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Topic: Green card

US arrests slain Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani’s niece & grandniece, cancels green cards

State Department says Hamideh Soleimani Afshar & daughter in custody of ICE, accuses Afshar of promoting ‘Iranian regime propaganda’ and celebrating attacks on Americans.

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.

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

I am an Army wife, and I feel a personal debt to Pune’s Artificial Limb Centre

The Artificial Limb Centre in Pune just celebrated its 82nd anniversary. It is a place where soldiers’ lives are rebuilt physically, psychologically, socially, and economically.

RBI may revisit 2013 crisis playbook as rupee slides to record low

With the rupee nearing 97 against the dollar, the RBI is weighing rate hikes and dollar-raising measures to stem investor panic and capital outflows.

After Naxalism, Shah sets agenda for BSF to weed out infiltrators—don’t just stop, identify & deport

Amit Shah urged BSF to move beyond border prevention and identify, track and deport illegal infiltrators as part of a wider national strategy against demographic change.

2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.