Immigration

Reuben Panchol is shown Dec. 6, 2019, at the North Dakota state capitol in Bismarck. Panchol, who immigrated from Sudan to North Dakota as a child, says he hopes to tell his personal story at a meeting Monday, Dec. 9.
Immigration

North Dakota County May Become US's 1st to Bar New Refugees

In this July 12, 2019 file photo, men stand in a U.S. Immigration and Border Enforcement detention center in McAllen, Texas, during a visit by Vice President Mike Pence. Immigration lawyers say a pattern has repeated itself for several weeks in…
Immigration

US Rejects Offer of Free Flu Shots for Detained Immigrants

A sign to the Victim Identification Lab, part of Homeland Security's Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, is seen in Fairfax…
Immigration

A Locker, a Chirp: How Tiny Clues Help Solve Child Sex Cases

Immigration

(Im)migration Recap: Dec. 1-6

There are concerns that inadequate schooling and vocational training opportunities for Rohingya youth could leave young refugees unprepared for life as adults. (Dave Grunebaum/VOA)
Immigration

More US States Welcome Refugees Under New Trump Rule

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks with reporters following a meeting with top legislative leaders, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at the…
Immigration

Lawsuit Challenges Social Media Disclosure Rule for Visas

A woman leaves the U.S. State Department building in Washington June 5, 2009
The Americas

Rights Group: Venezuela Migrant Kids Left at Risk in Brazil

Venezuelan children sleep at the Binational Border Service Center in Tumbes, Peru.
Immigration

ICE: Protest at Louisiana Jail Ends After Pepper Spray Used

Detainees sit in a yard during a media tour inside the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, La., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. …
Immigration

US Sends First Salvadoran Back to Guatemala Under Asylum Deal

Migrants from Honduras (L) and El Salvador are pictured after being sent back to Guatemala from the United States, under a new…
Immigration

Asylum Seekers Jam US Border Crossings to Evade Trump Policy

In this Aug. 30, 2019, photo, migrants, many who were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico,”…
Immigration

She Can't Vote, but 2020 Democrats Want Her Support Anyway

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo Astrid Silva is interviewed by The Associated Press on Capitol Hill in Washington. As…
Immigration

US Border Agents Rescue Migrants From Flooded Drainage Pipe

During a training drill, Customs and Border Protection officials block the entrance to the San Ysidro port of entry Thursday,…

VOA Interview: US Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson

Interview with US Ambassador to El-Salvador
Immigration

Report: DHS Lacked Technology to Track Separated Migrant Families

Jackson Borrello, 8, leads activists with a Tuesdays with Tillis rally outside U.S. Senator Tom Tillis' office at the Federal Building to demand the reunification of families separated at the border in Raleigh, N.C., June 26, 2018.
Immigration

Tougher US Asylum Policy Follows in Europe's Footsteps 

In this Nov. 12, 2019, photo, volunteers call names of people on a waiting list trying to obtain asylum in the United States…
Impeachment Inquiry

Immigrants Played Vital Role in Trump Impeachment Hearings

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill.
Immigration

(Im)migration Recap: Nov. 17-22

Guatemalan migrants walk on the tarmac after being deported from U.S., at La Aurora International airport in Guatemala City,…
Impeachment Inquiry

Trump Impeachment Hearings Highlight Immigrants' Stories

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland returns from a break to continue testifying before the House Intelligence…
The Americas

US Sends Guatemala First Honduran Migrant Under Asylum Deal 

Guatemalan migrants walk on the tarmac after being deported from U.S., at La Aurora International airport in Guatemala City,…
USA

Refugee Resettlement Agencies Sue to Block Trump Order

People are detained on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building during a demonstration against planned Trump administration cuts…
Immigration

Ruling Backs Asylum-seekers at Border Prior to Policy Shift

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 file photo asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a…
Immigration

US Border Activist Testifies He Did Not Harbor Migrants

Scott Warren, center, speaks outside federal court, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. in Tucson, Ariz., after a mistrial was declared in…
Immigration

US to Change Migration Rules in Bid to Send Asylum-Seekers Elsewhere

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, people line up to cross the border into the United States on International Bridge 1,…