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How Joe Biden’s new immigration policy will benefit Indians in the US
6 months ago

How Joe Biden’s new immigration policy will benefit Indians in the US

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US president Joe Biden announced two immigration measures on Tuesday – one for undocumented spouses of American citizens and another for young immigrants, including Dreamers. Biden launches new immigration policy US president Biden’s election-year policy entails potential citizenship for immigrants without legal status in America. The immigrants who have lived in the US for 10 years and have been married …

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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden
6 months ago

Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his recent aggressive crackdown on the southern border that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers. At a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, Trump proclaimed, “When I’m reelected, Joe Biden’s illegal …

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Shut out of DACA, and traditional jobs, young immigrants start businesses to get ahead
2 years, 3 months ago

Shut out of DACA, and traditional jobs, young immigrants start businesses to get ahead

LA Times  

Alessandro Negrete in the lobby of the consulting firm where he works in downtown Los Angeles. This year, an estimated 100,000 immigrant youth, most in California, graduated high school without legal status and without the benefit of DACA, which means that many have been shut out of the labor market. Ibañez created “Undocumented Tales,” an award-winning YouTube series that follows …

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Biden seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients
2 years, 4 months ago

Biden seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a regulation aimed at fending off legal challenges to a decade-old program that shields immigrants from deportation if they arrived as young children. Its 453 pages are largely technical and represent little substantive change from the 2012 memo that created DACA, but it was subject to public comments as part of a …

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Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo
3 years, 5 months ago

Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn’t want to believe it. In a statement, Citizenship and Immigration Services said it “will comply with the court order, continue to implement the components of DACA that remain in place.” It’s the latest twist for the program, which has been struck down and revived in …

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‘A blaring siren’ for Democrats after ruling halts DACA
3 years, 5 months ago

‘A blaring siren’ for Democrats after ruling halts DACA

Associated Press  

Immigrants and advocates are urging Democrats and President Joe Biden to quickly act on legislation to protect young immigrants after a federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled illegal an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of them brought into the U.S. as children. Calling the ruling a “blaring siren” for Democrats, United We Dream Executive Director Greisa …

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‘Dreamers’ cheer US court ruling on young immigrants’ protections
4 years, 6 months ago

‘Dreamers’ cheer US court ruling on young immigrants’ protections

Al Jazeera  

Judges blocked Trump’s bid to end a programme that shields hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Washington, DC – Waving a large banner reading “here to stay” a dozen immigrants who arrived in the United States as children and their supporters celebrated outside of the Supreme Court on Thursday after the nation’s highest legal body dealt US President …

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