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ICE Halts Force-Feeding Of Detained Hunger Strikers In Texas

11:34am February 15, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has come under pressure to explain why it was force-feeding detained asylum-seekers protesting their detention. Nine of the 12 hunger strikers are from India.

Concerns have escalated about the deteriorating health of asylum-seekers on Nauru, such as these individuals pictured last September.

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Last 4 Children Detained On Nauru Are Heading To The U.S.

7:23pm February 04, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The transfer is part of a deal between Australia and the U.S., under the Obama administration, in which the U.S. agreed to accept some 1,250 refugees. President Trump has called it a "dumb deal."

Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and asylum-seeker, won two prestigious Australian literary prizes for his debut, a book composed in text messages sent from a detention center on Manus Island.

Asylum-Seeker Barred From Entering Australia Wins Its Richest Literary Prize

6:08pm January 31, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Behrouz Boochani, who has been detained offshore since 2013, had to compose his debut using WhatsApp messages. Now, that book has earned him the Victorian Prize for Literature

Carlos Catarldo Gomez, of Honduras, center, is escorted by Mexican officials after leaving the United States, the first person returned to Mexico to wait for his asylum trial date, in Tijuana, Mexico

Trump Administration Begins 'Remain In Mexico' Policy, Sending Asylum-Seekers Back

10:37pm January 29, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The new procedure is designed to prevent applicants from remaining in the U.S. while they await a hearing before an immigration judge.

Karen Paz hugs her daughter, Liliana Saray, 9. They are from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. "I feel free; I feel different," Paz said. "I don't have someone who imposes his views and his ways on me. I am not scared someone will come and attack me, like I used

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'I'm A Survivor Of Violence': Portraits Of Women Waiting In Mexico For U.S. Asylum

5:51pm January 16, 2019

by Federica Valabrega

Photographer Federica Valabrega photographed Central American women who fled domestic violence and joined a migrant caravan to seek asylum in the U.S.

Lawyer Patricia Ortiz meets with Rosa, an immigrant from El Salvador, at the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project offices in Los Angeles to discuss her asylum case.

National

Asylum-Seekers In California Wait For Their Day In Immigration Court

7:27am January 09, 2019

by David Wagner

Immigrants who manage to make it to cities in California face a high cost of living, but they also have access to legal aid which makes a huge difference in asylum cases.

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Asylum seekers stand at a bus stop after they were dropped off by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Greyhound bus station in El Paso, Texas on Dec. 23.

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Trump Blames Democrats For Deaths of Migrant Kids As DHS Secretary Visits Border

4:49pm December 29, 2018

by Ian Stewart

Kirstjen Nielsen's visit comes as her department is under scrutiny for the recent deaths of two Guatemalan migrant children in U.S. custody.

Central American migrants, hoping to ask for asylum in the United States, are being relocated to a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. Volunteers from San Diego visit the migrants weekly to help with health care.

For Asylum-Seekers Waiting In Mexico, Volunteers Offer Medical Help

5:09pm December 22, 2018

by Alyssa Jeong Perry

Thousands of asylum-seekers in Mexico are waiting their turn to ask U.S. border officials for asylum. A volunteer group of doctors and nurses travel to Tijuana weekly to attend to their health needs.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells NPR that the U.S. remains committed to the Kurds, American allies in the Syrian war, even as the U.S. plans to withdraw troops from the country.

Despite Remaining ISIS Threats, Pompeo Says U.S. Made 'Caliphate In Syria Go Away'

5:18pm December 20, 2018

by Peter Granitz

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had "won against ISIS" amid news that the Pentagon would pull troops from Syria.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen looks at her papers while testifying before members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Trump Administration Will Send Asylum-Seekers To Mexico While Claims Are Processed

4:48pm December 20, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Thursday that migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico — regardless of country of origin — must wait in Mexico while their claims are heard.