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Trump Lights Diya, Welcomes Ivanka Back from India

Washington, DC - The US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Nov. 13) hosted his government officials of Indian heritage in the Roosevelt Room of...

Midterm Elections See a Blue Lining on Red Sky of Congress

Washington, DC - Tomorrow on Tuesday (November 6), the US holds its crucial midterm elections, when American citizens exercise their right to vote for...

Indian American Kavuru Arrested, Charged with H-1B Visa Fraud

San Jose, California - Kishore Kumar Kavuru was indicted by a federal grand jury, charging him with visa fraud and mail fraud, announced United...

Thousands of Indians Get Citizenship, 3 Out of 4 H-1B Visa Winners are from India

Washington, DC - With 2018 inching forward in its last lap months, there is positive news for Indians in the US both with US citizenship...

India Airs Opinion on US H-1B Visa Policy But Not on Fraud

Washington, DC - Right from the beginning, the Trump Administration has focused on jobs and hence on H-1B visas which are non-immigrant visas allowing...

Grand Jury Indicts Indian American Doctor Venkat Aachi

San Jose - Venkat Aachi, a South Bay doctor, was indicted by a federal grand jury who charged him with distributing hydrocodone outside the...

Religious Freedoms: Minorities Including Sikhs Suffer in India

Washington, DC - India often claims it is the “biggest democracy in the world.” Though, most Sikhs or even Punjabis can tell you that...

UN Expert Alarmed by India Move to Deport Rohingya Men

Geneva, Switzerland - Rohingya crisis in the region stemming from brutal treatment of ethnic communities in Burma (Myanmar) was highlighted again as a UN...

FBI Seeks Victims as Indian National Pleads Guilty to Visa Fraud Scheme

Alexandria, Virginia - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking the victims of an immigration related visa fraud scheme to come forward. An...

The Beginning of Reverse Brain Drain in India

Jaipur, India = “The Indian Americans have an important role to play in the economy as well as democracy of the United States, and...

Hundreds of Protestors Near Trump Golf Club in Bedminster

Bedminster, NJ/Washington, DC - There were hundreds of protestors with an array of signs near Trump National Golf Club, joining tens of thousands of...

Melania Trump in Texas, on an Unannounced Trip.

Washington, DC - The US First Lady had to scrap her surprise visit to Border Patrol facility due to flooding but Melania Trump spent...

Trump Signs Executive Order to Keep Families Together

Washington, DC - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 20) relented under pressure on the burning issue of separating migrant children from their parents...

Group of Indian Americans Go to Prison for H1-B Visa Fraud

San Jose - Another group of Indian Americans was sentenced to prison for their role in a case of H1-B visa fraud scheme and...

US Opens Re-registration for TPS Validity Extension for Nepal

Washington, DC - Amid the dark clouds of doom for immigrants looking for a chance to stay in the United States, the US Citizenship...

US Lawmaker Reacts as TSA Humiliates Canadian Sikh Minister

Washington, DC - The US House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley reacted to reports that Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep...

US Labor Department Fines IT Company for H-1B Visa Fraud

San Francisco, CA - The US Administration continued its successful campaign to plug fraud and illegal practices as it fined an Indian American owned...

President Trump Highlights Kalpana Chawla, Proclaims May as AAPI Month

Washington, DC - Mentioning astronaut Kalpana Chawla, the first American woman of Indian descent to fly in space, US President Donald J. Trump on...

Medical Professionals Under AAPI Banner Engage with US Lawmakers

Washington, DC – Members of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) - the largest ethnic medical organization in the United States...

UPDATED: More Bodies Found in Search for Thottapilly Family

Washington, DC - The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and the California Highway Patrol, Garberville Area Office, have confirmed the location of a vehicle and recovery...

USCIS Tightens Policy to Combat H-1B Visa Abuses

Washington, DC - The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new guidance with clarifications on existing regulatory requirements relating to H-1B petitions...

IAT Editor Tejinder Singh Among Awardees of Maryland Legislative AAPI Caucus

Annapolis, Maryland - The Maryland Asian American elected officials and top Asian American leaders were joined by a myriad of important social activists and...

US Weekend Shutdown Over, Another Battle Looms in Weeks

Washington, DC - The US government partial shutdown ended on Monday night (January 22) after President Donald Trump signed the stopgap spending bill, earlier...

India with Ecuador Tops the List of New American Citizens: Pew

Washington, DC - Immigrants from India along with those from Ecuador, topped the list of groups opting for the naturalization process to become United...

7-Eleven Operations by ICE Put Illegals on the Alert

Washington, DC - The administration tightened the noose around illegal immigrants on Wednesday (Jan. 10) when agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted pre-dawn...

With New Year 2018 Dawning, H-1B Extensions to Hit Snags

Washington, DC - The Trump Administration is working to introduce new regulations to curtail H-1B visa extensions, putting in jeopardy Green Card applications of...

Indian American Sridevi to Serve Prison Term for H-1B Visa Fraud

San Jose - An Indian American businesswoman here pleaded guilty three counts of visa fraud and was sentenced to serve prison term and pay...

Trump Administration Continues to Reform H-1, H-4 Visa Process

Washington, DC -  The US Administration recently announced a proposal to axe H-4 visa for spouses of H-1B visa holders. The move is not...

Organizations Reiterate Opposition to Trump Muslim Travel Ban

Washington, DC - Various organizations reiterated their opposition to the the United States Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Trump Administration to enforce the Muslim...

Fremont’s Sunitha Guntipally Gets Over 4 Years in Prison For Visa Fraud

San Jose, California - One, out of four indicted Indian-Americans, was sentenced here on Tuesday (Nov. 28) for her role in a conspiracy to...

FBI Annual Report Shows Rise in Hate Crime For Second Straight Year

Washington, DC - Different organizations advocating on behalf of various religious and ethnic minorities reacted as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime...

USCIS Offers Mobile Form Option for Replacing Green Card

Washington, DC - In a major overhaul of the process and to remove the associated legal costs, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services...

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