The Department of Homeland Security's final rule rescinds the narrower public-charge regulations adopted in 2022 and restores greater discretion to immigration officers deciding whether certain applicants are likely at any time to become a "public charge."

A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia, joined by a separate group of major cities and counties, argues that the new rule gives officers excessive discretion to weigh immigrants’ use of public benefits when deciding certain green card cases. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia, joined by a separate group of major U.S. cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration to stop a swe

The new rule, which has been stayed now, would have replaced “duration of status,” commonly shown as “D/S” on immigration records, with fixed periods of admission.

Topics expected to be discussed include employment-based immigration, H-1B visas, green-card processes, family-based immigration, maintenance of lawful status and other developments affecting immigrants in the United States, according to information published about the program.

For Indian immigrant families — and therefore for many Telugu-speaking professional families in the United States — the consequence is a striking disconnect: a child can be raised and educated in America for years while a parent waits in the employment-based green-card system, yet still reach adulthood without an independent right to remain permanently.

The Department of Homeland Security has advanced a proposed regulation that would eliminate the 60-day grace period available to certain foreign workers, including H-1B professionals, after their employment ends, a potentially significant change for thousands of Indian workers in the United States.

The order defines birth tourism as a foreign national entering the United States on a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on U.S. soil, or another foreign national facilitating such an entry. That language is noteworthy because it is not limited specifically to B-1/B-2 visitor visas. The order itself points to temporary visa categories used for tourism, study, exchange programs and employment.

The controversy began after CyberGreen09 shared a video of Gollapudi performing Kuchipudi and alleged that she had remained an F-1 student since 2014 while undertaking unauthorized work. The account offered the video and information about her academic background as purported support for the claim.

Padilla’s office estimates that more than 8 million people — more than 80 lakh — could gain a potential pathway to permanent residency under the change. The senator’s office specifically lists Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status holders, children of long-term visa holders, essential workers and highly skilled workers such as H-1B visa holders among people who could benefit if they individually qualify.