by David Jordan | Feb 6, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise he would end a program that allows undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to remain in the U.S., but in an interview less than a week after taking the oath of office he said those...
by Taylor Goebel | Feb 3, 2017 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – As Senate and House leaders Monday called for legislation to overturn the Trump administration’s ban on travel to the U.S. by people from certain Muslim countries, Shahrouz Hafez was thinking about how the ban has changed his future from a job in America...
by Nona Tepper | Feb 3, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Wherever you are, Akmal, Scott Cooper remembers you. Akmal, an Iraqi and Cooper’s friend, wanted to visit America someday and connect with his friends from the U.S. Marine Corps on their home territory, said Cooper, a retired lieutenant colonel. But...
by Nia Prater | Feb 2, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON—Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who carried on a feud with now President Donald Trump after he skewered the future president for anti-Muslim rhetoric at the Democratic National Convention, appeared with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota Wednesday, to...
by Nona Tepper | Jan 31, 2017 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of more than 20 people Monday that challenges President Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Muslims as a First Amendment violation for singling out one religion that...
by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang | Jan 29, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – On the second day of the Lunar New Year, hundreds of people came to Washington’s Chinatown to celebrate the year of the rooster. Hear six participants tell us why it was important for them to be part of the event, and what they think about President...