Immigration

The Trump administration has created a framework that will allow asylum-seekers to be sent to other nations that have negotiated bilateral agreements to accept them

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A federal judge has ruled the U.S. government was correct when it determined a woman who joined the Islamic State was not an American citizen despite her birth in the country

It was the fifth straight month of declining apprehension numbers since May, when the number of migrants stopped by US border agents spiked past 130,000

833,000 people - an 11-year high - became naturalized Americans in 2019

The fate of about 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children is in the hands of nine Supreme Court justices. The court will decide if the Trump administration has the right to end the program, called DACA, which protects the young immigrants, known as dreamers, from deportation. VOA's Zlatica Hoke reports the U.S. high court heard arguments for both sides on Tuesday.

Nine-member court's decision expected by June, at the height of the 2020 presidential campaign