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As the communications blockade and curfew imposed in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) enters its second month, members of the US Congress on Saturday hit out at New Delhi for its "unacceptable restrictions."
The letter addressed to US ambassador in India and Charge d' Affaires, US Embassy in Islamabad deemed the Indian government's strong-arm tactics as "a deeply ominous sign that is both incompatible with both democratic and human rights."
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) congratulated comedian Bowen Yang after Yang was named the first Asian American cast member in "Saturday Night Live's" history.
"Congratulations @BowenYang!!" Lieu, who is also Asian American, tweeted.
Yang, who joined the show as a staff writer last year and has portrayed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was added among three new hires Thursday.
A new policy is rescinding the citizenship rights of children of service members in certain situations — this bill aims to fight it.
Last week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new policy that would mean not all children born to American service members outside of the U.S. automatically earn citizenship.
Some military kids born outside US will no longer be automatic citizens, immigration policy says
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a change Wednesday regarding its citizenship policy for children born to some US service members and government employees, which left many confused and shocked, even after the agency issued clarification later Wednesday night. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tweeted to President Donald Trump to reverse the policy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An immigrant from Taiwan who is a now a Democratic California congressman has emerged as one of the most confrontational voices against President Donald Trump and his immigration policies.
For 50-year-old Rep. Ted Lieu, the fight is personal. He and his parents arrived in the U.S. when he was 3.
House Democrats urged President Donald Trump to stop deporting Iraq nationals on Tuesday after a deported Michigan man died last week of a diabetic crisis.
In a letter signed by dozens of Democrats, the lawmakers expressed their "outrage and grief" over the death of Jimmy Aldaoud, a Michigan man who died last Tuesday after being deported to Iraq in June.
LAS VEGAS — Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) applauded the crowd of cybersecurity researchers uncovering dangerous bugs in voting machines and other election systems at a security conference here -- but he's in a bind about how to talk about election security with constituents.
For two years in a row, hackers at Defcon have demonstrated that voting machines currently in use in US elections have serious security issues. With the 2020 US presidential election quickly approaching, lawmakers who want to fix those vulnerabilities are heading to the Las Vegas hacking conference, which starts Thursday, to see them in person.
A growing number of Democrats are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to cancel the chamber's August recess so that they can take up gun control legislation in the wake of two mass shootings this weekend.
Americans might be forgiven for overlooking immigration news of late. Some have been busy trying to ease their disappointment over the Mueller hearings, and many, apparently, have been furiously Googling Marianne Williamson.