On N.Y.'s Staten Island, anti-immigration protests intensify as migrants stream in New York City has been housing migrants in makeshift shelters throughout the city. In some areas, it has led to protests and court challenges.
Despite efforts of 3 U.S. administrations, migrant families keep crossing the border Immigration authorities arrested more families in August than in any month on record. U.S. officials have long grappled with discouraging families from coming — and found there are no easy solutions.
'Being a citizen means you are free': One immigrant’s journey toward American citizenship The process of becoming a U.S. citizen is often a long and complicated one. RadioActive’s Eva Solorio talked with a family member about his journey to becoming an American citizen after immigrating from Mexico at eight years old.
An appeals court says new asylum restrictions at the border can stay in place for now A federal appeals court says the Biden administration's new rules for asylum-seekers at the border can continue while it considers the case. That decision puts a District Court ruling on hold.
Communities of faith welcome migrants caught in polarized immigration debate When migrants from Latin America were flown from Texas and dropped off in Sacramento with nowhere to go, a group of congregations came together to care for them.
They fought alongside the U.S. — now this female Afghan military platoon is in limbo After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, members of the Female Tactical Platoon came to America under a temporary humanitarian program. Many are now in immigration limbo.
They put food on our tables but live in the shadows. This man is fighting to be seen Jose Martinez has picked America's food for decades. With all that experience on different farms, he saw workers lacking labor protections. Now he works to give farmworkers more rights.
Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration The Supreme Court handed President Biden's administration a major victory in a long-running dispute over how to enforce the nation's immigration laws.
Here's one route where immigration has slowed since Biden's new U.S. border rules A popular immigration passageway saw a drop right when the U.S. passed new rules imposing criminal prosecution and requiring proof an asylum-seeker was previously denied in another country.
New U.S. immigration rules send asylum requests soaring in Mexico One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away.