Immigrant rights advocates have long decried the lack of due process protections in the immigration system, particularly the unjust consequences of expanding immigration detention. The Vera Institute of Justice has now published statistics that document the striking disparity in outcomes between immigrants fighting deportation while free from detention and those who remain detained.  more>

In the post-9/11 era, recent violence at a Sikh temple in Queens was a blow to the community, which already battles stereotypes and misunderstandings based on culture and appearance. more>

To address continued bullying in schools, the DOE provided principals with additional guidance in creating rigorous anti-bullying plans, and new measures will hold them accountable for enforcing those plans. For example, for the first time, efforts to combat bullying and harassment will factor into a school's Quality Review. more>

Beck, a comedian-turned anchor, went on a tirade on medical care in India in a weak attempt to damage the healthcare reform bill on Capitol Hill and, likely, also to disparage the recent foreign policy success of the Obama administration at courting India. more>

The brutal job market paired with the rising cost of education and the declining rupee are all reasons many Indian graduates are forgoing the visa line at the American Embassy this year. more>

While in much of the world newspapers have been waning in economic health, India’s print media remains one of the few bright spots. more>

A Sikh family that reported a burglary last week in Texas was handcuffed, asked about the Mumbai terror attacks, and told by a police officer he “knows Muslims.” more>

An atmosphere of discrimination existed against Indian-American professionals. They were at a disadvantage in getting government contracts, as they were considered inferior to their fellow professionals who had grown up and studied in the United States. more>

The hunky dory life for the Premi family began to go awry when a different kind of trouble started brewing for Jagmohan in school this past winter. A boy – who Pritpal says was an “Arabi,” meaning of Middle Eastern descent – started bullying his son mercilessly, teasing him and physically accosting him at every opportunity. more>

According to Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, N.Y.C. graduation rates jumped from 47 percent in 1986 to 60 percent in 2006. Yet, lots of works still need to be done. more>

“For centuries, the American Dream has called millions to our nation’s shores. Unfortunately, at present, the dream is fading for too many because they lack the skills needed to succeed in our country,” said Republican Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX). more>

Last week, Jagmohan Singh Premi, a student of Richmond Hill High School, was punched in the face as a student tried to take off his patka (turban). This was not the first time. more>

The report’s findings are a sobering reminder that, although the community has come a long way in protecting their civil rights in America, there is still a long road ahead. more>

“There has been a very big upswing in remittances to India from the United States because more people are servicing their wealth management needs in India,” said New York-based Dave Majumdar, head of marketing for South Asia, Western Union Company. more>

With hopes of earning good wages and getting permanent residency in the United States, they came from Kerala to rehabilitate the Gulf Coast areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Instead, the 500 workers, mostly pipe-fitters and welders, were put to physical and psychological strain. Forced to share cramped quarters for which they had to pay an exorbitant sum, these workers were threatened with deportation when they protested against their condition. more>

Over the years, the Indian-American community has gone from strength to strength in American politics. Now, as the race for the 2008 U.S. presidential elections heats up, the community is set to play a crucial role. more>

As a result of the United States' existing legal framework, which renders the likelihood of visa sponsorship slim for many, a disproportionate number of international students are being railroaded into industries that more readily sponsor visa applications. These include areas such as engineering, consulting, financial services and investment banking. more>

A new January 1, 2007, ruling will force hospitals in New York state to provide health care to people who are uninsured or underinsured at discounted or very low rates and to inform patients about how much financial aid is available for their care. more>

After she tried to reform the practices of her mosque in West Virginia, and conducted a mixed-gender congregation in a mosque in Manhattan, Mumbai-born writer and the voice of the Islamic feminist movement, Asra Nomani, 40, said: I very much watch my back, look for danger in the shadows and always carry my cell phone, fully charged. more>

Two years after the 9/11 tragedy, a Sikh was brutally attacked by five white men who assumed he was a terrorist, simply because of his turban. The shockwaves of that moment, however, still resonate with him. more>

After a two-year effort and great cost, Manufacturing & Technologies News obtained an “elusive” unpublished Department of Commerce report that the Bush administration stifled. The 336-page report spells out corporate America’s hiring practices abroad. more>

Last week’s rallies were described by immigration advocates as the biggest social movement of Hispanics since the United Farm Workers of Cesar Chavez. The plans for protests, vigils, and marches also included a less visible tier of people stirred to action over U.S. immigration policy: non-Latinos. more>

Although President Bush allocated funds for the teaching of Hindi in New Jersey schools, parents and community members in the West Windsor-Plainsboro district discovered these classes are not being offered to their children. Members of the organization, “Hindi in U.S. Schools,” are appealing directly to president to intervene. more>

U.S. immigration authorities arrested Narendra Mandalapa, a South Asian Indian, for filing nearly 1,000 possibly fraudulent labor-based petitions for computer professionals from India and Pakistan. Assets worth over $5 million were seized. more>

Swarnalata Agarwal, a South Indian senior immigrant, who doesn’t like American food and had difficulty communicating in English with other residents of the rehabilitation center, finally has found a place where she can eat vegetarian Indian food of her choice, and speak in her mother tongue with other residents, and even with the nurses, staff and doctors. more>