Immigration

Model Neighbor But No Citizen: Undocumented Kansas Teacher in Detention

Science teacher Syed Ahmed Jamal, originally for Bangladesh, was arrested while getting into his car; he sits in a county jail, having been transferred from Kansas to Hawaii to Missouri

Lawsuit: Trump's Ending Immigrant Program Racially Motivated

Lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston seeks to block the administration from terminating temporary protective status for thousands of immigrants from Haiti and El Salvador

Trump Revives Push for Limits on Immigrants Bringing Family

For the past 50-plus years, family reunification has been central to U.S. immigration law

Professor Fighting Deportation to Bangladesh Returned to Missouri

It’s up to Immigration and Customs Enforcement whether he is allowed to stay with his family while awaiting his hearing

Hundreds of Immigrant Youth Continue to Fight for a DACA Solution 

Senate’s two-year budget deal kicked immigration debate into next week, leaving the immigrants, known as Dreamers, in continued limbo

The US Travel Ban After One Year

Trapped: Diasporas from Travel Ban-Affected Countries Reflect, One Year Later

VOA spoke with members of diaspora communities from countries on the ban list, where lives and livelihoods have been affected

One Year After US Travel Ban, Dying in a Refugee Camp

Hundreds of Somali refugees are waiting to grab a chance to live in the U.S. For some, it is a matter of life and death.

For ‘Khmerican’ Adoptees and Their Families, Camp Reunion to Keep Bonds Strong

A Colorado camp helped Cambodian adoptees identify with Cambodian-American camp counselors and volunteers; now they're planning a reunion

Indonesia Cultivates More Outward-Facing Foreign Policy

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi recently announced the creation of 'Indonesia Aid,' a 'single agency will strengthen Indonesia's diplomacy including humanitarian diplomacy'

How a Ugandan Refugee Became an American Police Shooting Statistic

Alfred Olango's sister called police for help during her brother’s mental breakdown; then the police response had a breakdown of its own