immigration

Trump Administration Rule Would Penalize Immigrants For Needing Benefits

1:29pm August 12, 2019

The "public charge" rule would limit the ability of immigrants to get green cards if they are likely to use government benefits, such as SNAP or housing aid.

Friends, co-workers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday.

National

Some 300 Arrested In Mississippi Immigration Raids Have Been Released, Officials Say

8:04am August 09, 2019

by Scott Neuman

In a statement Thursday, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi said detainees were asked whether they had children and were provided with cellphones to arrange for their care.

The Olympic Stadium in Montreal was temporarily used as a migrant shelter in 2017. Canada has seen thousands of migrants entering the country from the U.S., avoiding official entry points and requesting asylum.

World News

Canada's Safe 3rd Country Agreement With The U.S. Draws Criticism

2:38pm August 06, 2019

by Emma Jacobs

Canadians and rights groups have challenged the country's U.S. asylum accord, as migrants continue to head north over the border seeking refuge.

Christi holds a migrant child's hand as they walk to the swimming pool.

National

'I Know That They're Cared For." Why One Mom Has Chosen To Foster Migrant Children

6:09pm July 28, 2019

Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.

Guatemalan migrant Lety Pérez embraces her son, Anthony, while pleading with a Mexican National Guard member to let them cross into the United States, near Juárez, Mexico, on Monday.

World News

Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol

8:32pm July 24, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a Mexican National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border.

People walk across International Bridge 1 Las Americas, a legal port of entry that connects Laredo, Texas, in the U.S. with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Rule

8:06pm July 24, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Just hours earlier, another judge ruled that the change could take effect because it was "in the greater public interest to allow the administration to carry out its immigration policy."

Changes to the expedited removal process allow low-level immigration officers to determine if an undocumented immigrant has been living in the U.S. for less than two years.

National

Trump Administration Moves To Speed Up Deportations With Expedited Removal Expansion

5:20pm July 22, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The changes will allow ICE officials to deport undocumented immigrants who can't prove they have been in the U.S. for more than two years, without a hearing before a judge. It takes effect Tuesday.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined from left by House Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters prior to a vote called by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to

Opinion: Should Republicans Still Call Themselves The Party Of Lincoln?

11:48am July 20, 2019

by Scott Simon

In defending the president's racist tweets, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy declared, "We are the party of Lincoln." NPR's Scott Simon contends President Lincoln would object.

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Acting Chief of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan says he doesn't expect the asylum rule announced this week to be in place for very long.

Acting Head Of Customs And Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In 'Pilot' Phase

12:28pm July 19, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"Although the new federal regulation allows us to apply that all 2,000 miles along the Southwest border, we're not going to do that," Mark Morgan told NPR.

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Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts.

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Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

7:41pm July 18, 2019

by Robert Moore

Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.