Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) A federal judge in California has directed US immigration officials to justify the detention of an Indian national after finding his legal challenge credible enough to proceed.The order was issued on December 24 by the US District Court for the Southern District of California, which asked the government to respond to a habeas corpus petition filed by Naveen Naveen, an Indian citizen contesting the legal basis of his continued immigration detention.In his order, the judg…
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Washington, Dec 24, (IANS) A group of 127 US lawmakers has urged the Trump Administration to withdraw its proposed overhaul of the “public charge” rule, asserting that this would inject uncertainty into the legal immigration system, particularly for those families who are moving from H-1B visas to Green Cards.As many as 110 Congressmen and 17 Senators, in a letter, called on the Department of Homeland Security to abandon the proposal and retain the existing 2022 public charge regulations, arguin…