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TopicUS citizenship

Topic: US citizenship

Hunger games for immigrants? Trump DHS may be plotting a reality show with US citizenship as prize

Immigrants would be asked to prove their worth to become American through series of region-themed challenges. Trump admin is reportedly in talks with TV producer, streaming platforms.

‘Blatantly unconstitutional’: US federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Trump’s executive order had directed agencies to refuse to recognise the citizenship of children born in the US, if neither parent is a US citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Indian diaspora in overdrive to protect their American dream after Trump birthright citizenship order

In 2023, Indians accounted for almost 75 percent of the 386,000 H-1B visas granted that year. Indian-American members of Congress have said attack on birthright citizenship ‘unconstitutional’.

Karnataka: IAS Rohini Sindhuri, IPS Roopa Moudgil’s 3-yr public spat to culminate in court face-off

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Record no. of Indians applied to give up citizenship last year. Lockdown backlog, say officials

A total of 1,63,370 Indian nationals renounced their citizenship in 2021. In 2020, the number had fallen to just 85,248 from 1,44,217 in 2019, the highest until then.

Biden administration reverts to 2008 version of citizenship test

Announcing the reversal of Trump administration policy, USCIS said the 2020 civics test process 'may inadvertently create potential barriers to the naturalization process'.

Biden administration introduces immigration bill, Indian IT professionals to benefit

The bill proposes a pathway to citizenship to 11 million undocumented workers, elimination of per country quota for green cards and work authorisation for H-1B workers' dependents.

Americans are giving up US citizenship, but not for the reasons you think

The year 2020 is likely to see a record-breaking 10,000 people renounce US citizenship. And it’s not because of Covid.

Aatish Taseer becomes US citizen, months after Modi govt revoked his OCI card

In November 2019, the Modi government had revoked author Aatish Taseer's OCI card for allegedly hiding his father's Pakistani origin.

Bhagat Singh Thind’s story is a harsh lesson for NRIs in US supporting CAA

In light of the hardships faced by non-white immigrants for citizenship, the support of Indians in US for the CAA is rather ironic. 

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India’s cheapest growth reform is in agriculture. Mustard shows why

Farmers are often characterised as risk-averse. In actuality, they are responding to a policy framework that mitigates price risk for a limited range of crops.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.