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 FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2017 file photo, people carry posters during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump curbs immigration for 6 nations

The Trump administration announced Friday that it was curbing legal immigration from six additional countries that officials said did not meet security standards

6 years ago

A supporter of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, waves a flag during a rally outside the White House, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Courts & Law

U.S. imposes visa rules for pregnant women on ‘birth tourism’

The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have

6 years ago

A new section of the border wall is seen in November 2019 south of Donna, Texas. Trump's 576-mile border wall is expected to cost nearly $20 million per mile, which is more expensive than any other wall under construction in the world. (Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

$11 Billion and counting: Trump’s border wall would be the world’s most costly

The pricetag for President Trump's border wall has topped $11 billion — or nearly $20 million a mile — to become the most expensive wall of its kind anywhere in the world.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Toledo, Ohio. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban

The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration.

6 years ago

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., looks on as Negah Hekmati talks about her hours-long delay returning to the U.S. from Canada with her family days earlier, at a news conference on Monday. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

Border screenings spark travel fears for Iranian Americans amid rising tensions

Iranian Americans say they are scared to travel, and some are dropping international trips after U.S. citizens of Iranian descent were held by U.S. immigration agents.

6 years ago

A newly sworn-in U.S. citizen holds the U.S. flag and paperwork during a 2018 naturalization ceremony in New York City. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

To produce citizenship data, Homeland Security to share records with Census

The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to share certain records to help the Census Bureau produce data about the U.S. citizenship status of those who live in the U.S.

6 years ago

Visual artist and filmmaker Michelle Angela Ortiz hosts a screening and memorial service dedicated to Maria Martinez Nolasco at PhillyCAM. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Community

Three years after famous hunger strike, las Madres Berks reunite to grieve one of their own

After spending nearly two years in the Berks Family Residential Center, Maria Martinez Nolasco was released. Then she was killed.

6 years ago

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An image of Ow Luen from his file, originally held at the USCIS, now available at the National Archives. (Grant Din/National Archives)
NPR
Community

Tracing your family’s roots may soon get a lot more expensive

Dec. 30 is the deadline to submit a comment to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over a proposed fee hike to access some records.

6 years ago

In this Dec. 3, 2019, photo, Mohammed Hafar checks the arrivals road while waiting for his daughter Jana Hafar's flight at JFK Airport in New York. Mohammed Hafar was part of a federal lawsuit filed in August of this year over the travel ban waiver process. “Every time I speak to her, she ask, ‘When are they going to give me the visa?'
Courts & Law

To overcome travel ban, some Americans taking cases to court

Some Americans separated from loved ones by the Trump administration's travel ban have gone as far as suing the government in federal court.

6 years ago

Andrea and her son (pseudonyms), who are awaiting an asylum hearing, live in central Jersey. (NJ Spotlight)
Community

Separated at the border, the story of Andrea and her son José

Fearing MS-13 gang, she sought asylum in U.S. after being separated by border officials, she and her son eventually were reunited and now live in N.J.

6 years ago

The existing border wall (right) is seen near the construction site of new wall panels south of Donna, Texas. (Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Acquiring private land is slowing Trump’s border wall

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf visited a construction site in Texas and repeated a Trump administration pledge.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speak during a Democratic presidential primary debate Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round six

We discuss last night's Democratic primary debate -- what the candidates said, the policies they covered, and how it may be playing out across America.

Air Date: December 20, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round five

We talk about what the candidates said and the policies discussed at last night's Democratic primary debate.

6 years ago

Former refugees joined advocates at the signing ceremony. From left, Sophie Marie Namugenyi, director of support services at Jewish Family Services; Saybah Wolokolie; Ajawavi J. Ajavon; Lourena Gboeah, refugee from Liberia; Padmaja Charya, refugee therapist with JFS; and Jenevive Newman, JFS refugee case manager. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware leaders pledge their openness to refugees, asylum-seekers

Refugees and asylum-seekers are welcome in Delaware. That's the message state leaders sent to the White House in response to an executive order.

6 years ago

 City Councilmember Helen Gym (middle) stands next to the Sukwanputra daughters and their family attorney Chris Casazza. They are surrounded by friends and family who traveled to York, Pa., to show their support at the hearing. (Dale Mezzacappa/The Notebook)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
The Notebook

Indonesian parents arrested after two decades in Philly, freed on bond after ICE detention

They now likely have a legal path to staying in the U.S.

6 years ago

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