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Trump administration hands over immigrant Medicaid data, targets ‘unsatisfactory immigration status’; raises privacy law concerns

US President Donald Trump (Image credits: AP) The Trump administration this week gave deportation officials access to personal data, including immigration status, of millions of Medicaid enrollees, raising legal and ethical concerns within the government.Internal memos and emails revealed that officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) objected to the data transfer, […]

‘Illegal alien’: Steve Bannon demands federal probe into Musk’s immigration status; says SpaceX should be seized ‘before midnight’

Steve Bannon, left, and Elon Musk Former White House official Steve Bannon on Thursday called for Elon Musk to be investigated and deported, claiming the billionaire is in the US illegally.“They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status, because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he […]

Over 5 lakh face deportation risk as Trump gets go-ahead to end legal status of migrants from US Supreme Court

US Supreme Court (Image credits: AP) The US Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with ending temporary legal protections for more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The decision raises the number of migrants newly at risk of deportation to nearly 1 million.The justices lifted a lower-court […]

US supreme court backs Donald Trump in ending legal status for 500,000 migrants

The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favour of US President Donald Trump, allowing his administration to revoke temporary legal status granted to over 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.The court approved an emergency request by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, effectively halting a Biden-era programme that had granted humanitarian parole to […]

Trump asks Supreme Court to end Biden-era humanitarian parole, threatening legal status of 500,000 migrants

The Trump administration has turned to the Supreme Court in a fresh effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. In an emergency filing on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to reverse a lower court’s order that blocked plans to cancel humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. […]

US court blocks Donald Trump’s bid to end legal status for 400,000 migrants

US President Donald Trump’s bid to end temporary legal status for thousands of migrants was faced with rejection from a federal appeals court, giving a blow to his ongoing immigration crackdown aimed at increasing deportations. This appeal was as a part of his latest efforts to curb legal status and deport migrants including Cubans, Haitians, […]

‘It’s what they deserve!’: Donald Trump vows to strip Harvard of tax-exempt status

Amid a deepening standoff with Harvard University, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced plans to strip the prestigious Ivy League institution of its tax-exempt status. The move is the latest in a series of actions by the Trump administration against elite universities.“We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what […]

US government’s new policy terminates international students’ legal status | World News

Washington, Apr 30 (AP) The US government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status. The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status cancelled in […]

NDP may lose party status but Jagmeet Singh says he has no regrets: ‘I put Canada ahead’

NDP may lose party status in this election, as some polls indicated. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said the possibility that the party may collapse in this election does not frustrate him as he has always put Canada before the party. In an interview with the Toronto Star, Jagmeet said he stood by his decision to […]

Georgia district court provides interim relief: Blocks termination of legal status of 133 international students

In a significant ruling, the US district court (Northern District of Georgia) has granted temporary relief to 133 international students who faced sudden termination of their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) record. With their legal status terminated, had it not been for the district court’s intervention, the students would have had to deport.The […]