immigration

Central American migrants taking part in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan toward the United States, arrive in Mexico, on Friday where they will attend a legal clinic with NGOs on human rights. President Donald Trump tweeted his condemnation of the caravan

A Salvadoran Woman Missed Her U.S. Court Date. What Happens Next?

2:54pm April 08, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

After a week full of immigration news, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro has an update on the story of a woman from El Salvador who is seeking asylum in the United States.

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Being in rural places means potential patients may often be isolated, low-income and not have easy access to transportation — and therefore difficult to serve.

In A Border Region Where Immigrants Are Wary, A Health Center Travels To Its Patients

9:04am April 06, 2018

by Kat Chow

The staff of a health center in New York State noticed that farm workers were struggling to get to clinics. So the staff decided to bring check-ups to them — through video.

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray says Mexico works with the U.S. on migration every day, in an apparent response to President Trump's recent tweets. He's seen here during a news conference in Mexico City in February that included then-U.S. Secretar

Mexico's Foreign Minister Cites 'Facts' After Trump Slams Mexico Over Migration

1:33pm April 02, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso is rejecting claims that his country allows "caravans" of migrants to pass into the U.S.

Detainees stand in a hall at a detention center for migrants in Al Kararim, Libya. The North African country is a key transit spot and destination for migrants seeking employment or a path to Europe.

World News

Migrants Captured In Libya Say They End Up Sold As Slaves

8:18pm March 21, 2018

by Ruth Sherlock

Men detained en route to Europe in Libya tell NPR that guards held them for ransom and sold them off to other detention centers and ultimately into forced labor.

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Student Journalists

What My Mom Sacrificed For Me

4:00pm March 21, 2018

by Emma Gordon

Emma Gordon is your typical teenager. She is a freshman at R.J.

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Congressional leaders (from left) House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appear together at a January event in the U.S. Capitol.

Politics & Government

Congress Set To Unveil $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill

3:13pm March 21, 2018

The legislation is said to include nearly $1.6 billion in border security increases without addressing a legal fix for the roughly 700,000 immigrants who stand to lose protection under DACA.

The idea was conceived as a way to highlight how current anti-immigration sentiment echoes slurs against Irish people who came to America after the potato famine in the 1840s.

National

Kiss Off, You're Irish: In Experiment, Detroit Pub Bans St. Patrick's Day Revelers

3:41pm March 20, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

To help humanize and bring historical perspective to the issue of immigration, the "No Irish Pub" turned away people based on two criteria: being Irish or wearing green to celebrate St. Paddy's Day.

Zoila Gutierrez (left) is a student in the Encuentro home health aide class in Albequerque. Though her youngest daughter is a citizen and two older kids are registered under DACA, Gutierrez doesn't have papers, and knows she may have to leave her job and

U.S. Immigration Policy Threatens Shake-Up In Home Health Business

9:28am March 05, 2018

by Ina Jaffe

At least a million more home aides will be needed in the next decade, U.S. statistics suggest. And about a quarter of today's 3 million aides who help older adults avoid nursing homes are immigrants.

For mixed-status families, immigration talk can be stressful.

What Does It Mean To Be A 'Nation Of Immigrants'?

12:16pm February 28, 2018

Families have played a huge role in helping new immigrants succeed, argues UCLA Professor Hiroshi Motomura. Changing the rules would dramatically change the face of immigration.

Immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally are transferred to be processed at the Tucson sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Arizona in 2016.

Supreme Court Ruling Means Immigrants Could Continue To Be Detained Indefinitely

2:05pm February 27, 2018

The court ruled that immigrants, even those who are permanent legal residents and asylum seekers, have no right to periodic bond hearings, meaning they could be held indefinitely in some cases.