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International students hoping for work training visas face long delays, denials

Across the country, international students are facing difficulties in obtaining a work permit that allow them to get training in their field of study. College administrators and immigration experts say visa delays and denials can have repercussions for American higher education and critical industries such as the health field.

International students hoping for work training visas face long delays, denials
Demonstrators protest President Donald Trump's travel ban outside Philadelphia International Airport.

This Trump voter is stunned to find her Syrian relatives deported

This Trump voter is stunned to find her Syrian relatives deported
A U.S. flag hangs over fake palm trees inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in 2011.

Translators who worked for the US military in Iraq wonder if their American dream is slipping away

Translators who worked for the US military in Iraq wonder if their American dream is slipping away
Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift
Baby Eva has yet to meet her Pakistani grandmother.

A Pakistani mom sets out to visit her new American granddaughter, and is turned back at the visa counter

A Pakistani mom sets out to visit her new American granddaughter, and is turned back at the visa counter
A bus advertising an American visa lottery in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.

Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper

When immigrants are granted visas, their lives are transformed, and so are the lives of the circle of people around them.

Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper
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Why one woman's fight to be with her husband wound up at the Supreme Court

Fauzia Din wants to know why her Afghan husband’s visa was denied, but the US government has stayed mum, citing national security.

Why one woman's fight to be with her husband wound up at the Supreme Court
The families of former Afghan interpreters Janis Shanwari and Ajmal Faqiri gather for a holiday lunch on Thursday.

Two Afghan interpreters, targeted for helping the US military, finally make it to America

Serving as a local interpreter for the US during the war in Afghanistan was a deeply risky move. It was like putting a target on your head for Taliban fighters. The US promised to help interpreters, but for two of them, the road to their holiday lunch this week reunited in the US was long and complex.

Two Afghan interpreters, targeted for helping the US military, finally make it to America