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Larijani: Visa ban for Iranian nationals sign of US fear

EghtesadOnline: Majlis (Parliament) speaker Ali Larijani criticized US decision to ban entry of citizens from certain countries including Iran, saying Americans are even afraid of their own shadows.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 09:59

Iran advises citizens traveling to US to exercise caution

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Foreign Ministry in a statement released on Sunday advised Iranian citizens to make sure that there would be no problem for them before starting their trip to US.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 09:58

Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the U.S. now.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 05:09

Trump’s Visa Ban Order: The View From a Worried Middle East

EghtesadOnline: With the stroke of a pen, Donald Trump barred most citizens from seven mainly Muslim Mideast and East African nations from entering the U.S. While the latest executive order of his week-old presidency delivers on a campaign pledge to strengthen America’s borders, it was denounced in advance by human-rights groups as an attack on some of the world’s most vulnerable people, and will alarm many in the Islamic world.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 04:57

Trump Cracks Down on H-1B Visa Program That Feeds Silicon Valley

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. administration began to deliver on President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to crack down on a work visa program that channels thousands of skilled overseas workers to companies across the technology industry.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 04:21

Iraqi leader thanks Trump for removing Iraq from travel ban list

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi thanked U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday for removing Iraq from a travel ban affecting several Muslim-majority countries and said he sought stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:24

U.S. appeals to higher court over ruling against Trump's revised travel ban

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. government took the legal battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban to a higher court on Friday, saying it would appeal against a federal judge's decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was set to go into effect.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 09:12

Trump's revised travel ban dealt first court setback

EghtesadOnline: A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States.
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Publish Date:11/March/2017 | 24:08

Trump Issues Revised Travel Ban to Address Legal Challenges

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump signed an order restricting entry into the U.S. by people from six predominantly Muslim countries, reviving a signature initiative that stalled in the face of court challenges, sparked global protests and prompted dissent by some of his advisers.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 04:59
The White House says reform of controversial guest worker program 'is an issue we are closely and carefully looking at'

A Major Proponent of H-1B Visa Reform Loses Patience With Trump

EghtesadOnline: For a decade, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin has wanted to reform a program that is alternatively seen as a necessary way for technology companies to hire technical experts and a boondoggle that outsourcers use to exploit foreign labor. Durbin, a high-ranking Democrat, is no fan of Donald Trump, but he saw November's election as a sign that changes were imminent. Now, six weeks into the Trump administration, he's losing patience.
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Publish Date:06/March/2017 | 11:29

U.S. appeals court will not put Trump travel ban case on hold

EghtesadOnline: A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 14:52

New U.S. travel ban to spare green card holders: Trump official

EghtesadOnline: A new version of a Trump administration travel ban will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the United States, U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security John Kelly said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:19/February/2017 | 04:54

"Salesman" possible winning would be Hollywood political protest

EghtesadOnline: The helmer's decision not to attend the Academy Awards in response to President Trump’s stance on immigration could make his film a rallying cry for Hollywood to protest Trump's Muslim ban, Hollywood Reporter reported.
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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 07:24

US wrestling team welcomed in Iran

EghtesadOnline: Members of the US national wrestling team, who arrived in Iran’s city of Kermanshah on Feb. 13 for participation in the Freestyle World Cup competition, welcomed by Iranians.
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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:40

UWW hails 'wrestling diplomacy' for bringing US team to Iran

EghtesadOnline: The United World Wrestling hailed 'wrestling diplomacy' that it said has finally brought the US wrestling team’ to Iran after weeks of disputes between the Iranian and US government led by the US President Donald Trump's visa ban.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 09:52

Fixing Trump Executive Order’s Legal Problems Is No Easy Task

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump could solve the most glaring problem a federal appeals court found with his travel ban by explicitly saying it doesn’t cover immigrants who already have a permanent right to live in the U.S.
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Publish Date:12/February/2017 | 05:01