Tag: migration
'Invasion' Of US Will Come To Halt, Says Trump On Immigration Row
President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to implementing strict immigration limits, a central promise of his presidential campaign on the first day of his assuming office. ....
US Attorney General Files Suit Against Trump
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit seeking to block US President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning foreign refugees, media reports said.....
Government Panel Recommends Legal Framework To Protect Migrants
Stating that the migrant population makes substantial contribution to economic growth and their constitutional rights need to be secured, a government appointed panel has recommended necessary legal and policy framework to protect their interests, an official statement said on Wednesday.....
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's New Immigration Ban
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's new immigration ban, just hours before it was scheduled to be enforced on Thursday, a media report said.....
GDP Up But Job Security Falls: Only 16% Earn Regular Wage
At 19, Dinesh Manjhi is the breadwinner for his family -- three siblings and a 55-year-old mother. But his tryst with adulthood actually began at 12, when his father took him on a 1,500-km journey from their home in Bihar to a farm in Punjab to work as a seasonal worker. This way, he added a valuable extra to what the father saved to bring back home every season.....
Changed H-1B Visa Norms: Computer Programmers To Feel The Heat
Just a few days before the new season for H-1B visas for skilled workers started, the US authorities have tightened the norms for hiring computer programmers, putting a squeeze on Indian IT companies. ....
Australia To Abolish 457 Immigration Work Visas
The government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has adopted a new "Australians first" approach to skilled migration, announcing it will abolish the controversial 457 visa programme for temporary skilled migrants. ....
TCS, Infosys Got Only 8.8% Of H-1B Visas, Says Nasscom Contradicting US Official
Indian IT industry's apex body has said that the two top companies -- TCS and Infosys -- got only 8.8 per cent of H-1B visas for placement of workers in the United States.....
Trump Suddenly Announces He's Stopping Legal Immigration
In a sudden twist, US President Donald Trump has announced that he was shutting the country to legal immigration temporarily through an executive order.....
Trump Working On 'a Big Immigration Bill'
USA President Donald Trump said that his administration is working on what he called "a big immigration bill". ....
