カテゴリー: US immigration
Dozens of Bhutanese refugees are facing deportation from Nepal, a country that once gave them shelterAshish Subedi never imagined he would be deported once, let alone twice.Subedi, 36, had grown up in the Beldangi refugee camp in eastern Nepal where hi…
In places like Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, blighted neighborhoods and economies have been transformedAt a time in life when many are winding down, Gunash Akhmedova, aged 65, fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening her first business.A member of the A…
Coalition government loosened requirements for its Active Investor Plus visa in bid to boost flagging economyWealthy Americans are leading the charge in applications for New Zealand’s “golden visas” after rules on applying were relaxed.New Zealand’s co…
President had cued up ban in January order and, despite exemptions, policy will separate families and harm people fleeing crisesDonald Trump’s first travel ban in 2017 had an immediate, explosive impact – spawning chaos at airports nationwide.This time…
Caracas describes US government as fascist, Somalia vows to address security and Iranian Americans express regretUS politics live – latest updatesVenezuela has hit back over the Trump administration’s travel ban by warning that the US is a dangerous pl…
They lost their Nepalese citizenship years ago and are now living in a ‘stateless limbo’ amid Trump’s deportationsAasis Subedi, a Bhutanese Nepali refugee, finds himself back in the same Nepal refugee camp he spent part of his youth, once again statele…
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s returnImmigrant rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of deporting about a dozen migrants from countries including Myanmar a…
Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri had visa revoked and was arrested by immigration officials in MarchThe Georgetown academic Badar Khan Suri was released from Ice detention hours after a Virginia federal judge’s order on Wednesday.Khan Sur…
Human rights experts voice alarm as refugees expelled by the US, not welcomed by Bhutan and rejected by NepalWhen Narayan Kumar Subedi received a call from his daughter in the United States three weeks ago, he expected to hear news of his two children’…
Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deportedThe 24-year-old Afghan woman wants to become a surgeon – and she had set her sights on training in the US.She wants to care for other wom…
People from Afghanistan, Iran, China and other countries flown out as Trump’s deportation effort intensifiesUS politics – live updatesThe US has sent undocumented immigrants from several Asian countries whose governments have refused to accept them to …
Aspiring emigrants seek help at ‘Visa Hanuman’ and ‘Visa God’ temples after US president demanded tougher vettingIndian professionals have been flocking to Hindu temples believed to grant prayers for a US visa after Donald Trump signed several executiv…
Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal f…
Department of Homeland Security says it plans more such ‘large charter flights’, sparking concerns for safety of migrants escaping poverty or repressionThe US has sent back 116 Chinese migrants in the first such “large charter flight” in five years, th…
Recent immigrants reflect on the upheaval in their lives since the US pulled out in 2021: ‘They left us and our lives in danger’With the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, falling during the month of Ramadan this year, Afghans and Afghan Americans around the …