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Padma Kuppa, 1st Indian immigrant in Legislature, reflects on election of Kamala Harris

Padma Kuppa, 1st Indian immigrant in Legislature, reflects on election of Kamala Harris

When Padma Kuppa was elected state representative for Troy and Clawson two years ago, she was the first immigrant from India and the first Hindu to serve in the Michigan Legislature.

The expected election of Kamala Harris as vice president will bring even more firsts to the second-highest elected office in the United States.

House Members Challenge Trump Administration’s Treatment of Immigrant Children

House Members Challenge Trump Administration’s Treatment of Immigrant Children

Three members of the House — including Pasadena congresswomen Judy Chu and L.A. area congresswomen Karen Bass plus Rep. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island — accused the Trump Administration today of waging a war on immigrants, perpetrating an atrocity and willfully inflicting permanent psychological damage on unaccompanied children fleeing violence in their homelands by expelling them at the border without affording them due process.

Court Voids Public Charge Rule Denying Immigrants U.S. Entry

Court Voids Public Charge Rule Denying Immigrants U.S. Entry (1)

The Trump administration’s new public charge rule, which expanded the definition of immigrants who are inadmissible to the U.S. because of doubts they could be self-sustaining, has been struck down by a federal judge in Chicago.

The rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act, meaning it must be vacated, Judge Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Monday.

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