Illegal Immigrants

Trump Wages Last Major Legal Fight To Exclude Illegal Immigrants From Census

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 30, 2020

US President Donald Trump's administration wages its last major policy fight before the Supreme Court Monday as it seeks to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population count used to determine states' representation in Congress.

Couple Divided Over Trump United In Saving Illegal Immigrants Crossing US-Mexico Border

World News | Reuters | Friday October 30, 2020

A die-hard Trump supporter and his wife, who despises the US president, are united in a rare mission.

"Ongoing Process", Says Government, Asked On Data Of Illegal Immigrants

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Monday September 21, 2020

Illegal Immigrants enter India in a "clandestine and surreptitious manner" and that their detection, detention and deportation is an "ongoing process", the government said in parliament today to a question on whether it as a record of the number of illegal immigrants in the country.

Trump Signs Memo Ordering Voting Districts To Exclude Illegall Immigrants

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 21, 2020

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are redrawn in the next round of redistricting.

Trump Aims To Exclude Illegal Migrants While Redrawing US Voting Maps

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 21, 2020

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday that aims to prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are redrawn in the next round of redistricting.

Illegals Possibly Staying At Religious Places: Minister In Parliament

India News | ANI | Tuesday March 17, 2020

Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that there are reports about the presence of illegal immigrants in the country and that the possibility of them staying at religious places can not be ruled out.

Don't Have Accurate Data Of Illegal Immigrants, Says Home Ministry

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 3, 2020

An accurate data of the number of illegal immigrants in the country, including Delhi, is not maintained centrally as they enter India without valid travel documents in a clandestine and surreptitious manner, the Union Home Ministry told Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Indian Uber Driver Sentenced For Transporting Illegal Immigrants In US

Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 14, 2020

An Indian Uber driver has been sentenced to a year in prison for transporting people illegally entering the US from the Canadian border, according to officials.

Assam NRC Data Disappears From Cloud. Home Ministry Says Technical Issue

India News | Ratnadip Choudhury, Neeta Sharma | Wednesday February 12, 2020

The data of the final citizens' list in Assam, published last August, has vanished from the website of the state National Register of Citizens (NRC) where the data was published as mandated by the Supreme Court. The Union Home Ministry said the NRC data is safe and cited "some technical issue in visibility on cloud". The ministry said the problem i...

Amid Citizenship Protests, Kerala Says No Plan To Set Up Detention Camps

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 27, 2019

Amid nationwide protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Kerala government today said it is not planning to set up detention centres to house illegal immigrants in the state.

"Gave Rs 46 Crore For India's Biggest Detention Camp": Tarun Gogoi Questions PM's Denial

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday December 27, 2019

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the country has no detention camps, saying that states were asked to set up such facilities to house illegal immigrants way back in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era.

"No Need To Worry": Centre Says Cut-Off For Citizenship Is July 1987

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Friday December 20, 2019

With protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act breaking out every day, the centre is on an overdrive to dispel fears that the controversial law and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) will leave millions of Muslims without a nation. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Friday that no individual will be considered a...

No "Automatic" Citizenship For Migrants Under Amended Law, Says Centre

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Monday December 16, 2019

Migrants from neighbouring countries will not "automatically" gain citizenship even if they belong to the six communities listed in the amended Citizenship Act, central sources said today, adding that all interested candidates will have to submit online applications for the authorities to verify and process.

'Invisible Partition Of Hindus, Muslims?': Sena Attacks Citizenship Bill

India News | Reported by Purva Chitnis, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday December 9, 2019

Ahead of the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in parliament today by Home Minister Amit Shah, the government was accused of attempting an "invisible partition" of Hindus and Muslims by former ally Shiv Sena. In a sharp editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena has also questioned whether "selective acceptance" of Hindu illegal i...

1,154 Illegal Immigrants Arrested At India-Bangladesh Border Till October 31: Centre

India News | ANI | Thursday December 5, 2019

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday said that 1,154 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were arrested by the security forces till October 31 this year.