Approximately 1.5 million Indian immigrant workers, currently working in the US via H-1B US visas, who hope to get a green card but are caught in a massive backlog, expect their fate to be determined by the negotiations on immigration reform, which began in the Senate on Monday. The headline components of the debate are […]

On Tuesday, Republicans in the Senate increased the pressure on Democrats to agree with President Donald Trump’s plans for a wall on the border between Mexico and the US, as well as tougher immigration laws in general, to pass a bipartisan deal to help the young undocumented immigrants known as ‘Dreamers’. Republican Senate Majority Leader,

Finding a compromise between the Republican and Democratic parties on the issue of immigration will not be easy, according to Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer. Schumer, who made the comments during the McConnell Center Distinguished Speakers Series, held at the University of Louisville on Monday, said that both parties are, however, determined to try because

The 2019 budget request, unveiled by President Donald Trump on Monday, includes funds for more immigration agents and judges, as well as a border wall between the US and Mexico. The 2019 budget will, though, see most other agencies receive funding cuts, some by up to 26 percent. But, there will be an increase of

With the Senate set to begin an immigration debate this week, officials in the White House have started to float the idea of a compromise that would keep current levels of legal immigration – around 1.1 million per annum – for over a decade to come. President Donald Trump has proposed a series of measures,

This week, the topic of immigration, which Congress has ignored for decades, will finally be tackled by the US Senate. In a recent speech on the floor, Illinois Democrat Senator, Dick Durbin, said that the week is likely to an historic one. Immigration reform has consistently been framed as first and foremost a matter of

With lawmakers in the US attempting to secure the votes they need to pass a spending bill to prevent another government shutdown, House Speaker, Paul Ryan, has been attempting to pacify Democrats by claiming that a bill on immigration is the next major priority. Nancy Pelosi, the leading House Democrat, has threatened to block the

New figures reveal that the number of arrests of undocumented immigrants in the US increased to a three-year high in 2017, following years of decline. On Thursday, the Pew Research Center revealed that as many as 143,470 people were held in detention in 2017 by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a rise of 30 percent

President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum on Tuesday, to establish a new vetting center in the hope of improving the current process of screening new visitors and immigrants wanting to come to the US. In the memorandum, the President declares that immigration and border security are vital to ensuring the security, prosperity, and

Congressional leaders managed to overcome partisan differences on Wednesday, to come to a two-year budget deal to increase the level of government spending by almost $300 billion, in an attempt to curb the fiscal policy arguing in Washington but which also widens the federal deficit. The agreement, announced by the Democratic and Republican leaders in

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump declared his support for another government shutdown if Congressional Republicans and Democrats are unable to agree on a budget deal that would stop federal agencies from having to close down later this week. The President said that he would be more than happy to have another shutdown if the deal