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Indian-American Congressman to remove country quota for work-based Green Card
PTI, Washington
PUBLISHED ON FEB 20, 2021 10:09 AM IST
Non-profit South Asian Americans Leading Together, in a statement, said the bill is a historic piece of legislation that proposes a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants.
US Senate passes bill to raise country cap on Green Cards, Indians may benefit
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON DEC 03, 2020 11:25 PM IST
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act was passed on Wednesday by unanimous consent. The House of Representatives had passed its own version of the legislation in 2019.
All four Democratic Indian-American lawmakers re-elected to House of Representatives
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Mallika Soni | Washington
UPDATED ON NOV 04, 2020 03:36 PM IST
Dr Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi -- have been re-elected to the US House of Representatives.
Indian-origin congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi re-elected for US House from Illinois
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Washington
UPDATED ON NOV 04, 2020 09:36 AM IST
Krishnamoorthi, 47, who was born in New Delhi, easily defeated Preston Nelson of the Libertarian Party. When last reports came in, he had accounted for nearly 71 per cent of the total votes counted.
US stands with India against continued Chinese military aggression: Lawmaker Raja Krishnamoorthi
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Arpan Rai | Washington
UPDATED ON JUL 21, 2020 11:35 PM IST
Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s remarks came as the US House of Representatives agreed to consider his bipartisan congressional resolution that urged China to work towards de-escalating the situation at the border with India.
Democrats accuse Trump of ‘multiple federal crimes’, including bribery
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2019 11:59 PM IST
The US senate will hold a trial subsequently, in January, to remove Trump from office or acquit him, and let him continue. Indian American lawmakers Pramila Jayapal and Raja Krishnamoorthi could be among “impeachment managers” appointed by House Democrats to argue their case.
‘Trump impeachment matters for the world’, says Indian-American lawmaker at heart of probe
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2019 11:48 AM IST
Krishnamoorthi, who was born in Delhi, is a member of a group of Indian American lawmakers in US congress that he has christened the “Samosa Caucus”, which Hindustan Times reported first in 2017.
Resolution celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy introduced in US House
By Press Trust of India | Washington
UPDATED ON OCT 12, 2019 02:22 PM IST
Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary and his enduring legacy.
Raja Krishnamoorthi of Samosa Caucus debuts on powerful US congressional spy panel
By Yashwant Raj | Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 18, 2019 12:07 AM IST
Krishnamoorthi, who was born in Delhi and immigrated to the US when he was three, is one of the four Indian American members of the House of Representatives and one of five in the Congress with Senator Kamala Harris.
‘Samosa Caucus’ fails to increase its strength in US midterm elections
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2018 08:35 PM IST
None of the more than half a dozen new Indian Americans candidates, many of whom caught national attention by giving tough fight to their opponents and outraising them in the fund raisers, could make it to the House of Representatives, which is equivalent to Lok Sabha in the Indian parliament.