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US Homeland Security proposes rule to limit stay of international students
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday announced a proposed rule to fix the period of stay for international students, exchange visitors and foreign journalists to encourage program compliance and enhance national security.
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US Homeland Security took decisive action on products exported from Xinjia
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Monday (local time) said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken decisive action to withhold the release of certain goods into the US linked to forced labour in China.
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US bans five exports from China's Xinjiang region over forced labour
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): In another crackdown on China, the United States has banned cotton, hair products, computer components, and some textiles from China's Xinjiang province which are made "using forced labour".
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Chad Wolf will be nominated for Secretary of Homeland Security: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 26 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that Acting Secretary Chad Wolf will be nominated for the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Ex-US Homeland Security official says Trump wanted to trade Puerto Rico fo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump wanted to exchange Puerto Rico for Danish-owned island of Greenland, Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, said in an interview on Wednesday.
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Canada snubs so-called 'Punjab 2020 Referendum', experts call it India's d
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 25 (ANI): Sikh leaders and experts have deemed it a diplomatic victory for New Delhi after the Canadian government snubbed 'Punjab 2020 Referendum' by a US-based secessionist group that seeks a separate homeland of Khalistan for Sikhs in India.
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Punjab welcomes Canada's statement of not recognising `Referendum 2020'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 25 (ANI): People in Punjab have welcomed the step taken by the Canadian government for not recognising the so-called 'Punjab 2020 Referendum' by a US-based secessionist group that seeks a separate homeland of Khalistan for Sikhs in India.
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US sets up China Working Group to deal with Beijing's growing threat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 25 (ANI): Amid growing Chinese threat to the US, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has inaugurated China Working Group whose purpose is to articulate, prioritise and coordinate the department's response to evolving threats by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP
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After Universities, now 17 US states sue Trump Administration's internatio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): Seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's international student ban on Monday, seeking to halt the new federal rule that strips international students of their visas if their coursework is entirely on
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Boatload of amicus briefs filed in case against Trump administration order
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): A large number of amicus briefs were filed on Monday in a case related to student visa restrictions that US federal authorities announced last week.
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Congress is calling for decision to be reversed: Debbie Dingell on F-1 vis
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 10 (ANI): Congress is calling for the decision to be reversed, US Congresswoman Debbie Dingell said on Thursday (local time) reacting to the new rule on F1 visa.
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Have taken up matter with concerned officials: Indian Embassy on US author
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 9 (ANI): Indian Embassy here on Wednesday (local time) said it has taken up matter of US immigration authorities announcing modifications to requirements for student visas in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic with concerned US officials.
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