IANS – The US has accused the students arrested in connection with a fake university visa scam of being “aware they were committing a crime” for visas when they enrolled at the institution while lawyers for those charged accused the government of tricking them. The State Department said on Monday in a statement: “All […]
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DACA recipients get reprieve, can renew applications
Ritu Jha – The fact that current recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals can still renew applications as long they have not yet expired was greeted with approval by Lakshmi Sridaran, director of national policy and advocacy for South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). The 700,000 DACA recipients got this break as a […]
Indian-origin Californian cop’s killing fuels immigration debate
indica News Bureau – Tragedy struck a day after Christmas in California when an Indian-origin police officer was shot at and killed by an unidentified illegal immigrant while he was conducting a traffic stop. The shooting occurred at around 1 am on December 26, when Ronil Singh, 33, was gunned down after pulling […]