New Delhi: A waiter at a Mexican restaurant in Ohio, who was subjected to xenophobic abuse by a customer, has received massive support from the community. At the Cazuelas Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Columbus, the customer, a woman, wrote: “I hope Trump deports you!!!” on the bill’s signature line. Not just that, Stephanie Lovins, … Read more
Washington: Thousands of Indians in the United States, who migrated as minors under the H-4 visa, now face an uncertain future as they approach the age of 21. Under current immigration laws in the US, they will no longer qualify as dependents of their H1-B visa-holder parents. To put it simply, if an H-1B Visa … Read more
If an alien were to gain insights into the immigrant ‘situation’ currently playing out in the US, the Netflix show Mo would act as a good gateway. Except, it might lead the alien to believe that there are no Indian immigrants, legal or illegal, in the US. Mo, the semi-autobiographical comedy created by Palestinian-American comic … Read more
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser Elon Musk a video posted by the White House showing immigrants in shackles being prepared to board a deportation flight from Seattle. The footage shared by the White House on social media showed illegal immigrants being put in cuffs and shackles while being prepared to board a … Read more
New Delhi: The White House has posted a controversial video showing undocumented immigrants being shackled and led onto a deportation flight from Seattle. The 41-second clip on X, titled “ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight,” features close-ups of chains and cuffs being laid out on the tarmac and detainees walking with their hands and ankles restrained. … Read more
Washington: Davinder Singh, a 21-year-old from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, recounts his harrowing experience at a US detention center after being detained for crossing the US border illegally. Singh was part of the second batch of 116 Indian immigrants deported back to India in a military aircraft. He describes the detention center as a place where … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s second presidency has brought about a wave of anxiety among undocumented workers, as mass deportations have become a cornerstone of his administration. The community is on edge, fearing arrests and family separations. Trump has signed an executive order allocating military resources to the US-Mexico border and opened the Guantánamo Bay prison … Read more
A drug dealer in Britain has avoided getting deported after promising that he will “only smoke” cannabis and not sell it. The man, identified as Shawn Rickford McLeod of Jamaican origin, arrived in the UK but was handed a deportation order after being sentenced to three years and four months in prison for supplying class … Read more
Washington: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office recently took a proactive step in educating migrants about their rights when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. A webinar hosted by her office shed light on the tactics employed by ICE authorities in New York to arrest undocumented immigrants, with the aim of helping them avoid deportation. … Read more
Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States — the first since a January deal between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro — are heading to Venezuela, the South American country’s government said Monday. The flights, run by Venezuelan airline Conviasa, are part of a plan to … Read more
New Delhi: The United States recently deported 104 Indian migrants, handcuffed and shackled for a nearly 24-hour flight back to India. The deportation came after US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, a topic he recently discussed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a phone call, AP reported. The illegal journey into the US … Read more
Over a hundred Indian immigrants who had illegally entered the US have been sent back on a military transport aircraft in line with President Donald Trump’s policy to tighten the borders and crackdown on illegal immigration. Back home, they have narrated the treacherous trek through what is known as the ‘Donkey’ route to reach the … Read more