Mar 06 LISTEN: Sean Spicer addresses new travel ban By Associated Press Sean Spicer is holding an off-camera news conference with reporters starting at 1:30 p.m. Continue reading
Mar 01 You asked: How are refugees referred to live in the U.S.? By Larisa Epatko After seeing how refugees are vetted, some readers asked us to go back even further in the process and explain how cases are referred to the U.S. in the first place. Continue reading
Mar 01 Questions and answers about upcoming travel ban order By Eric Tucker and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press President Donald Trump's travel ban has been frozen by the courts, but the White House has promised a new executive order that officials say will address concerns raised by judges that have put the policy on hold. Continue reading
Mar 01 Officials: New Trump travel ban removes Iraq from list By Matthew Lee, Vivian Salma, Associated Press President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials say. Continue reading
Feb 28 Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban By Gene Johnson, Associated Press Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump's new travel ban. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. ‘has not yet reached the mountaintop,’ says new civil rights commission chair By Laura Santhanam For Catherine Lhamon, it’s been an eventful introduction to her new role as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Continue reading
Feb 20 You asked: How are refugees vetted today? By Larisa Epatko When President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month suspending the U.S. refugee program in order to implement more “extreme vetting,” PBS NewsHour viewers asked us what the current vetting process is. Continue reading
Feb 10 Immigration ban reveals a nation divided By Laura Santhanam Now halted by a temporary court-ordered stay, President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Syrian refugees and blocking travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations created chaos at airports and left thousands of travelers in limbo. But beyond the immediate headlines, the order… Continue reading
Feb 10 The next steps in the legal fight over Trump’s travel ban By Sam Hananel, Associated Press The Trump administration has several options on how to proceed. Here's a look at where the legal fight goes from here. Continue reading
Feb 10 Trump promises action ‘very rapidly’ after travel ban halted By Ken Thomas and Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised Friday to take action "very rapidly" to protect the U.S. and its citizens, a day after a federal appeals court firmly kept his travel ban on hold. He didn't reveal his planned next step… Continue reading