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Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, addresses the media during a news conference at a refugee resettling agency in Toronto on Jan. 15. She pledged to "work in support of freedom for women around the world, the same freedom I experienced on the first day I arrived in Canada." Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Saudi Kingdom Tries To Prevent More Women From Fleeing
March 13, 2019 • The case of an 18-year-old refugee in Canada will embolden other Saudi women to follow suit, experts say. Saudi officials have launched a campaign to stop that from happening.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Tuesday the agency is seeking to close all of its foreign field offices around the world, a move introduced by Director L. Francis Cissna. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Trump Administration Seeks To Close International Immigration Offices
March 12, 2019 • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is in "preliminary discussions" to shutter 23 field offices around the world to save millions. Critics say it will exacerbate a processing bottleneck.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday that it was implementing new guidelines to identify minors in spousal and fiancée visas. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
U.S. Agency Tightens Immigration Rules To Spotlight Child Marriage
February 15, 2019 • The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released new rules for officers to identify visa petitions in which spouses are minors. No minimum age requirement for such requests currently exists.
President Trump speaks on a deal to end the partial government shutdown last month. While Trump is expected to maintain his demand for border wall funding in his State of the Union speech, he is also expected to mention issues that carry bipartisan support. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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In The Shadow Of The Wall, Trump Will Deliver The State Of The Union
February 5, 2019 • The border wall fight has swamped all else on President Trump's agenda for weeks. Tuesday night's address could be a chance for him to reset the conversation. But will it?
On Thursday ICE officials confirmed at least six immigrant detainees on a hunger strike are being force-fed through a nasal tube. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
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ICE Confirms Force-Feeding Of Detainees On Hunger Strike
January 31, 2019 • The agency said it respects the right to voice opinions and doesn't retaliate against hunger strikers. "It's extremely painful and it's against their will," a lawyer for two asylum-seekers told NPR.
Muneer Subaihani at the airport in Baghdad on Tuesday, waiting to board the first of his flights back to the United States. Ahmed Qusay for NPR hide caption
Ahmed Qusay for NPR
Iraqi Has Returned To U.S. After ICE Deported Him Against Court Orders
January 31, 2019 • Muneer Subaihani says immigration agents told him he would be in jail for life if he didn't agree to be deported to Iraq. On Tuesday, in a rare event, he was admitted back into the U.S.
Carlos Catarldo Gomez, of Honduras, center, is escorted by Mexican officials after leaving the United States, the first person returned to Mexico to wait for his asylum trial date, in Tijuana, Mexico Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
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Trump Administration Begins 'Remain In Mexico' Policy, Sending Asylum-Seekers Back
January 29, 2019 • The new procedure is designed to prevent applicants from remaining in the U.S. while they await a hearing before an immigration judge.
Children of Mexican immigrants wait to receive a free health checkup inside a mobile clinic at the Mexican Consulate in Denver, Colo., in 2009. The Trump administration wants to ratchet up scrutiny of the use of social services by immigrants. That's already led some worried parents to avoid family health care. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Fear Of Deportation Or Green Card Denial Deters Some Parents From Getting Kids Care
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January 26, 2019 • A Texas girl needs autism treatment, but her immigrant mother is afraid of turning to Medicaid. As more U.S. children go without health coverage, border watchers partly blame politics of intimidation.
Honduran asylum seekers enter the U.S. at San Diego's Otay Mesa port of entry, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Moises Castillo/AP hide caption
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U.S. Is Rolling Out Its 'Remain In Mexico' Policy On Central American Asylum-Seekers
January 24, 2019 • The plan, expected to meet with a swift legal challenge, comes out of talks with Mexican officials. The administration is implementing it first at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry.
President Trump's proposal to end the partial government shutdown includes not only funding for an expanded border wall, parts of which can be seen from Tijuana, Mexico, but also provisions that further restrict asylum seekers. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
The Border Wall Isn't The Only Reason Democrats Oppose Plan To End The Shutdown
January 22, 2019 • Democrats and immigrant rights advocates say the president's proposal to end the shutdown contains big changes to asylum law that they're calling a "poison pill."
Honduran migrants wait in line to cross over the border checkpoint into Guatemala in Agua Caliente, Honduras. A new caravan of at least several hundred Hondurans has set off toward the United States on foot or in vehicles. Some have already crossed into Guatemala. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Honduran Caravan Crosses Guatemala, Traveling Toward U.S.
January 16, 2019 • The caravan, which could consist of up to 2,000 migrants, began its journey from Honduras on Monday. The migrants have already become symbols in the ongoing battle over border security.
An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. works at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to decontaminate the area after the 2011 nuclear meltdown. A Vietnamese laborer in Japan on a training program says he was also put to work cleaning up the site, but with inadequate gear. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
As Japan Tries Out Immigration, Migrant Workers Complain Of Exploitation
January 15, 2019 • A Vietnamese laborer tells NPR he was led to believe he would learn construction work but ended up cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear site. Migrant advocates say Japan needs to overhaul the program.
If confirmed, William Barr will lead the Justice Department for the second time in his career; the first was under President George H.W. Bush. Time Warner via AP hide caption
Time Warner via AP
Senate Sets Mid-January Confirmation Hearings For Attorney General Nominee
January 3, 2019 • William Barr, nominated by President Trump to become attorney general, will face the Senate Jan. 15 and 16. If confirmed, Barr will replace acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
Asylum seekers stand at a bus stop after they were dropped off by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Greyhound bus station in El Paso, Texas on Dec. 23. Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Trump Blames Democrats For Deaths Of Migrant Kids As DHS Secretary Visits Border
December 29, 2018 • Kirstjen Nielsen's visit to Texas and Arizona comes as her department is under scrutiny for the recent deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a host of "extraordinary protective measures" designed to improve conditions for children and adults held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Susan Walsh/AP
Department Of Homeland Security Promises Changes To Protect Migrant Children
December 26, 2018 • Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen promises new "extraordinary protective measures" in the wake of the death of a second migrant child this month. They will require assistance from multiple federal agencies.
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