Immigration Department initiates action against employee who wrote ‘conditions’ on passports of passengers heading to UAE

KATHMANDU:- The Immigration Department has initiated action against an employee who illegally stamped and wrote unnecessary 'conditions' on the passports of Nepali citizens traveling to the United..

Nepalis stranded in Kuwait allowed to return via Saudi Arabia

RIYADH:- Nepali citizens who are facing problems returning home due to the cancellation of their visas and civil IDs in Kuwait have been granted transit visas to return to Nepal via Saudi..

New York loses nearly $74 million for not revoking 33,000 illegal licenses for immigrant truckers

By JOSH FUNK, NEW YORK, (AP):- New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department said Thursday that state has refused to revoke nearly..

ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says

WASHINGTON (AP):- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal..

House moving ahead on bill to protect Haitian immigrants, in slap back to Trump administration

By LISA MASCARO, WASHINGTON (AP):- In a rare bipartisan moment, the House has agreed to consider legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, pushing back against..

Lawyer says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ORLANDO, Fla. (AP):- Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades..

Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, WASHINGTON (AP):- A federal judge must end his “intrusive” contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying..

Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, MADRID (AP):- Spain’s government on Tuesday finalized a migrant amnesty measure it had announced earlier this year, paving the way for hundreds of thousands of..

3 contractors cited for violations in death of worker building major ICE detention camp

By RYAN J. FOLEY, LOWA CITY, (AP):- Federal regulators have cited three contractors, including one owned by a campaign donor to President Donald Trump, for safety violations stemming from the death..

Fifty-two Nepalis lost their lives in Japan in nine months

KATHMANDU:- There has been a serious problem in the consultancy business provided to students who want to go abroad for foreign education. As the number of students going abroad for higher education..

Immigration Department clarifies migrant workers no need to carry additional documents

KATHMANDU:- The Department of Immigration has clarified that individuals going for foreign employment are no longer required to present any additional documents including payment receipts other than..

British authorities charge alleged boat pilot in deaths of 4 migrants in the English Channel

LONDON (AP):- A Sudanese man alleged to have piloted a boat connected to the deaths of four migrants trying to cross the English Channel has been charged under a new British immigration law,..

Court rules in favor of 4 men deported by the US to Africa and denied lawyer meetings for 9 months

By GERALD IMRAY, CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):- The Supreme Court in the African kingdom of Eswatini has ruled that four men sent there by the United States last July under the Trump..

For Chinese visa-seekers in the US, the path to good fortune lies in … Chick-fil-A?

By FU TING, ARLINGTON, Va. (AP):- On a recent weekend afternoon, at a Chinese comedy show in northern Virginia, the host asked the audience, “What food do you like?” The loudest answer..

4 dead, 38 rescued during attempted channel crossing from France to UK

By JEAN-FRANÇOIS BADIAS and SYLVIE CORBET, EQUIHEN BEACH, France (AP):- French authorities said that at least four people, two men and two women, died on Thursday as they were trying to get..

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