Nathan Platter, a senior data analyst, according to his LinkedIn profile, wrote an anguished post on the online professional network, starting with: “We let her study here. Work here. Pay taxes here. And now we’re kicking her out? My friend is moving back to India after 8 years in the U.S. (4 undergrad + 2 grad school + 2 working) because she couldn’t land a new job in the arbitrary 60-day grace period for H1B visa holders.”
Tag: Immigration
US Immigration raid at Hyundai–LG Plant in Georgia detains 475 workers, mostly South Koreans
US federal agents arrested 475 workers at the construction site of a Hyundai Motor–LG Energy Solution joint venture plant in Georgia
Shami, Anoushka among high-profile women telling UK people to stop linking immigration to sexual crimes
In an exclusive report on the open letter, The Guardian said: “The open letter, titled Women Against the Far Right, follows a surge in protests outside accommodation housing asylum seekers and far-right attempts to exploit a number of cases of alleged sexual crimes involving asylum seekers.”
India on UK’s ‘Deport Now, Appeal Later’ expanded list for foreign criminals
In an announcement, the UK Home Office confirmed that the scope of its “Deport Now, Appeal Later” scheme will be nearly trebled from 8 countries to 23, with foreign nationals from these countries to be deported to their home countries before they can appeal against that decision.
“Island of Strangers”: British woman slammed for bigotry, as she reports Indian staff for speaking Hindi at London Heathrow store
A British woman named Lucy White, who positions herself as a “Public Policy Specialist” in her X bio, has raised hackles by complaining to Marks & Spencer about Indian staff members speaking in Hindi among themselves at the quintessentially British fashion brand’s store within London Heathrow airport.
Passport-less system at Changi Airport cuts immigration clearance time by 60 per cent using facial and iris biometrics
Passport-less immigration clearance had been fully implemented across all of Changi Airport’s four terminals since September 30, 2024. Within a fortnight, by October 15, around 1.5 million travellers have used this new system, which cuts the average clearance time per traveller by 60 per cent, from 25 seconds to 10 seconds.
UK riots: Keir Starmer pledges “standing army” after Southport girls’ murder triggers violence
Axel Rudakubana, 17, who has been charged with the three murders and other attempted murders, was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents. However, initial misinformed social media posts claimed that he was a refugee.
14 Indians rescued from Cambodia after walking into cyber-crime trap, lured by fake job offer
The embassy advised Indian nationals intending to visit Cambodia for employment to do so only through authorised agents.
India travel: Fast-track immigration for “trusted” travellers launched at Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3
The FTI-TTP programme will be launched at 21 major airports in the country. In the first phase, along with Delhi Airport, it will be launched at seven major airports: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi and Ahmedabad.
Nearly 66K Indians got American citizenship in 2022, says new US report
According to the CRS, as of 2023, more than 2.83 million foreign-born American nationals were from India, which was the second largest number after Mexico’s 10.64 million.
