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Photo: Handprints at the border

By News Desk, William Brangham

Handprints are left on the iron posts when people try and scale the border wall to get into the U.S.

Photos: Remembering fallen migrants in the Arizona desert

By Joshua Barajas

As part of an ongoing reporting trip, PBS NewsHour’s Joshua Barajas joined members of a group called the Tucson Samaritans in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.

Amid rise of anti-veil legislation, European high court says employers can now ban headscarf at work

By Dayana Morales Gomez

Europe’s highest court ruled Tuesday that companies can ban employees from wearing religious garb, including hijabs, in the workplace. The European Court of Justice said that employers banning the visible display of “any political, philosophical or religious sign does not…

Photos: Inside an Arizona immigration court

By Joshua Barajas

As part of an ongoing reporting trip, the PBS NewsHour's Joshua Barajas witnessed the proceedings of Operation Streamline inside a Tucson, Arizona courtroom on Monday.

States aiming to block Trump travel ban from taking effect

By Chris Grygiel, Associated Press

More than a half-dozen states trying to block President Donald Trump's revised travel ban moved forward Monday with a pair of lawsuits while the government asked that the order be allowed to take effect this week.

Few clues on how a Justice Gorsuch would vote on immigration

By Holbrook Mohr and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

"His record on immigration is a mixed bag, so it's hard to predict how he would rule on any challenge to the executive order," says Melissa Crow, legal director for the American Immigration Council, which challenged Trump's original ban.

Far-right candidate calls for Dutch ban on Muslim immigrants

By PBS News Hour

Tensions between Turkey and the Netherlands continue to rise three days before Dutch voters head to the polls for elections. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is seeking a third term, faces challenges from a far-right nationalist candidate who wants…

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Immigration tensions seep into South by Southwest music fest

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

The trendsetting South by Southwest music festival is all about the next big thing, but the heated politics of the moment is stealing the show.

Most convicted terrorists are U.S. citizens. Why does the White House say otherwise?

By Phil Hirschkorn

A dive into the data behind terrorism convictions in the U.S. since 9/11.

Judge: Revised Trump ban cannot be enforced on Syrian family

By Todd Richmond, Associated Press

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family looking to escape their war-torn homeland by fleeing to Wisconsin.