migrants

Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Holds Election Night Event In West Palm Beach

National

Immigrant rights groups ready to challenge President-elect Trump’s policies

12:01pm November 07, 2024

Civil and immigration rights groups say they are better prepared this time for potential Trump border policies. But they also expressed disappointment with Democrats on immigration issues.

National

Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles

3:40pm August 14, 2024

Former President Donald Trump and his allies promise a historic deportation effort if he's reelected. But internal documents from his time in office show how difficult that would be to execute.

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Day laborers congregate outside of a Home Depot in Brooklyn, NY in June 2024.

Economy

An asylum seeker's long road to a work permit

7:52pm July 11, 2024

There are currently just under 65,000 migrants in New York City's shelter system, stretching the city's outworn social service systems. Today on the show, we follow one asylum seeker's journey from Venezuela to New York and explore why the process is lengthy and complicated.

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World News

A deadly fire exposes the lack of protection for migrant workers in South Korea

5:01am July 06, 2024

by Se Eun Gong

As South Korea's population shrinks, foreign migrant workers are joining the country's workforce. But a recent deadly fire exposed the risks some of them are facing.

Migrants cross the English Channel in small boats

World News

Immigration is a big issue ahead of the U.K. elections, too

1:38pm June 15, 2024

by Willem Marx

Brexit was supposed to give Britain a handle on its borders, according to its boosters. But as the U.K. government still struggles with migration across the English Channel, migrants remain a high concern for many voters.

President Biden Delivers Remarks On New Border Policy

ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border

6:19pm June 12, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden is using new executive actions to block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The ACLU says this goes against U.S. asylum laws.

A photo of Ajmal Khan on his way to Western Europe to find work, taken by a travel companion and sent by Khan to his family in Afghanistan via WhatsApp. The 17-year-old drowned when crossing the Drina River in Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia-Herzegovina — part of a common route for migrants as they headed toward wealthier European countries.

Health & Safety

An Afghan migrant, age 17, drowned in a Bosnian river. Here's how citizens responded

7:57pm April 27, 2024

On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure to the families.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country.

World News

U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

10:46pm April 22, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.

Venezuelan migrants gather at the Vineyard Haven ferry terminal in Marthas Vineyard. The group was transported to Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay.

National

A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard

7:12pm April 01, 2024

by Greg Allen

Migrants can sue an air transport company that they say misled them when it flew them from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. A judge dismissed claims against Florida officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A wooden migrant boat lies grounded on a reef alongside mangroves, at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier, Fla., last year. The U.S. Coast Guard says that since October, has it intercepted and returned about 130 migrants to Haiti.

DeSantis is prepping for a wave of Haitian migrants. Advocates say he's grandstanding

4:52pm March 21, 2024

by Greg Allen

Florida's governor is deploying troops and law enforcement officers to intercept any migrants coming by boat from Haiti. Some Haitian-American leaders say it's more about politics than being prepared.