Immigration

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USA

US Judge Rejects Rules Limiting H-1B Visas

FILE - An envelope contains a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit, Michigan, April 5, 2020.
USA

Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Trump's Census Plan

Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be director of Homeland Security, speaks as President-elect…
2020 USA Votes

Cuban American Mayorkas Brings Immigration Experience to DHS 

Immigration

US Will Appeal Order Barring Expulsions of Migrant Children

Yafa Dias holds a sign at an immigration reform rally, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in New York. Those at the rally are asking…
Immigration

US Agrees - For Now - To Stop Deporting Women Who Alleged Abuse

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, Dawn Wooten, left, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla,…
Immigration

Report: Mobile Fingerprinting a Core Tool in US Deportations

A woman who is seeking asylum has her fingerprints taken by a U.S. Customs and Border patrol officer at a pedestrian port of entry from Mexico to the United States, in McAllen, Texas, May 10, 2017.
US Politics

Biden Expected to Reverse Many of Trump's Immigration Policies

Demonstrators with the New York Immigration Coalition rally asking President-elect Joe Biden to prioritize immigration reform,…
Immigration

Judge Orders US to Stop Expelling Children Who Cross Border

Adalicia Montecino and her husband Rolando Bueso Castillo are surrounded by the media as they walk with their year-old son Johan Bueso Montecinos, who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children, in San Pedro
Immigration

Federal Judge: Wolf’s DACA Rules Invalid

In this June 18, 2020, photo, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court…
2020 USA Votes

US Immigration Policy Changes Expected Under Biden

Murad Awawdeh, right, with the New York Immigration Coalition, speaks at a rally asking President-elect Joe Biden to prioritize…
USA

Foreign Students Look Forward to Visa Stability

FILE - Students walk on the Stanford University campus in Santa Clara, California, March 14, 2019.
2020 USA Votes

From Refugee to Representative, US Candidates Celebrate Election Victories

Oballa Oballa
USA

US Cuts Refugee Admissions, Creating Doubt for Tens of Thousands of Applicants 

Faith leaders and members of human rights groups protest outside of the U.S. Capitol during a demonstration calling congress…
2020 USA Votes

Motivations Vary as African Diaspora Vote in US Election

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2020 file photo, a voting location is shown in Mission, Kan. A new survey by The Associated Press-NORC…
2020 USA Votes

Feds Wrongly Tell Some New US Citizens They Missed Chance to Vote

FILE - A soon-to-be U.S. citizen candidate holds an American flag and the words to The Star-Spangled Banner before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Miami, Florida, Aug. 16, 2019.
2020 USA Votes

2 Americans with African Roots Vie for Changes Through Ballot Box

Voters cast their ballots at privacy booths during early voting at the Brooklyn Museum, Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020, in New York. (AP…
USA

Trump Administration Sets Record Low Limit for New US Refugees

Migrants and human right activists protest against the U.S. and Mexico immigration policies and for the right to seek asylum, at the San Ysidro border crossing port in Tijuana
Immigration

How Trump Administration Dramatically Reshaped US Immigration Policy

U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to autograph a plaque commemorating the construction of the 200th mile of border wall…
Immigration

Parents of 545 Children Separated at Border Can't Be Found

Adalicia Montecino and her husband Rolando Bueso Castillo are surrounded by the media as they walk with their year-old son Johan Bueso Montecinos, who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children, in San Pedro
Immigration

Supreme Court to Review 2 Cases Involving Trump Border Policy

A border patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in San…
USA

US Supreme Court to Review Legality of Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Asylum Policy

Officials stand on the Supreme Court steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, as preparations take place…
COVID-19 Pandemic

Traffickers Profiting as Pandemic Makes Crime Harder to Crack, UN Warns

FILE - A Filipino girl looks at posters condemning child trafficking inside a shelter for runaway child laborers in Manila.
US Politics

Justices to Weigh Trump Census Plan to Exclude Noncitizens

FILE - This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit…