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A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria, April 4, 2017.
Conflict
President Trump, you bombed Assad for killing ‘beautiful babies.’ Why won’t you accept refugee kids?
Demonstrators rallied against the Trump administration's new ban on new refugees and against travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, outside the White House in Washington on March 6.
Global Politics
A judge in Hawaii just blocked Trump’s revamped immigration order
Protest
Global Politics
President Trump, how will your administration deal with US-citizen children whose parents are deported?
Immigration activists rally against the Trump administration's new ban against travelers from six Muslim-majority nations
Conflict
Will the travel ban and building a wall fix America’s immigration problems?
Front of building with sign for Prairieland Detention Center
Justice
President Trump, how will you handle cases of abuse at privately run prisons and immigration detention centers?
Airport
Science
Scientists skip international meeting due to fear of US travel
Jim
Conflict
Japanese Americans remember a dark chapter when they were ‘more number than name’
black and white photo of people holding up signs of location names
Justice
New immigration policies are convincing more Japanese Americans to engage in the radical act of remembering
Protesters at airport, protesting outdoors in front of airplanes
Justice
Activists, on overdrive to respond to Trump’s immigration plans, are making new alliances in Detroit
Women and children disembark from a bus marked with the insignia of the ICE
Justice
#19. @realDonaldTrump: You plan to hire 10,000 more immigration officers. Are you also expanding immigration courts? #100Days100Qs
Bodega
Conflict
Bodegas — a sacred New York institution — are always open. But they weren’t on Thursday.
President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast event in Washington, DC, Feb. 2, 2017.
Justice
A guide to the Geneva Convention for beginners, dummies and newly elected world leaders
President Donald Trump signs an executive order to impose tighter vetting of travelers entering the United States, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Global Politics
A former White House official says Trump ignores due process at his own peril
Bunk beds in cell, with man taking photo will cell phone
Justice
We’ve been here before: Historians annotate and analyze immigration ban’s place in history
People hugging in front of airport arrival and departure signs
Justice
Attorneys in Michigan’s Arab American communities have a short window to prepare for Trump’s immigration plan
Protesters with signs, one reads Salaam
Conflict
Federal judge deals Trump administration its first defeat — perhaps temporary — over its immigration restrictions
Woman sitting at desk while on phone, with computer screen behind
Justice
Black and Muslim, some African immigrants feel the brunt of Trump’s immigration plans
Men on horses in Border Patrol uniforms, seen from back at dusk
Justice
#4. @realDonaldTrump: As you increase immigration enforcement, will you make public information about detention & deportation? #100Days100Qs