immigration
President Trump claims migrant women are being taped up at the border
Experts have no idea what he’s talking about
January 18
January 18
Federal judge halts deportation of a woman who won a lawsuit over her immigration arrest
Roxana Orellana Santos was detained while her attorneys try to negotiate damages in her case
January 17
January 17
Saudi teen who fled her family starts new life in Canada with a new name
The 18-year-old’s escape during a family holiday in Kuwait drew worldwide attention
January 16
January 16
‘We know exactly what Rahaf is feeling’: Friend of Saudi woman granted asylum in Canada speaks out
‘I told her we will save her and never forget her’
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, the Saudi woman who fled her family, is granted asylum in Canada
Several countries said they could welcome Alqunun as a refugee, but she preferred Canada
January 11
January 11
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, Saudi 18-year-old fleeing her family, will be considered for resettlement in Australia
The decision does not grant automatic refugee status, but it makes a positive asylum decision far more likely
January 9
January 9
Trump used her slain daughter to rail against illegal immigration. She chose a different path.
After Mollie Tibbetts’s politicized death, her mother offers an unlikely kindness
December 29
December 29
‘A detention center is no place for a child’: an 8-year-old migrant boy dies in U.S. custody
The child’s death came 17 days after 7-year-old Jakelin Caal died in government custody Dec. 8
December 26
December 26
We warned the Department of Homeland Security that a migrant child could die in custody. Now one has.
We fear that unless U.S. authorities stop detaining children, Jakelin Caal Maquin will not be the last child to die in government custody
The Trump administration tried to deny asylum to migrants fleeing abuse. A judge just struck the policies down.
He wrote that the policies were ‘arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law’