Jan 30 Confusion, questions and handcuffs met this Sudanese scholar at the airport By Larisa Epatko Customs and border protection were "trying to figure out what to do" when Nisrin Elamin arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday night, hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order. Continue reading
Jan 30 White House charges critics didn’t read refugee order, but didn’t post it for three days By Lisa Desjardins As critics protested President Trump’s executive order on refugees over the weekend, and administration officials claimed the policy was being implemented smoothly, the White House charged that the criticism was based on too few people looking at the actual order. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 3:45 Refugees already settled in U.S. concerned over Trump order By PBS News Hour The U.S. admitted 12,500 Syrian refugees in 2016, but President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday indefinitely bans any more from entering the U.S. NewsHour Weekend Correspondent Megan Thompson reports on how the Trump administration's policy has left some refugees already… Continue watching
Jan 28 Trudeau says Canada will take refugees banned by U.S. By Rob Gillies, Associated Press TORONTO -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will take you. Continue reading
Jan 28 Fallout grows from Trump’s new immigration crackdown By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Trump's order has ushered in a period of limbo for an unknown number of non-American citizens that are now barred from the U.S. Continue reading
Jan 28 ‘All our hopes and dreams vanished’ — Syrian refugees devastated as Trump bans them By Karin Laub, Associated Press In an executive order Friday, Trump suspended all refugee admissions to the U.S. for four months and banned the entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely. Continue reading
Jan 27 How is Trump’s immigration crackdown seen in Muslim-majority nations? By Adam Schreck, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Many citizens of Muslim-majority countries affected by President Donald Trump’s curbs on travel to the United States say they were hardly surprised the restrictions rank among his first orders of business. The new commander-in-chief had,… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 5:39 Trump bans Syrian refugees, calls for dramatic expansion of armed services By PBS News Hour President Trump acted on one of his most polarizing promises, signing an executive action to curb the admission of refugees, including an indefinite ban on accepting refugees from war-torn Syria. Lisa Desjardins offers a roundup of news from the White… Continue watching
Jan 27 Trump suspends refugee program to defend U.S. against ‘terrorists’ By Larisa Epatko Following through on a key campaign promise, Trump signs order to freeze and review refugee process -- and ban the entry of all Syrians indefinitely. Continue reading
Jan 17 The Spanish lifeguards who save migrants from risky waters By Larisa Epatko When a boat packed with migrants went adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, bobbing uselessly off the coast of Libya earlier this month, a team of Spanish lifeguards knew just what to do. Continue reading