Washington, July 28 (IANS) Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has said India and the United States must do more to confront the China challenge, calling for deeper cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, clean energy and security.“I think India, like the United States, needs to step up to the challenge. Okay. It’s not doing enough. It can do more,” Krishnamoorthi said in an interview with IANS.He described the strategic competition with China as a defining t…
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Washington, June 9 (IANS) The federal judge who struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa payment requirement said the central issue in the case was not immigration policy but whether the executive branch had imposed a tax without congressional approval.In a 42-page ruling, US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin concluded that the administration’s H-1B policy amounted to an unauthorised tax and exceeded powers granted to the President under federal immigration law.“The Court finds th…
Washington, June 4 (IANS) Four Democratic senators have challenged a Trump administration policy that has paused immigration and citizenship cases involving nationals from 39 countries, saying the move has stalled green cards, naturalisation applications and work permits while leaving families and employers in limbo. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph B. Edlow, the senators said the policy amounts to an …
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday described the United States as a “welcoming country” and termed the racist comments made against Indians as the actions of “stupid” people. Addressing a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Rubio stated that he takes such comments very seriously.On being asked about racist remarks against Indians in the US, he responded: “I don’t know how to address that, but I’ll take that very seriously about th…
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Top Senate Democrats have formally asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate what they described as sweeping Trump administration actions that have disrupted the US legal immigration system, including halts in visa processing and fresh scrutiny of previously approved green cards and citizenship cases.In a set of letters led by Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, lawmakers said the administration’s moves — including pausing immigration bene…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a closely watched case on birthright citizenship, which tests President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict automatic citizenship for children born to certain non-citizens and could reshape the meaning of the 14th Amendment and decades of legal precedent. The case centres on an executive order issued by Trump. It directs federal agencies to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are either in the …
Washington, March 30 (IANS) A prolonged funding standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has disrupted US airports, with officials warning of mounting strain as hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers quit and others call in sick during a partial government shutdown now in its 44th day. The White House on Sunday moved to ease the pressure by redirecting funds to pay TSA workers, but the political deadlock shows no sign of resolution, with US Congress away…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) A heated congressional hearing on America’s growing physician shortage has opened a new fault line that could directly affect Indian medical graduates seeking careers in the United States.At issue is a proposed “$100,000 supplemental fee for new H-1b visas,” sharply higher than current employer-paid processing costs. Lawmakers on Tuesday debated whether such a move would deter rural hospitals from hiring foreign-trained doctors at a time when the country faces wid…
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) A Republican lawmaker introduced legislation to end the H-1B visa program, arguing that it disadvantages American workers and prioritizes foreign labor over US citizens.US Representative Greg Steube announced the introduction of the Ending Exploitative Imported Labor Exemptions Act, known as the EXILE Act.The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by discontinuing the H-1B visa program, which allows US companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupat…
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Warning that unchecked immigration could erode the nation’s economic strength and political freedoms, a senior Republican lawmaker has said the United States should cap the number of new citizens at 800,000 a year, “or maybe even less.”Congressman Glenn Grothman told colleagues that allowing unlimited immigration would make the country “not only poorer, but America will become much less free.”Speaking on the floor of the US House of Representatives, the Wiscon…