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USCIS announces measures to detect H-1B abuses; Justice Department warns against its misuse.

USCIS has suspended premium processing of H-1B visas.

AACRAO published the key findings of their trending topic survey.

Terming Trump’s budget proposal “dumb,” the Indian American congressman says he is worried about the president’s proposal to block foreign aid.

Skilled foreign workers, who mostly come on H-1B visas, fetch more profits to the US IT firms by keeping wages low and consumption high.

The Keeping American Jobs Act, sponsored by Democrat Derek Kilmer and Republican Doug Collins, was initially introduced in the last Congress.

Swaraj said it is not the first time that the US lawmakers have proposed such changes in the H-1B program.

The season two of Quantico will resume after a short break this week.

The former NM governor writes that it is “sad to see respected news outlets pushing anti-immigrant stories.”

Singh is sentenced to time served (9 months in jail) and one year of post-imprisonment supervised release.

The investigators found that while the program was put in place to attract highly skilled guestworkers, but it became a trajectory for low-cost foreign labor.

Roth cited information flaws in naturalized citizenship and green cards due to incomplete data and errors in Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) of USCIS.

Judge wrote a letter to US Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security.

Report estimates more than 1.4 million authorized foreign workers, out of which more than 460,000 were on H-1B visas, in the US, 2013; discrepancies in L-1 visa data by DOS and USCIS.

Murthy Law Firm says it expects more petitions in FY 2018.

India has conveyed its serious concerns regarding Kansas shooting, MEA spokesperson said

The White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said that Americans are outraged and disgusted by such events.

For now border security and keeping country safe is reform priority: White House spokesman.

The popular right-wing site reminds the president that Candidate Trump had vowed to kill H-1B with “no exceptions.”

On the list of top 15 last names with the largest increase, Singh and Patel rank 10th and 14th respectively, according to the United States Census Bureau.

The decision on H-1B petitions would affect all petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017.

The Indian American legislator says we “cannot allow for companies to underpay foreign workers and use them to replace American workers.”

Speculations are ripe that Modi government does not want to pester Trump as it awaits news rules on H-1B and L1 visas.

The closed-door meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. March 3

61% want the H-1B numbers to be either kept at current level or increased: Politico/Morning Consult poll.