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Trump Says He Will Soon Sign New Merit-Based Immigration # 1 Indian American Weekly: Since 2006 VOL 14 ISSUE 29 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● JULY 17 - 23 , 2020 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news AMERICA Trump says he will soon sign new UNITED AGAINST merit-based immigration act COVID-19 WASHINGTON (TIP) : President Donald Trump on Tuesday, July 14 said KEEP SAFE he will soon sign a merit-based ● Follow CDC guidelines immigration act that will also take care ● Observe Social Distancing of the immigrants brought to the ● Wash Hands Frequently country illegally as children and KEEP AMERICA SAFE protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme. "We're going to be signing an immigration act very soon," Trump told reporters Tuesday, July 14 at a White House press briefing. "It's going Invites articles and advertisements for to be based on merit. It's going to be very India's Independence Day special edition to strong." be published on August 14. Trump has previously said he would Last date for submission of articles: Aug 2 seek sweeping changes to U.S. Last date for booking space immigration policy through an Democrats had their chance for three years to do something with DACA and they always turned for advertisement: Aug 7 executive order. contd on Page 2 it down: Trump Email articles to [email protected] Email advertisements to Seema Verma mishandled millions of dollars [email protected] For any question, please call 646-247-9458 in federal contracts: Inspector General STAY SAFE AND BLESSED NEW YORK (TIP): Indian origin Seema billion related to Centers for Medicare & Verma, Chief of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts. Medicaid Services, violated federal Congress has expressed concerns about COVID-19 contracting rules by steering millions of and the media has reported on CMS's Worldwide Update taxpayer dollars in contracts that awarding of contracts for strategic Page 21 ultimately benefited GOP-aligned communications services. Separately, OIG communications consultants, according to had begun preliminary work to review the a report by Inspector General, released strategic communications services July 16. contracts during CMS Administrator SIKH COMMUNITY IN US HHS is one of the largest contracting Seema Verma's tenure. Based on this PLEDGES TO WORK FOR HHS watchdog finds Seema Verma agencies in the Federal Government and in preliminary work, they conducted an audit mishandled millions of dollars in DEVELOPMENT OF PUNJAB fiscal year 2019 awarded contracts totaling of these CMS contracts. federal contracts that ultimately PAGE 13 benefited friends, former Trump approximately $27 billion, of which $7 contd on page 2 official 174 Indian nationals file lawsuit against Faced with Widespread Opposition, US Drops presidential proclamation on H-1B New Visa Rules for International Students that allows US companies to employ A big relief to students, including those from India foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical NEW YORK (TIP): expertise. The technology companies Facing widespread depend on it to hire tens of thousands of opposition led by employees each year from countries Harvard and namely India and China. Massachusetts Institute The lawsuit was filed by the Indians in of Technology, the the US District Court in the District of federal government on Columbia on Tuesday, July 14. July 14 abruptly In his presidential proclamation on June 22, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at the dropped its plans to Donald Trump temporarily suspended issuing of H-1B work visas till the end of the year US District Court for the District of deport or deny entry to Columbia issued summonses on international students WASHINGTON (TIP): A lawsuit has Wednesday to Secretary of State Mike at U.S. colleges and been filed by a group of 174 Indians, Pompeo and acting Secretary of universities offering including seven minors, against the Homeland Security Chad F Wolf, along virtual instruction only recent presidential proclamation on H- with Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia. this fall. 1B that would prevent them from "The proclamation 10052's H-1B/H-4 The announcement came during a brief hearing at Boston's federal courthouse entering the US due to the suspension of visa ban hurts the United States' over a lawsuit the two schools filed last week to block the order, a move that drew issuing of foreign work visas for the rest economy, separates families and defies support from colleges and universities, state and local governments, and the of the year. the Congress. While the two former nation's leading technology companies. In his presidential proclamation on points render it unseemly, the latter More than 200 public and private institutions of higher education - including all June 22, President Donald Trump point renders it unlawful," said the seven other members of the Ivy League - had either filed briefs supporting temporarily suspended issuing of H-1B lawsuit filed by lawyer Wasden Banias Harvard and MIT's effort, or their own lawsuits, including one by the University work visas till the end of the year. on behalf of the 174 Indian nationals. of California system and another by a group of 19 schools in the West that The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa contd on Page 2 included Stanford University. contd on Page 2 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 contd from page 1 international students, colleges and common sense. "The administration needs to give us a plan to tackle our Trump says he will soon sign new... public health crisis - it can't be recklessly creating rules one PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: Critics -- including high-profile lawmakers in the president's day and rescinding them the next," he said in a tweet. Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja own party -- have questioned whether he has the legal Last week, India also raised with the US its decision to VICE PRESIDENT: authority to overhaul immigration laws without passing withdraw US visas from foreign students if their universities Chitagam Saluja legislation through Congress. switch to online-only classes. The president cast immigration in partisan terms on The issue was raised by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan CHIEF EDITOR: Tuesday, attacking Democratic rival Joe Biden over what he Shringla during an online meeting with US Under Secretary of Prof Indrajit S. Saluja described as lax policies toward those illegally entering the State for Political Affairs David Hale. CONSULTING EDITOR : U.S. Trump is seeking to reprise an issue that helped him win Last week, more than 136 Congressmen and 30 senators Deepak Dwidedi, Chairman, election in 2016 as he lags in polls behind Biden. wrote to the Trump administration to rescind its order on Bhaskar Group, Delhi Trump, who has been repeatedly stymied on Capitol Hill as international students. ASSISTANT EDITOR: he has pursued efforts to toughen immigration criteria, said he "This is a major victory for the students, organizers and Bidisha Roy believed the Supreme Court provided him new powers when it institutions of higher education in the #MA7 and all across the SPL. REPORTER UNO: rejected the administration's efforts to dismantle the Deferred country that stood up and fought back against this racist and H.S. Panaser Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which xenophobic rule," said Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: provides legal status for some young migrants in the country "Taking online classes shouldn't force international students illegally. out of our country," Congressman Mikie Sherrill said in a Om Parkash Malik "Very importantly, we'll be taking care of people from DACA tweet. DIRECTOR in a very Republican way," Trump said. In their lawsuit, the 17 states and the District of Columbia ADMINISTRATION: Last month, a divided Supreme Court rebuked Trump by said for many international students, remote learning in the Gauri Beri blocking him from ending the Obama administration program. countries and communities they come from would impede CONTRIBUTING Trump has offered no specific explanation of why he their studies or be simply impossible. PHOTOGRAPHERS: believes the Supreme Court decision -- which found his The lawsuit alleged that the new rule imposes a significant Baldev Singh / BJ Videos administration did not follow proper procedure in eliminating economic harm by precluding thousands of international Gunjesh Desai / Masala Junction DACA -- granted him substantial new immigration authority. students from coming to and residing in the US and finding Jay Mandal, His foray into immigration comes even as the U.S. has employment in fields such as science, technology, Mohammad Jaffer, largely shut down the issuance of new work visas and green biotechnology, health care, business and finance, and SnapsIndia cards for the remainder of the year because of the coronavirus education, and contributing to the overall economy. Mohammad Shahzad, pandemic. (With inputs from PTI) In a separate filing, companies like Google, Facebook and Zia Khan, Microsoft, along with the US Chamber of Commerce and other Nisha Rani Seema Verma mishandled millions... IT advocacy groups, asserted that the ICE directive will disrupt Vaaho Photographers, According to the report "CMS prepared the required their recruiting plans, making it impossible to bring on board Vijay Shah - Photo Journalist. documentation for awarding contracts for strategic international students that businesses, including the amici, CORRESPONDENTS : communications services in accordance with the Federal had planned to hire, and disturb the recruiting process on SACRAMENTO: Acquisition Regulation (FAR). However, CMS (including the which the firms have relied on to identify and train their Parminder S. Aujla CMS Administrator and other senior leaders) did not future employees. NEW YORK : administer and manage the contracts in accordance with This will make it impossible for a large number of Chitagam Federal requirements. Specifically, CMS allowed a international students to participate in the Curricular subcontractor individual to perform inherently governmental Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training FRESNO: functions, such as making managerial decisions and directing (OPT) programs.
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