Asylum
<p>Stories about the complex process of seeking asylum — and how that process is changing. Want to see for yourself? <a href="https://interactive.pri.org/2018/02/walls-we-dont-see/journey1.html?reload">Make your way through the US asylum process with this interactive tool.</a></p>
SCOTUS rules some rejected asylum-seekers can't challenge decisions
The ruling says immigrants denied asylum under streamlined proceedings, cannot contest that decision in court.
When the government wrongly deports people, coming back to the US is almost impossible
The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages
Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws
This mother, already deported, doesn’t know if she’ll ever be reunited with the daughter taken from her at the US border
Trump’s new order on families at the border raises even more questions about what happens next for child migrants
We’re answering some of your most pressing questions about what happens next.
Will the US deny asylum to domestic violence survivors?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to try and limit who qualifies for asylum in the US.
At the US-Mexico border, migrants face an uncertain wait
Some lawyers question why US border officials are unable to process the asylum-seeking migrants from Central America, as the "caravan" has made international headlines during its travels north through Mexico.
As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together
Since 2014, some Central American youth were given temporary permission to join their parents in the US. The government acknowledged the danger they were in. But now, the Trump administration has canceled the programs that brought them. Meet one family, who waited 15 years to reunite, but whose time is almost up.
Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention
A battle is on over the constitutionality of indefinite immigrant detention.
With smuggling costs skyrocketing, parents balance risk and debt for their children's future
The cost of smuggling has gone up in the last year — sharply. But, for the safety of their children, parents get references, take out loans and make the best smuggling decision they can.
She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there’s little time or resources to heal while seeking asylum in the US
The Trump administration wants immigrants to stop using public benefits, but many immigrants are already severely restricted from receiving assistance with food, health and child care. Even when they are at their most vulnerable.
Make your way through the maze of seeking asylum in the US
What would you do if you were a victim of domestic violence seeking safety in the US? Follow the asylum process for a young woman and her daughter in this interactive.
The courts called him a terrorist, but one judge and several politicians want him to be able to stay in the US
Depending on whom you ask, Malachy McAllister is either an Irish terrorist or a persecuted asylum seeker. Either way, he’s been facing deportation for 10 years.
Why 80 asylum-seekers are marching to the US southern border, even though they'll probably be turned away
Guatemalan, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran and Honduran migrants are participating in the Caravan of Refugees to advocate for the right to request asylum.