent back this month, says senior US law enforcement official
Over 42,000 illegal migrants, who entered the US from Mexico, were sent back this month, a senior official said, asking the neighbouring country to do more in stemming the flow of such individuals.
Evolution of Bangalore: From Garden City to Silicon Valley, how immigrants made the city their own
Bangalore, or Bengaluru, a city of immigrants founded by Kempe Gowda, stands tall as one of India's fastest growing metropolises, housing a whopping 12 million people on its gradually shrinking land. Here's taking a closer look at how it went from being 'Garden City' to the Silicon Valley of India, in the matter of mere decades.
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet 'appalled' by conditions migrants and refugees face in US detention facilites
The UN's human rights chief said on Monday that she was "appalled" by the conditions migrants and refugees face in US detention facilities, intensifying a challenge to the Trump administration's immigration policies.
James Beard Award-winning writer Mayukh Sen on the place politics and identity have in food
Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen has developed a voice of his own — a sensitive style of storytelling about subjects who are lesser-known or those who have faded into oblivion, while taking into account facets of identity like sexuality, race and ethnicity.