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Trump Administration Announces Visa Restrictions for Pregnant Women

Epoch Times
Monday, January 27, 2020
National News
The U.S. government said that women traveling to the United States primarily to give birth for the purpose of getting their child U.S. citizenship is no longer permissible.
 

Call Center Worker Sentenced For Scamming Victims Of More Than $377,000

From article: Per court documents, Iqbal moved to Colorado Springs in April 2018 through the J-1 visa program
CBS 4
Saturday, January 25, 2020
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Colorado News

A 28-yar-old Indian national was sentenced Friday in Denver federal court to five years imprisonment for his role in running numerous India-based call centers that scammed victims from across the globe.

Trump orders visa ban for family members of Iranian officials

Families of those held in Iran have accused Tehran of "hostage taking" and demanded governments take concerted action.
There are at least four Americans currently imprisoned in Iran, yet high ranking Iranians have family living here, enjoying the U.S.A.
NBC News
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
National News

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a visa ban on senior Iranian government officials and their family members, barring them from entering the United States to travel, study or work.

More Chinese investors suing Vail Solaris developer - EB-5 visa scam

Second lawsuit mirrors previous suit with Chinese investors claiming they were bilked
From August Article: Investors who received green cards for their investments claim they were bilked
Vail Daily
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Colorado News

The number of Chinese investors suing Solaris developer Peter Knobel and others rose to 29 with a new lawsuit in federal court.

Trump takes aim at 'golden visa' program that's pumped hundreds of millions of dollars in investment into Texas

From article, foreign investors will have to pony up more cash to get on the fast track to a green card
Dallas Morning News
Saturday, August 24, 2019
National News

The luster has come off the “golden visa,” the immigrant investor program that’s injected hundreds of millions of dollars into Texas development projects in recent years.

US now seeking social media details from all visa applicants

AP News
Saturday, June 1, 2019
National News

The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It’s a vast expansion of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors...

Chilean burglary gangs causing havoc in Southern California, law enforcement says

The thieves, using travel visas to enter the country, target high-end homes, cars and businesses
Fox News
Saturday, May 4, 2019
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National News

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California are joining forces to catch a new breed of brazen criminals using travel visas to enter the U.S. to pillage homes, businesses and automobiles.

Trump Orders Crackdown on Illegal Aliens Overstaying Their Visas in U.S.

American Renaissance
Thursday, April 25, 2019
National News
resident Trump is ordering a crackdown on the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who overstay their visas after arriving in the United States with a presidential memorandum.
 

How Trump is really changing immigration: Making it harder for people to come here legally

The CATO Institute pays lip service to immigration enforcement, while pushing for ever more immigration
Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
National News

... Here’s an overview of key ways Trump has made it more difficult and expensive to come here legally for foreign students, skilled temporary workers, green cards holders, refugees and others.

 

4 from Southern California arrested in test-cheating scheme to obtain visas for Chinese nationals

From article: used fake Chinese passports
City News Service / OC Register
Monday, March 11, 2019
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National News

Four Southern California residents were among five people arrested Tuesday on federal charges involving an alleged scheme to help Chinese nationals obtain student visas by hiring people who used fake Chinese passports to take an English proficiency test for the foreign students...

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