Indian Couple Visiting Children In US Denied Entry Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown: Report
Earlier, reports alleged that Indian parents in the US were rushing to give birth opting for preterm C-sections to beat the birthright ban deadline-- February 20.
An Indian couple visiting their children in the US were reportedly denied entry at Newark Airport for not having return tickets. The couple had reportedly travelled on B-1/B-2 visitor visas and planned to stay in the US for five months. When they reached the airport, immigration officials informed them that a return ticket was now mandatory under the new 2025 regulations, according to a report by Mirchi9.
President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of executive orders to overhaul entry to the US. He had promised a crackdown on illegal immigration during the election campaign.
Indians Rush For Early C-Section In US
Earlier, reports alleged that Indian parents in the US were rushing to give birth opting for preterm C-sections to beat the birthright ban deadline-- February 20.
Dr S D Rama, who runs a maternity clinic in New Jersey, told the Times Of India that she has been receiving increased requests for preterm deliveries from Indian parents ever since Trump made the announcement. She said a majority of them are Indian women who are in their ninth or eighth month of pregnancy and are asking for C-sections before Feb 20. As per the report, some are even a couple of months away from the full term.
Indian couples working in the US, who have been waiting for their green cards for several years, were relying on birthright citizenship as their safety net.
India is one of the top sources of illegal immigration to the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. As of 2022, more than 700,000 undocumented Indians were living in the United States, the center estimates, making them the third-largest group, behind Mexicans and Hondurans.
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