immigration

Trump restricts immigration for 6 nations in election-year push

By Colleen Long, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The Trump administration is curbing immigration for six countries as part of an election-year push. But the move isn't a full travel ban like President Donald Trump's initial order in 2017.

WATCH: White House holds summit on human trafficking

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

A candidate has yet to be identified for the new post on the Domestic Policy Council, according to a White House official.

How a wealth test for immigrants could affect the U.S. economy

By Gretchen Frazee

The so-called “public charge” rule bars immigrants from coming to the U.S., claiming that if they are deemed to be unable to support themselves financially.

Supreme Court order allows Trump’s new green card rule to take effect

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The new policy can be used to deny green cards to immigrants over their use of public benefits including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers, as well as other factors.

U.S. imposes visa rules for pregnant women

By Matthew Lee, Colleen Long, Associated Press

The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship.

U.S. to impose visa restrictions for pregnant women

By Matthew Lee, Colleen Long, Associated Press

The rules would make it more difficult for pregnant women to travel on a tourist visa.

Mexico begins flying and busing migrants back to Honduras

By María Verza, Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their…

Migrants cross river into Mexico after being refused passage to U.S.

By Sonia Perez D., Maria Verza, Associated Press

The 3,000 Central American migrants have demanded they be allowed to move freely through Mexico to reach the United States, but Mexican officials have refused.

100 years later, prohibition’s legacy remains

By David Crary, Associated Press

Even with prohibition ending nearly a century ago, its impact on American politics continue to be seen.

Trial opens over Border Patrol detention conditions

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

The lawsuit filed in 2015 applies to eight Border Patrol facilities where attorneys say migrants are for long stretches of time in squalid and freezing cells.