Travellers cart their luggage through the international arrivals area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles (Image credit: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration…
Law enforcement officers approach pro-Palestinian protesters as they congregate at MLK Plaza at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Fla. (AP, File) Florida’s public universities are moving to empower campus police with new immigration enforcement powers by seeking agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This shift is a significant policy change for…
The Trump administration is disbanding a unit in the Justice Department that was responsible for investigating cryptocurrency crimes, criticizing the Biden administration as too aggressive against the fast-growing industry. In a memo issued late Monday, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, denounced his predecessors for investigating cryptocurrency operators in a manner he called “ill conceived…
In a recent update, a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities graduate student was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The student was detained at an off-campus residence on Thursday, according to a letter sent by the university to its students, staff, and faculty. The letter stated that the university is actively working to gather more…
For 57-year-old Somnath Chakraborty, employee of a private sector company in Kolkata, the promise of annual returns of more than 12 per cent enticed him to invest nearly Rs 2 lakh in a chit fund scheme floated by the Rose Valley Group in 2010. Like him, some three million small investors poured their hard-earned savings…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: ANI) The US treasury department announced Sunday that it will no longer enforce the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its associated Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements.The decision effectively suspends penalties for US citizens and domestic companies, shifting enforcement efforts toward foreign businesses.The move was welcomed by…
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to demote career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and replace them with political appointees, according to two people familiar with the approach. The move would give Trump administration loyalists more influence over aspects of the agency…
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to demote career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and replace them with political appointees, according to two people familiar with the approach. The move would give Trump administration loyalists more influence over aspects of the agency…