N24 Staff Writer, WASHINGTON:- The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a Policy Memorandum adopting the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decision on matters pertaining to the travel of individuals, who are on a Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The decision..
Read Full Story »WASHINGTON, (PTO):- US Vice President Mike Pence on Monday said the second term of President Donald Trump would see a reform in the country's broken immigration system, with a focus on the intake of immigrants on the basis of merit. Acknowledging that there were challenges in the country's..
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PARIS, (AFP):- The arrival five years ago of more than a million migrants in Europe caused widespread chaos and, despite a significant decline in arrivals, tensions and divisions have continued between EU countries over migration. - 2015: over a million migrants - Migrants increasingly start..
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PARIS, (AFP):- Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies. At the time, the migrant crisis "laid bare Europe's structural flaws and political divisions," said Marie..
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ELOY, ARIZ. (AP):- Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported 233 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 at one of its facilities in Arizona. The infections are at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, which has so far seen a total of 356 cases. No other facility reported even close to as many..
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WASHINGTON, (PTI):- US President Donald Trump "is no hawk" and he believes in seeking peace instead of perpetual conflict, a top national security official from the White House told Americans Wednesday as he urged them to re-elect him in the November presidential election. "President Trump..
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By N24 Staff Writer, LOS ANGELES:- The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided guidance on how it would implement Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf’s July 28 memorandum regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. According to..
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By Manoj Rijal, NEW YORK:- The trend of exodus of refugees fleeing the authoritarian regime of Myanmar for Bangladesh has not taken a name to cease, as the UN Refugee Body, the UNHCR, has stressed that only a lasting solution to the problem could save the minority Rohingya community of Myanmar,..
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PORTLAND, OREGON, (AP):- Protesters in Oregon's largest city have clashed again with federal agents outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building that has become a new focus of the demonstrations that have gripped Portland for months, officials said Friday. People in a group of about..
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YUMA, ARIZ,. (AP):- Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona have arrested a U.S. citizen after allegedly attempting to smuggle 10 Mexican immigrants. U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities conducted immigration checks on a group of people waiting for an Amtrak train in downtown Yuma on..
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP):- Protesters in Portland clashed with federal agents for the first time since July in a demonstration targeting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building that started Wednesday night and lasted until it was broken up early Thursday, officials said. The demonstrators..
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NEW YORK, (AP):- Only a handful of contact tracers working to slow COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Hispanic populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to convince immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in..
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Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller and Deb Riechmann, ARIZONA, (AP):- Grappling for votes — and the spotlight — as Democrats hold their national convention, President Donald Trump targeted voters in key states and constituencies Tuesday and promised a pardon for Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the..
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LOS ANGELES (AP):- A judge in California ordered immediate testing of all detainees and staff at an immigration detention center where COVID-19 was spreading for weeks while officials refused to test for the virus. Federal District Court Judge Vince Chhabria ordered the U.S. Immigration and..
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP):- Carlos Gomez was not able to work at his construction job for three weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19 in April. “I didn’t know what to do,” he said, “so I went to the emergency room.” Gomez, 44, who doesn’t have health insurance, a few days later received..
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NEW DELHI:- Indian flyers holding any kind of valid visa under the 'Air Bubbles' agreement can travel to the UK, the US, Canada and UAE, said the Director-General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India. "Under bubble agreement any Indian holding any kind of valid visa can travel to..
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NEW YORK, (Reuters):- James Hill often told his family he just wanted to live moment to moment, like a Buddhist monk. He said it was the only way to survive 14 years in prison after being given a sentence he believed was unjust. But as his release date neared this spring, his nieces and nephews..
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MINOT, N.D. (AP):- DATA from the American Immigration Council shows North Dakota has a small but growing community of immigrants, with many coming from the Philippines. The council's latest figures from 2018 show 35,824 foreign-born individuals comprised 5% of the state's population. Immigrants..
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KATHMANDU:- The Department of Immigration has closed all services except the emergency ones after one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus). Department's Director Ram Chandra Tiwari said PCR test was conducted on 57 employees at the Department and of them, PCR test report of..
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By Ray Sanchez, (CNN):- One year after he was swept up in the United States' largest single-state immigration crackdown, a 42-year-old undocumented worker from Guatemala is grateful. For the first time in his 18 years in the US, he's been able to spend time with his five children in Carthage -- a..
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Zimbabwe was once Africa’s rising star. Boasting robust human capital, considerable natural-resource wealth, and modern infrastructure, it was the continent’s..
