US President Donald Trumpâs recent declaration of English as the official language of the US may seem relatively benign. Most residents already speak English and a majority of immigrants are eager to learn it. Under most presidents, such a directive might have been largely symbolic. After all, 32 states already have English as their official…
Although only a few hundred deportees so far have been of Indian origin, there are serious implications for Indian labour market entrants. Nation states across the globe are now squarely responsible for providing jobs and livelihoods for populations within their respective borders. Also Read: Americaâs H-1B visa is vital to US interestsâand suits India too…
Amid the deportation of illegal immigrants from the US, President Donald Trump has come up with a âgold cardâ visa plan that will give immigrants a US green card with an eventual pathway to citizenship. Also Read: Manu Joseph: America and the bearable loneliness of losing the West To get this card, one must cough…
India is proud of its diaspora. People of Indian extraction tend to earn well over the average wage in most countries, and often fit seamlessly and unobtrusively into local power structures. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a point of cultivating Indians abroad and sometimes gifts foreign leaders a bit of his star power for…
The secondary targets were immigrants from other Global South countries, those Trump had branded as âshithole” nations in his first term while lamenting a lack of âNorwegian” immigrants. This is part of a larger âWhite nationalistâ agenda that includes efforts to rewrite the history and effects of slavery and roll back policies in favour of…
