May 29 Trump says undocumented immigrants are treated better than veterans By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Donald Trump told a Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally on Sunday that people in the U.S. illegally often are cared for better than the nation's military veterans. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 9:03 Vietnam's new economy and old culture drawing back children of U.S. immigrants By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 GOP reinstates usage of 'illegal alien' in Library of Congress' records By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans on a powerful House panel Tuesday narrowly defended a tea party-fueled move to tell the Library of Congress how to label immigrants living in the country illegally. Continue reading
May 16 A teacher mispronouncing a student's name can have a lasting impact By Corey Mitchell, Education Week A name is more than just a name. It's one of the first things children recognize, one of the first words they learn to say, it's how the world identifies them. Continue reading
May 16 'Hamilton' creator says 'immigrants get the job done' in UPenn graduation speech By Associated Press Lin-Manuel Miranda says even as politics traffics in "anti-immigrant rhetoric," there is a musical "reminding us that a broke orphan immigrant from the West Indies built our financial system."… Continue reading
May 02 Trump rhetoric driving immigrants to become citizens, advocates say By Sergio Bustos, Associated Press Nationwide, naturalization applications are up 14 percent in the last six months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, according to the government. Continue reading
Apr 30 Lawmakers call for protected status for Ecuadorians living in U.S. By Michael D. Regan As Ecuador grapples with a lengthy recovery following an earthquake earlier this month, some American politicians and immigration advocacy groups are requesting the Department of Homeland Security use a little-known law to extend the stay of Ecuadorians living in the… Continue reading
Apr 21 EU official urges U.S. to accept more refugees from Syria By Maria Danilova, Associated Press A top European Union official urged the United States on Thursday to accept more refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 6:39 Supreme Court weighs scope of presidential power in immigration case By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to President Obama’s actions that would defer deportations of many undocumented immigrants. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan to take a closer look at the case and the… Continue watching