Amid Donld Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, the US Embassy in India has released a strong advisory warning Indian citizens that they could face a permanent ban on travelling to the US in future. “If you remain in the United States beyond your authorized period of stay, you could be deported and could face a permanent ban on traveling to the United States in the future,” the post read. This is applicable to Indians who are traveling to the Us on their various time-bound visas like work visas, student visas, tourist visas etc which have their own authorized period of stay.Immigration is the most contentious issue of the Donald Trump administration with the president making his intent clear on the very first day in the office in his first executive order. He targeted the Citizensip Clause of the 14th Amendment that granted US citizenship to almost everyone born on American soil. While the executive order is now facing legal hurdles, the administration id deporiting illegal immigrants, arresting them, encouraging them to self-deport. All foreign nations staying the in the US for over 30 days are now required to register with the federal government — in a new immigration rule change.Two deportation cases involving Indians became very high profile in the last few months. Ranjani Srinivasan,a PhD student at Columbia University, fled to Canada after her visa was revoked for allegedly participating in a pro-Palestine protest, though she said she did not participate in the protest. Ranjani was made an example by the Department of Homeland Security as to how people should deport themselves out of the US to avoid arrest.Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri was arrested for his alleged link with Hamas — his wife is the daughter of Ahmed Yousef, a former aide of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. He has been released by a court order that said the Trump administration could not prove what national security risk Khan Suri posed.
