As the US Supreme Court began a hearing on Arizona State’s tough immigration law, a South Asian umbrella organisation asked the apex court to reject the law that it said permits racial profiling. Passed in April 2010, the “show me your papers” law,  as it is called by critics, “permits racial ...

The Statue of Liberty stands tall in New York Bay, a beacon to immigrants worldwide. Q. How can I be sure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received my form N-400, Application for Naturalization? A. Mail your naturalization application Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested. The post office will send back proof USCIS received it. Q. ...

Karnes County Civil Detention Center KARNES CITY, Texas (AP) – A 608-bed facility unveiled Tuesday in Texas represents what federal officials say is a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s pledge to overhaul America’s much-maligned system for jailing immigration offenders.   Although the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has heavy security, with doors ...

The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within “weeks,” a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday. An exit system to track who is leaving the country ...

A US immigration official announced this week that the US is looking at ways to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the country. Members of California’s Silicon Valley start-up community met with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Director Alejandro Mayorkas for an informational meeting to officially launch its “Entrepreneurs in ...