Not all immigrants will have to leave U.S. to seek green cards: Report

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · May 31, 2026 · 432 words · By PTI

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has clarified that not all immigrants seeking green cards will be required to return to their home country to make such applications.

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What happened

has clarified that not all immigrants seeking green cards will be required to return to their home country to make such applications.

Why it matters

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday (May 29, 2026) appeared to be a partial walk-back on the announcement by the U.S.

Common ground

Citizenship and Immigration Services stating the individuals seeking permanent residency would have to return to their home countries to await their green cards.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What new context would change how readers understand this U.S. immigration policy story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Sixty per cent of U.S. hotels are owned by Indian immigrants, creating four million jobs?
How does this story connect U.S. immigration policy with Green Card Application Process over the next few days?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Sixty per cent of U.S. hotels are owned by Indian immigrants, creating four million jobs.”

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No evidence was found in the search results to support the claim that Indian immigrants own 60% of U.S. hotels.

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Claim 2: “According to Sanjeev Joshipura, Executive Director, Indiaspora, a non-profit organisation, Indian-origin immigrants and their families constitute 1.5% of the U.S. population but pay 6% of the taxes.”

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Web search results explicitly state that Indian-Americans constitute around 1.5% of the U.S. population and contribute about 6% of income taxes.

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web search NEUTRAL — Its estimated population was 341,784,857 on July 1, 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The country's population grew by 1.8 million, or 0.5%, between 2024 and 2025, due to a decline in net int…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to recent reports, Indian-Americans, constituting around 1.5% of the U.S. population, contribute about 6% of all income taxes paid in the country. This highlights the remarkable economic suc…
https://www.visaverge.com/schengen/indian-americans-pay-6-of…

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web search NEUTRAL — Unauthorised immigrants make up 3% of the US population and 22% of the foreign-born population. The number of undocumented Indians among them is contested however, with estimates varying widely due to…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r56vr40jvo

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Claim 3: “The statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday (May 29, 2026) appeared to be a partial walk-back on the announcement by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stating the individuals seeking permanent residency would have to return to their home countries to await their green cards.”

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Web search results indicate a sequence of events in May 2026 where a USCIS memo was issued and subsequently clarified/walked back by the DHS.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Administrative Appeals Office, full name USCIS Administrative Appeals Office, and also known as the AAO and USCIS AAO, is an office within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Appeals_Office

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. Green card holders are formally known as la…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_card

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Citizenship_and_…

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Claim 4: “The DHS said the USCIS memo of May 22 was not a blanket change and that it would be up to individual immigration officers to decide whether someone should be forced to go abroad to gain a green card.”

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Web search results explicitly state that the DHS clarified the May 22 memo was not a blanket change and allows for case-by-case decisions by immigration officers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States on January 20, 2025, with one of his key campaign promises being to crack down on immigration. That evening, Trump si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_the_seco…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, comparable to interior ministries abroad. Its missions involve anti-te…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ho…

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Claim 5: “The May 22 USCIS memo to its officials drew instant backlash from Democrat lawmakers and immigration lawyers”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results specifically detailing the backlash from Democratic lawmakers and lawyers regarding the May 22 memo.

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Claim 6: “According to estimates, over 30,000 Indian H1B visa holders become due for green cards every year.”

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While search results discuss H-1B backlogs and the number of people waiting for green cards (1.2 million), none of the provided evidence confirms the specific estimate that 30,000 Indian H1B holders become due for green cards every year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Notably, the fee for an H-1B visa application has risen from $460 to $780, while the registration fee has increased from $10 to $215. The fee for L-1 visas, used for temporary employee transfers, has …
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-government-h1b-visa…

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web search NEUTRAL — “Failure to provide a path to lawful permanent residence for the 1.2 million people in the employment-based green card backlog, most of whom are H-1B visa holders, would be tantamount to staging an ec…
https://www.firstpost.com/india/us-green-card-backlog-fate-o…

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web search NEUTRAL — Photos of Ms. Jalakam and her husband Vinay Kumar. The couple came to the United States when Mr. Kumar got an H-1B visa.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times. “No one should be stuck waiting more tha…
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/indians-h1b-visas-trum…

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Claim 7: “The U.S. has clarified that not all immigrants seeking green cards will be required to return to their home country to make such applications.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the U.S. government (DHS) clarified that not all green card applicants are required to return to their home countries, reversing the perception of a blanket rule.

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web search NEUTRAL — The US clarifies that not all green card applicants need to return to their home country. A recent USCIS memo caused confusion among immigrants and immigration lawyers. The DHS states the USCIS memo w…
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/u-turn-on-green-cards-us-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says.US green card applicants will now have to return to home countries to apply, DHS says.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — The USCIS memo, issued last week, was widely understood as a significant change to the Green Card process. It appeared to require applicants seeking permanent residency to return to their home countri…
https://mwakilishi.com/news/2026-05-30/dhs-clarifies-green-c…

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Claim 8: “Over the past two decades, more than 500,000 people have received green cards via adjustment of status each year, except for in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

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The specific statistic about 500,000 people annually for 20 years (excluding 2020) appears in the same context as claim 4 in the search results, but is not independently corroborated by a second distinct source providing the same historical data set.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Twenty or 20 may refer to: 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21 one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MD 20/20 is a discount flavored fortified wine produced by Mogen David. 20/20 originally referred to 20% ABV and a 20 oz bottle. It is commonly referred to by the nickname "Mad Dog". The wine is produ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_20/20

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Claim 9: “About 14 lakh green cards were granted in 2024, with more than 8.2 lakh approved for people inside the country through a process called “adjustment of status”, according to Department of Homeland Security data.”

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Two independent web search results (one from a news source and one from ResetEra citing NYT) provide the exact figures: 1.4 million green cards in 2024 and 820,000 via adjustment of status.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DHS is the Department of Homeland Security, a U.S. federal executive department. DHS, dhs, or DHs may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHS_(disambiguation)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with border control, counterterrorism and other aspects…
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Claim 10: “a senior White House official said this week that the effort was meant to be a housekeeping matter, not a change of strategy, the New York Times reported.”

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A web search result from MSP Global specifically mentions that the U.S. government described the measure as a 'housekeeping matter' on background to The New York Times.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House, also known as the James Butterfield House, is a historic home located at Hartwick in Otsego County, New York. It was built about 1792 in the Federal style, and remodeled about 1940 w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_House_(Hartwick,_New…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House executive chef is the individual responsible for managing the kitchens, and for planning and preparing of all menus and meals for the president of the United States and the first famil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Executive_Chef

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House State Ballroom is part of a planned new East Wing for the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. The new East Wing is planned to replace the origina…
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