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The Iranian woman fled to Iraq after facing harassment in Iran. "I was hoping so much that I could get my flight to America before the crackdown resumed," she says. "So far, there's no way forward for me, I'm stuck."

Caught Up In Travel Ban, Iranian Lesbian Asylum Seeker Sees 'No Way Forward'

10:06am March 15, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

The woman says she fled to Iraq a couple of years ago, after facing harassment in Iran. As she's awaited approval to travel to the U.S., she says she's also faced threats in Iraq.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson holds a news conference Monday in Seattle to discuss President Trump's new immigration executive order.

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Washington State Wants Judge's Restraining Order Applied To Trump's New Travel Ban

6:53pm March 09, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday he will ask the judge who stayed the first travel ban nationwide to extend that stay to the revised ban. Several other states are joining the lawsuit.

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Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin speaks at a news conference in Honolulu last month. On Tuesday, Chin filed a motion against Trump's revised ban.

Hawaii Will Mount Legal Challenge To President's Revised Travel Ban

6:10pm March 08, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Hawaii's attorney general calls Trump's executive order "Muslim Ban 2.0." The suit argues that the ban subjects Muslims to discrimination and second-class treatment, and damages the state's economy.

The Trump administration's new executive order will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on March 16.

Trump Signs New Order Blocking Arrivals From 6 Majority-Muslim Countries

4:16pm March 06, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Trump's previous executive order caused chaos at airports and inspired protests and dozens of lawsuits. The new version omits Iraq, doesn't apply to existing visas and isn't in effect immediately.

President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night is expected to strike a more optimistic tone than his inaugural address did last month.

Trump To Lay Out Plans For 'Renewal Of The American Spirit' In Joint Address

10:49am February 28, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Tuesday's speech to Congress is a chance to reset a tumultuous first month. Administration officials say President Trump will strike a more optimistic tone than he did in his inaugural address.

Yahya Abu Romman stands outside his family's home in downtown Amman. The 22-year-old was deported from the U.S. after landing in Chicago at the end of January with a valid visa. He says border officers questioned why he holds a Jordanian passport when he

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Deported With A Valid U.S. Visa, Jordanian Says Message Is 'You're Not Welcome'

6:27pm February 24, 2017

by Jane Arraf

He landed in Chicago for a graduation celebration trip after President Trump's travel ban took effect on citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. He was held overnight in a cell and then sent back.

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In late 2015, the Obama administration began checking the social media accounts of Syrian refugees seeking to come to the U.S. The practice has continued and may be expanded under the Trump administration.

Trump Administration Weighs Increased Scrutiny Of Refugees' Social Media

5:59pm February 24, 2017

by Greg Myre

The Obama administration began checking social media accounts of prospective Syrian refugees more than a year ago. Such steps could expand as President Trump prepares a new executive order on vetting.

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President Trump speaks during a news conference Thursday at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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Trump Says He Will Issue 'New Executive Action' Related To Travel Ban

9:05pm February 16, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

On Thursday, the president said his administration will be appealing a decision that imposes a stay on his travel ban — and will also be issuing a new, "very comprehensive order" next week.

Dr. Farooq Habib (left) and Dr. Muhammad Tauseef share an office at Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic in Dallas. They're both from Pakistan and have both worked as pediatricians in medically underserved areas in the U.S.

Trump Travel Ban Spotlights U.S. Dependence On Foreign-Born Doctors

5:50am February 11, 2017

by Lauren Silverman

A quarter of doctors practicing in the U.S. went to medical school elsewhere. Many of these physicians practice in parts of this country that the government says need more primary care providers.

People from Yemen arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday. On Thursday, a three-judge panel upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended President Trump's executive order banning travelers from Yemen and six other majority-Muslim countri

5 Key Points From The Appeals Court's Travel Ban Ruling

6:43pm February 10, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

A three-judge panel ruled that the Trump administration had failed to show that anyone banned from U.S. under the Jan. 27 executive order had committed acts of terror.