Feb 12 White House defends travel ban as provocations mount By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Stephen Miller, a top White House aide, renewed support for President Donald Trump's embattled immigration order and praised a surge in deportations Sunday. Continue reading
Feb 10 Immigration ban reveals a nation divided By Laura Santhanam Now halted by a temporary court-ordered stay, President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Syrian refugees and blocking travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations created chaos at airports and left thousands of travelers in limbo. But beyond the immediate headlines, the order… Continue reading
Feb 09 A look at the judges who will rule on Trump’s travel ban By Gene Johnson, Associated Press Three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide as soon as Thursday whether to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban, which temporarily suspended the nation's refugee program and immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries… Continue reading
Feb 08 Pope repeats ‘bridges not walls’ after Trump travel ban By Associated Press Pope Francis has frequently invoked the "bridge not walls" appeal in urging countries to welcome migrants, including when he returned from a visit last year to the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 07 LISTEN: Appeals court hears arguments over Trump’s immigration ban By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press On Tuesday night, a three-judge panel from the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the legal battle over President Trump’s immigration ban. Continue reading
Feb 07 For Syrian refugees, uncertainty as legal battle over immigration ban unfolds By Larisa Epatko Advocacy groups say refugees who have resettled in the U.S. are concerned about what will happen to their family members living abroad. Continue reading
Feb 07 All of the changes to Trump’s executive order on immigration, explained By Ryan Connelly Holmes As lawyers from the DOJ and the states of Washington and Minnesota prepare to address a federal appeals court, a look at how the immigration ban has changed. Continue reading
Feb 06 Washington state AG ‘confident’ in case against immigration order By Daniel Bush Bob Ferguson, the attorney general for Washington state, one of two states challenging the executive order, said in a PBS NewsHour interview that he believed a panel of judges on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals would uphold a… Continue reading
Feb 06 Kerry, Albright warn court against immigration ban By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The officials join lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota, who told a federal appellate court that restoring the ban would "unleash chaos again."… Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 3:18 A look at the first two weeks of Trump’s presidency By PBS News Hour More than two weeks into his term, President Donald Trump has raised questions among some GOP members about his Republican beliefs and attacked a federal judge in Seattle over a ruling about Trump’s immigrant ban. To help analyze the latest… Continue watching