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The DHS noted that parole will also be terminated for the immediate family members of the people from these countries.
Upon accepting an appeal on his behalf, Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered on Thursday that Suri, now held in a detention facility in Louisiana, cannot be deported without a court order.
Suri is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
With the latest 487 deportations, concerns around immigration policies, human rights, and diplomatic relations between India and the US remain in focus.
US President Joe Biden lifted a ban on green cards imposed by Donald Trump
The move will impact many Indians working in the US
Donald Trump last spring halted the issuance of green cards
Trump, who has made a hardline immigration stance a key issue of his presidency and his 2020 re-election bid, postponed the operation last month after the planned date was leaked to the press, but on Monday he said the roundups would take place after the July 4 holiday.
As of now, about 66 per cent of the green cards are given to those with family ties and only 12 per cent are based on skills.
The move can help technology professionals from countries such as India.
The number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the United States has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended.
The shocking incident took place on Wednesday when the couple was on the way to a hospital in California.
Some of the individuals arrested during the operation will face federal criminal prosecution for illegal entry and illegal re-entry after deportation.
President Donald Trump's Slovenian in-laws became US citizens on Thursday through "chain migration", a programme he has repeatedly denounced, in which adult American citizens can obtain citizenship for their relatives.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened a government shutdown if the US Congress refuses to back major changes to immigration policies like establishing a merit-based system.
"We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came."
Many of those held are victims of illegal human trafficking and the Indian mission has established contact with the detention centres.
77 per cent of all international students in the US call Asia home, said the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) report of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations.
The defeat of the immigration bills, also put a pause on the efforts to remove per country cap on green card, a move that could have benefited a large number of high skilled Indian professionals.
The African Union, representing 55 member states, is furious over a reported slur by the US President.
The debate on immigration will be a pivotal issue in Washington in early 2018 ahead of midterm congressional elections in November.
Nearly 800,000 undocumented young people currently benefits from DACA.
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