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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: Green card

Trump decision on US birthright citizenship could make Indians rethink immigration plans

Indian immigrants have long used jus soli to become US citizens: those on temporary visas raised families while waiting for permanent residence. The order still has to face legal test.

Can Trump go through with his bid to end birthright citizenship & how move may impact immigrants

As of 2024, Indian Americans accounted for 1.47% of US population and at least two-thirds of the 5.4 million Indian Americans are immigrants, according to US government data.

Donald Trump to halt issuing of new green cards for next 60 days

Those on non-immigrant work visas (H-1B) and seasonal immigrant workers for agricultural purposes will not be impacted

Trump sows uncertainty with green card ban and hints at more

Trump’s decision will affect thousands of would-be immigrants seeking to move permanently to the US, and further delays a green card process.

US green card backlog touches 800,000, over 60% applicants are Indians

An Indian applying for the employment-based green card will have to wait for 50 years due to increased backlog and country quota limits.

Green Card country-cap bill faces Senate test after it is passed by US House of Reps

Lifting the per-country cap would mainly benefit professionals from countries like India, for whom the wait for Green Card is more than a decade.

Indians with advanced degree may have to wait 151 years for green card: Report

Report says 6,32,219 Indians in line for green cards. Blames the prolonged wait on per-country-limit, pegged at 7% for Indians.

Indian immigrants could end up waiting 70 years for Green Card

As of May, there were 395,025 people waiting for a Green Card under the employment-based preference category. Of these, an estimated 78% were Indians.

It is not right to penalise Indian H-1B workers who contribute to the US economy

Decisions should be taken within a six-year period for people who stay back for that long and are waiting for a green card.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.