Murtaza Ali, a 65-year-old Pakistani-origin man, faces denaturalization and deportation from the US after pleading guilty to immigration fraud. He obtained citizenship in 2009 using an alias, "Muhammad Iqbal," after filing multiple applications under different identities. The DOJ is aggressively pursuing denaturalization cases.
American-born MMA fighter Jeff Monson, a Russian citizen and legislator, announced plans to renounce his US citizenship, citing disagreement with Washington's foreign policy and expressing love for Russia.
A US lawmaker's suggestion to denaturalize 1.5 million people born in Saipan and raised in China has drawn sharp criticism from Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, who called the idea "absurd" and stated that US-born citizens cannot be denaturalized.
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara, preserving birthright citizenship for children born in the US to undocumented parents or those on temporary visas. Former President Trump reacted to the decision on social media.
USCIS denied a US citizenship application, citing the applicant's 'bad moral character' for sending LinkedIn requests to two USCIS directors. The agency deemed this a disregard for professional boundaries and official communication, raising concerns about potential threats, a decision an attorney found surprising given no actual contact occurred.
The US DHS proposes a 75-80% increase in naturalization application fees (Form N-400), rising to $1,330 (paper) and $1,280 (online), affecting thousands of Indian green card holders. Reduced fees and waivers for low-income applicants would be eliminated.
Folarin Balogun, a star striker for the US World Cup team, was born in Brooklyn, granting him US citizenship under birthright laws. This comes amid a Supreme Court case challenging birthright citizenship, highlighting the intersection of sports, immigration, and politics.
A 54-year-old Indian American man, Jaswinder Singh, is being sued by the US government to revoke his citizenship. Authorities allege he used false identities and concealed his immigration history, including a deportation order, to obtain permanent residency and later naturalization through misrepresentation and fraud.
A US federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully barred applicants from 39 travel-ban countries from receiving immigration benefits, throwing their lives into legal limbo.
Newly appointed Special Presidential Envoy for American Tourism Nick Adams invites global tourists to the US, promising great vacations while ensuring border security, a first for a G20 country at the presidential level.
A new US immigration policy will grant "adjustment of status" for green card applicants only in "extraordinary circumstances," forcing most to apply from abroad and potentially disrupting families and careers of Asian migrants.
USCIS announced a policy change requiring foreigners seeking green cards to apply from outside the US, a move criticized by immigration advocates and analysts. The policy, which reverses a decades-old process, aims to close perceived loopholes but may impact mixed-status families and vulnerable immigrants.
USCIS announced a new policy requiring foreigners in the US on temporary visas to return to their home countries to apply for green cards, citing a need to prevent loopholes in the immigration system. The change could impact hundreds of thousands annually and is part of broader government restrictions.
Maria Zakharova says Russia will demand from Washington "confirmation in each specific case that the newborn is not subject to US jurisdiction"
A Ugandan-American man was sentenced to death on Thursday over the murders of four young children he stabbed to death at a kindergarten in Uganda’s capital. Christopher Okello Onyum was arrested on April 2 as he tried to flee the day care centre in Kampala where he murdered the children aged 15 months to two-and-a-half years. Prosecutors said Onyum, who holds Ugandan and US citizenship, confessed to the crime, believing the “human sacrifice” would help him become rich, though he eventually...
