immigration

Archbishop William Lori announced a new program to issue parishioner ID cards outside a Baltimore church on Wednesday.

To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

4:31pm October 11, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"No one in our city should live in fear," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Catholic archdiocese program is modeled on one in Dallas, which aims to alleviate immigrants' fears of police stops.

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

National

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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A new report released by the Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog found that doctors were not properly vetted, putting immigrants and U.S. citizens at risk.

Doctors With Criminal Records Examined Immigrants, Report Says

7:43pm September 25, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Internal investigators at DHS said 132 doctors employed to examine immigrants could pose health or safety risks. Before he was hired, one physician tried to recruit a hit man to kill a patient.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands at a highway checkpoint on August 1 in West Enfield, Maine.

Federal Agents Board Buses 100 Miles From Border To Ask, Are You A U.S. Citizen?

5:26pm September 20, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

U.S. Border Patrol agents are boarding buses and stopping cars from private lines like Greyhound and Concord Coach within 100 miles of a U.S. border, asking passengers if they're American citizens.

A Spanish government relief worker plays with a young migrant child at a sports center in San Roque, southern Spain, after the child was rescued by Spain's Maritime Rescue Service in the Strait of Gibraltar on Aug. 1.

World News

Spain Now Sees More Migrant Arrivals Than Any Other European Country

9:01am September 20, 2018

by Lucia Benavides

Far more immigrants and asylum-seekers are crossing the Spanish border than those entering other usual Mediterranean entry points Greece and Italy.

Jose Antonio Vargas, pictured at a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, has written a memoir of his life as an undocumented immigrant in Dear America.

'Dear America,' Writes A Pulitzer-Winning Journalist — And Undocumented Immigrant

5:37pm September 15, 2018

by Scott Simon

Jose Antonio Vargas' new book is a memoir about living in the U.S. as an "undocumented citizen" — a secret he himself didn't discover until he was 16.

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Politics & Government

Investigators Seek Massive Trove Of North Carolina Voting Records

3:03pm September 05, 2018

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act and others demonstrate outside the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Calif., in May. The Trump administration failed to convince a U.S. appeals court that it was justified in ending the

National

Texas Judge Says DACA Is Probably Illegal, But Leaves It In Place

7:51pm August 31, 2018

by Joel Rose

Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen had ended a similar Obama-era program, but he declined to halt DACA, saying the coalition of opposed states waited too long to bring their lawsuit.

3 Separated Children Were Sexually Abused At Shelters, El Salvador Says

3:42pm August 31, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The minors are aged 12 to 17 and were abused by workers at facilities in Arizona, authorities said. The announcement is the latest in a series of abuse allegations.

News

Greensboro Fire Department Releases Final Report On Deadly Summit Avenue Fire

3:26pm August 27, 2018

by Sean Bueter

The Greensboro Fire Department has released its final report on the fire that killed five refugee children earlier this year.