USA Telugu News Roundup — 10/16/2026 (Morning)

🇺🇸 USCIS fees rise from TODAY — asylum, TPS & work permits all cost more. Plus: Ro Khanna's $16.9M war chest, envoy Kwatra slams Jayapal, Trump's death-penalty order & Sitharaman's trade push.

• USA Telugu News Roundup — Friday Morning, Oct 16

• 1️⃣ USCIS immigration fees rise from today (Oct 16) — asylum $102→$105, TPS $510→$520, work permit $560→$570; no hike for H-1B, students or green cards

• 2️⃣ Ro Khanna sits on $16.9M war chest after Q3 FEC filing — biggest among Indian-American candidates; Jayapal $1.77M, Bera $1.65M

• 3️⃣ India's envoy Vinay Kwatra rebukes Rep. Pramila Jayapal over her voter-roll remarks — "unacceptable interference in India's internal affairs"

• 4️⃣ Trump directs DOJ to seek death penalty for anyone who kills a firefighter — announced at White House event honoring firefighter orgs

• 5️⃣ FM Nirmala Sitharaman pushes for early India-US trade deal at IMF meetings in Bangkok — phase one in legal drafting stage

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