US further tightens immigration, student and media visa policies

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration this week tightened US immigration rules further, putting green-card applicants under greater scrutiny, imposing new time limits on foreign students and journalists, and giving immigration officers more power to deny applications. The latest change came on Wednesday, when the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would replace the application used by eligible immigrants in the United States to seek permanent residence. The revis...

By [email protected] (Anwar Iqbal)