immigration
Trump's hard-line immigration policies build on the history of former US presidents
To Trump critics, immigration raids and squalid holding cells at the US southern border characterize his hard-line stance on immigration. But how do his policies compare to past US presidents?
This Brooklyn pop-up school taps immigrants’ expertise — by making them teachers
‘The Infiltrators’ film aims to open Americans’ eyes to the reality of deportation
Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family
As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition
Proposed ‘public charge’ rule change stirs confusion over green card eligibility
Immigrant parents are pulling their children from health and nutrition programs because they're afraid that participating in them could prevent them from getting their green cards.
Her cousin was killed in a school shooting, but this exchange student decided to stay in the US
Sabika Sheikh was killed along with seven other classmates and two teachers at Santa Fe High School in Texas last May. Her cousin, Shaheera Jalil Albasit, wants to keep building peace.
Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?
Temporary Protected Status for Haitians runs out on July 22, 2019. There are about 58,000 Haitians and their 27,000 US-born children who will be affected.
An iconic image challenged the politics of Cuban Americans
Photographer Alan Díaz died on Tuesday at age 71. His 2000 image of the Cuban boy Elián González being taken by force from his American relatives endures.
In New York, volunteers engage in a quiet form of advocacy for immigrants facing deportation
The New Sanctuary Coalition has been training people to accompany immigrants to check-ins and court dates for 11 years. Since Trump took office, they’re volunteer base is growing.
‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family
Abdo Elfgeeh held on to hope that they would reunite though war split them apart. The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday changed his mind.
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.
For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone
Beth Lew-Williams’ grandfather was 9 when he was separated from family and placed in immigration detention. And he held the pain of the experience for 72 years.
In the diaspora, Colombia’s presidential election is as much about the past as the future
Colombians in the US who remember the violence they left behind will likely vote for a far-right candidate.
For this mother and daughter, separated a year ago at the southern border, Trump's ‘zero-tolerance’ policy isn’t new
The Trump administration has recently implemented a policy of separating migrant children from their parents if they cross the southern border other than at a checkpoint. But they began testing a similar policy a year ago.