Mar 20 Watch 5:14 Artists illuminate Latino identity and life in the American West By PBS News Hour Thirteen young Mexican-American artists explore the ideas of "home" and "place" in the American West in an exhibit called "Mi Tierra" at the Denver Art Museum. Artists tackled topics of immigration, identity struggle and colliding worlds. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Mar 20 Homeland Security releases names of local jails that won't hold immigrants By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Trump administration is naming some names in its efforts to shame local jails that don't cooperate with immigration authorities. It's putting the spotlight on Travis County, Texas, home of liberal Austin. Continue reading
Mar 17 The difference between refugees and immigrants? 'Refugees are the unwanted' By Elizabeth Flock Viet Thanh Nguyen's new book of short stories, "The Refugees," explores the aspirations and heartbreak of immigration and refugee life. Nguyen himself came to the U.S. from Vietnam as a refugee with his family in 1975. Continue reading
Mar 16 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. Continue reading
Mar 15 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. Continue reading
Mar 15 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… Continue reading
Mar 14 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. Continue reading
Mar 13 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. Continue reading
Mar 13 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. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 3:29 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… Continue watching