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An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall, in front of coils of razor wire, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump's proposal to end the partial government shutdown includes funding for more border wall, but also provisions that furt

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The Border Wall Isn't The Only Reason Democrats Oppose Plan To End The Shutdown

11:21pm January 22, 2019

by Joel Rose

Democrats and immigrant rights advocates say the President's proposal to end the shutdown contains big changes to asylum law that they're calling a "poison pill."

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun (center) is welcomed by Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland as she arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, on Saturday. The young Saudi woman who fled her family successfully harnessed the p

World News

Saudi Woman Who Fled Country Hopes She Inspires Others To Follow

12:17pm January 15, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun captured the attention of the world in a series of social media posts pleading for asylum. Her family, who she claimed was abusive, has disowned her.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is said to have boarded a plane Friday in Bangkok en route to Canada, where she has been granted asylum.

Canada Grants Asylum To Saudi Woman Who Fled Her Family

5:37pm January 11, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is reportedly en route from Thailand to Canada. The 18-year-old was granted refugee status by the U.N. after she alleged abuse by family members.

Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun walks by Thai Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn (right) before leaving the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Australia says it is considering granting refugee resettlement to the Saudi, who fled from

Saudi Woman Granted Refugee Status, Could Get Asylum In Australia

10:43am January 09, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun fled her family during an overseas trip and tried to fly to Australia, but was stopped in Thailand. The U.N. refugee committee has declared her a refugee. "I'm happy," she says.

Chief Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court "doesn't have Obama judges, or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges."

Politics & Government

Chief Justice Roberts Issues Rare Rebuke To Trump; Trump Fires Back

9:16pm November 21, 2018

Roberts took issue with the president's calling a federal judge who ruled against the administration's policy toward asylum-seekers "an Obama judge."

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A few hundred people gathered in Tijuana's high-end Rio area on Sunday to protest against groups migrating from Central American countries.

World News

Shouting 'Mexico First,' Hundreds In Tijuana March Against Migrant Caravan

5:39pm November 19, 2018

by James Fredrick

While some residents of the northern Mexican city have said "all migrants are welcome," a group of protesters this weekend demanded they be kicked out.

Migrants from Central America ride in a truck Monday as they travel toward the U.S. on the Mexico City-Puebla highway. Thursday, the Trump administration issued new a new rule for asylum-seekers.

Trump Administration Seeks To Limit Asylum-Seekers With New Rule

7:50pm November 08, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The change announced on Thursday is designed to prohibit migrants who cross the border outside of designated entry points from seeking asylum in the U.S. It is almost certain to face legal challenges.

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NPR's Planet Money has learned that more than 13,500 immigrants, mostly Chinese, who were granted asylum status years ago by the U.S. government are now facing possible deportation. During a 2012 probe, prosecutors in New York rounded up 30 immigration la

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Thousands Could Be Deported As Government Targets Asylum Mills' Clients

12:19am September 29, 2018

by Ailsa Chang

In 2012, a Justice Department probe shut down law firms that helped Chinese asylum-seekers fabricate or inflate claims of persecution. The clients were left alone, but now 13,500 may have to leave.

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Sisters from Guatemala seeking asylum, cross a bridge to a port of entry in to the United States from Matamoros, Mexico, in Brownsville, Texas.

Denied Asylum, But Terrified To Return Home

10:23am July 21, 2018

by Joel Rose

Immigration lawyers say they're seeing an alarming spike in the number of asylum claims that are being rejected at the earliest stage, known as the credible fear interview.

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International law on refugees has its roots in the massive displacement that occurred in Europe during World War II. Above: Belgian refugees fleeing after the German invasion of their country in 1940.

Amid Migrant Crises, Nations Flout International Law On Refugees

10:05am July 20, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

The rights of refugees were enshrined in international law in the wake of World War II. But those rules aren't always respected.