Oct 26 Watch 3:22 Comedian Hasan Minhaj on political satire and ‘the American Dream Tax’ By Steve Goldbloom Hasan Minhaj, a former correspondent for “The Daily Show,” grew up in California as the son of immigrants, experiencing childhood as a "brown kid in America." With his new show "Patriot Act" premiering this week on Netflix, Minhaj shares his… Continue watching
Oct 22 What we know about the latest migrant caravan traveling through Mexico By Larisa Epatko, Joshua Barajas As of Monday, the United Nations said the caravan heading north has grown to about 7,200 Central American migrants. Here is what we know. Continue reading
Aug 09 For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits By Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. Continue reading
Jun 21 Justice Department asks federal judge to remove 20-day detention limit on immigrant families By Nomaan Merchant, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press The Department of Justice asked a federal judge to change the rules regarding the detention of immigrant families who enter the country illegally, seeking permission to detain them for longer than 20 days in an effort to keep children with… Continue reading
Jun 17 Erosion of immigrant protections began with Trump inaugural By Amy Taxin, Associated Press The Trump administration's move to separate immigrant parents from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border has grabbed attention around the world, drawn scorn from human-rights organizations and overtaken the immigration debate in Congress. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 4:04 Families separated by the border share hugs and tears at special reunion On a recent morning, the U.S.-Mexico border seemed to blur briefly as hundreds of people lined up for the chance to see their loved ones on the other side. The Hugs Not Walls event, organized by the Border Network for… Continue watching
Feb 27 Supreme Court says detained immigrants not entitled to bond hearing By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The case is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who've spent long periods in custody. The group includes some people facing deportation because they've committed a crime and others who arrived at the border seeking asylum. Continue reading
Jan 23 How a pro-Trump county elected a pro-immigrant reformer as sheriff By Simone Weichselbaum, The Marshall Project Sheriff Michael Chitwood is a brash and uncensored police leader who is a vocal defender of undocumented immigrants. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 7:41 How Trump’s reported slur could affect immigration politics By PBS News Hour President Trump is at the center of a storm of condemnation and charges of racism over his reported words about immigrants from Haiti and Africa during a meeting at the White House yesterday. Lisa Desjardins talks with Judy Woodruff about… Continue watching
Dec 20 Judge to weigh suits on program protecting DACA immigrants By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Five lawsuits against the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation face a key federal court hearing in San Francisco that could put an early end to the legal challenges or… Continue reading