Two bills, aimed at curtailing illegal immigration in the US, were successfully passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday. ‘Kate’s Law’, also known as H.R. 361, was passed 257-167. It demands the establishment of mandatory minimum sentences for cases where undocumented immigrants return to the US after deportation. The bill now has to pass […]

Immigrants held in the detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the border city of El Paso are now forced to wear tracking devices. This follows the expansion of an enforcement tool that is usually applied to released undocumented immigrants while they await their day in court. Critics say that it makes no

The Trump administration has a new way to get tough on illegal immigration. It will now arrest undocumented immigrant parents who are believed to have paid smugglers to bring their children into the US illegally. Initiating cases for the deportation of unaccompanied immigrant minors caught at the border, often brought there on purpose by smugglers,

The House of Representatives is expected to pass the two bills intended to crack down on undocumented immigrants. President Donald Trump backs both bills. The House is likely to approve ‘Kate’s Law’, which will increase the penalties for undocumented immigrants who return to the US after deportation. It is named after the San Francisco woman

A recent decision by the Supreme Court to exempt university students and staff from an immigration ban is unlikely to end the uncertainty or the growing interest from overseas students in Canadian rather than US universities, according to experts. The Supreme Court overruled a federal court’s injunction on President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban on

An immigration lawyer in the US says that, with the long wait for H-1B employment US visa applicants, sometimes lasting over ten years, and the unsettled nature of the visa, Indian families wanting a green card would be better advised to apply for EB-5 US visas. Vaughan de Kirby, a US investment immigration attorney, whose

The deportation of over 1000 Iraqis from the US, after they were targeted in recent immigration raids, has been blocked by a Michigan federal court. US District Judge, Mark Goldsmith, has expanded an order issued last week, initially preventing removal of the 114 Iraqi nationals from the Detroit area. He agrees with immigrant advocates that

The Supreme Court has decided to rehear a case on whether immigrants held in custody by the US government have the right to a bond hearing to legally challenge indefinite detention. The case was previously argued in November last year – nine months before the vacant seat of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died earlier in

President Donald Trump has hailed a Supreme Court ruling, enabling the revival of at least part of his controversial travel ban, a victory for the national security of the US. The highest court in the land also granted a request by the White House enabling the implementation of some of their ban on immigrant refugees.

The final rulings of the current term of the US Supreme Court will be issued today, with talk that retirement could be on the cards for swing voter, Justice Anthony Kennedy. In the coming days, the court will also decide on President Donald Trump’s emergency request to revive the travel ban he implemented via executive

Republicans in the House of Representatives are reportedly preparing to vote on two bills that deal with an illegal immigration crackdown this week. The bills look set to fulfill the promises made by President Donald Trump during last year’s election campaign to enforce stronger immigration regulations in the US. ‘Kate’s Law’ is the name of