WASHINGTON (TIP): The Biden administration is taking steps to provide a legal pathway to citizenship to children of legal immigrants, the White House has said after a group of such youths, mostly Indians, expressed fear of being deported when they turn 21. These children, known as documented dreamers, are living in the United States as dependents of long-term non-immigrant visa-holders, including H-1B workers.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. According to Improve the Dream, a group representing such children, they number more than 2,00,000, a significant number of whom are Indians.

Temporary ‘safe haven’ to Hong Kong residents in US

The Biden administration on Thursday, August 5, granted temporary refuge to people fleeing China’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong. Hong Kong residents who are in the US and facing deportation will be allowed to remain for 18 more months.

(Source: PTI)