Author: Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar joined The American Bazaar after reporting on world affairs from four vantage points — New Delhi, Islamabad, Beijing and Washington — for Indian national media. Previously as North America Bureau Chief of the IANS news agency based in Washington DC, he told the American story for its subscribers spread around the world for 11 years. Before that Arun worked as a foreign correspondent for PTI in Islamabad and Beijing for over eight years. On return to India, he worked as Chief News Editor, Editor of Special Services, and Assistant General Manager at PTI. Arun has penned five books for PTI providing an in-depth analysis of Indian elections from Nehru to Vajpayee besides compiling and editing PTI Offbeat, a coffee table book of offbeat pictures taken by PTI photographers.

Agencies providing public benefits may seek court order for reimbursement by sponsor. Follow @ambazaarmag US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Thursday announced a new initiative to hold sponsors of foreign immigrants legally responsible to financially support them. Called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), the new initiative provides information about sponsors to agencies that administer federal means-tested public benefits. It will enable these agencies to ensure more effective compliance with federal laws, regulations, and policies related to financial support of aliens by their sponsors and agency reimbursement, the immigration agency said. “The Trump administration has made it clear that…

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