Jan 28 Watch 3:02 Travelers detained at NYC airport after immigration freeze By PBS News Hour On Friday night, travelers were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City if they came from one of the seven, predominantly Muslim countries that President Donald Trump has listed on an immigration ban. Nicholas Kulish, one… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 3:13 Putting Trump's comments on Chicago in context By PBS News Hour In his first week in office, President Donald Trump's actions have had particular significance in Chicago. The president signed an executive order withholding federal grant money from “sanctuary cities,” which includes Chicago, and said he would “send in the Feds”… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 9:50 Texas on front lines of NAFTA negotiations By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump announced this week his plan to renegotiate NAFTA, a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, citing a loss of jobs in the U.S. But many business owners and politicians in Texas, which shares a border with… Continue watching
Jan 28 Fallout grows from Trump's new immigration crackdown By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Trump's order has ushered in a period of limbo for an unknown number of non-American citizens that are now barred from the U.S. Continue reading
Jan 28 White House reverses course on green card holders By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The White House on Sunday tried to tamp down concerns about President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration order in the face of widespread protests… Continue reading
Jan 28 'All our hopes and dreams vanished' -- Syrian refugees devastated as Trump bans them By Karin Laub, Associated Press In an executive order Friday, Trump suspended all refugee admissions to the U.S. for four months and banned the entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely. Continue reading
Jan 27 How is Trump's immigration crackdown seen in Muslim-majority nations? By Adam Schreck, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Many citizens of Muslim-majority countries affected by President Donald Trump's curbs on travel to the United States say they were hardly surprised the restrictions rank among his first orders of business. The new commander-in-chief had,… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 53:48 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 27, 2017 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trump bans refugees from Syria and halts immigrants from other Middle Eastern nations. Also: The British prime minister's first trip to the White House, tens of thousands march against abortion with support from the vice… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 5:39 Trump bans Syrian refugees, calls for dramatic expansion of armed services By PBS News Hour President Trump acted on one of his most polarizing promises, signing an executive action to curb the admission of refugees, including an indefinite ban on accepting refugees from war-torn Syria. Lisa Desjardins offers a roundup of news from the White… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 2:23 News Wrap: UN Ambassador Haley warns those who 'don't have our back' By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, it was Ambassador Nikki Haley's first day on the job at the United Nations, where she warned "those that don't have our back: we're taking names." Also, The National Park Service confirmed that President Trumped… Continue watching