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Travel ban back in court
Trump's problematic order had a waiver process built into it; dozens of people are now filing a lawsuit alleging that option to bypass the ban legally is a fraud.
Slavery survivor
Flor Molina endured abuse and indentured servitude at a California factory. Now, she's being recognized for her work to end labor trafficking in the U.S. Flor told VOA's Ramon Taylor about the moment her former boss hit her.
Monsoon everyday
After months of fretting about monsoon season, officials in Bangladesh are relocating Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar to protect them from flooding and the pelting waves of rain that threatened thousands of camp residents. “I feel I am in a kind of prison where life is very uncertain and does not point to any kind of light or hope,” one refugee said. Video reports from a camp show the dire situation, and the United Nations is warning of trafficking risks for the Rohingya community in exile.
Immigration options narrow
Trump says he wants “merit-based” and “skilled” immigrants. So why is the administration making it harder for those same people to stay? And what do the changes to legal immigration mean for would-be new Americans?
Maybe take Grandma's advice?
The “raging grannies” of New York are angry, and they're headed to the U.S.-Mexico frontier to make it known. The six-day, multistate moving protest is border-bound to protest the Trump administration's family separation policy.
Other communities around the country have raised money and collected donations for detained migrant parents and children as sentiment against the policy runs high. But their outrage does not seem to mean that attitudes toward immigration are changing.
Nicaragua spillover
Amid political violence in Nicaragua, neighboring Costa Rica is becoming a safe haven for the displaced — and so are the so-called “northern triangle” countries in Central America that are a source of much migration to the United States.
