Gisela Salomon

Syrian refugee Mohammed Dawood, 30, left, poses for a photo with his parents, Hayat Fatah, 65, center, and Abdulilah Amin Dawoud, 73, at their home in Irbil, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)

Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies

December 5, 2025 at 9:08 a.m.

When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who’d been so close to a new life in...

Teachers look on as students play on the playground at Perkins K-8 School Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US

November 17, 2025 at 8:11 a.m.

From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families.

Jackie Conteh, an advanced care partner originally from Sierra Leone, helps Donald Goodness, 92, put on fresh socks in his apartment at Goodwin House Alexandria, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Eric Lee)

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market

October 18, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.

FILE – A protestor shouts, “Let him out”, demanding the release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after his arrest while protesting at an ICE detention prison, in Newark, N.J., May 9, 2025, (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

What is a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ and how was the US list of them made?

May 30, 2025 at 6:37 p.m.

The U.S. government’s list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” that includes hundreds of communities, both red and blue, is confounding critics.

Federal agents take a person into custody after an immigration court hearing outside an immigration court, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as President Donald Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge

May 22, 2025 at 8:24 a.m.

Across the United States in immigration courts from New York to Seattle this week, Homeland Security officials are ramping up enforcement actions in what appears to be a coordinated dragnet...

FILE – A migrant seeking asylum holds up the CBP One app showing his appointment was canceled after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, Jan. 20, 2025, in Matamoros, Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Orders to leave the country — some for US citizen — sow confusion among immigrants

April 23, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

Hubert Montoya burst out laughing when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security emailed to say he should leave the country immediately or risk consequences of being deported. He is a...

Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, 20, a U.S. citizen, hugs his mother in Tallahassee, Fla., after his April 17, 2025 release from jail where he was being held by federal immigration authorities. (Thomas Kennedy via AP)

A US citizen was held for pickup by ICE even after proving he was born in the country

April 19, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak during a tour, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Kodiak, Alaska. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

March 21, 2025 at 9:16 p.m.

The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States since October 2022.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

January 29, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk...

A mother reads a pamphlet to help her family prepare in the event she is apprehended by immigration authorities, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

President Donald Trump signs orders to remake border security

January 20, 2025 at 8:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday to beef up security at the southern border that began taking effect hours after he was inaugurated, making good on his defining political promise to crack...

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