IIT to H-1B: JD Vance invokes academic in-laws while red flagging green card without loyalty test

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday doubled down on the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration posture, signaling a deepened skepticism toward the H-1B visa program while framing national “loyalty” as the ultimate litmus test for immigrants.Speaking at TurningPointUSA townhall in Georgia, Vance deflected an Indian-origin student’s question regarding the decades-long […]

“Islam is a religion built on migration”: NYC Mayor Mamdani invokes Prophet Muhammad’s hijrah while speaking on immigration

[ad_1] NYC Mayor Mamdani references Islam’s Hijrah, citing Prophet Muhammad’s migration while addressing immigration and sanctuary policies New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has drawn attention after invoking Islamic history while speaking about migration, using a religious reference to frame a broader argument for compassion and refuge in US immigration policy.The remarks were delivered during […]

US free Europe? EU chief Leyen invokes 1971 ‘Nixon shock’ in Davos; what it means

[ad_1] A reference to a long-past monetary rupture took centre stage at the World Economic Forum, when European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen invoked the 1971 “Nixon shock” – the moment the United States delinked the dollar from gold – to argue that Europe must once again use geopolitical disruption as a catalyst for […]