Some conservative, rural states have resettled refugees at the highest per capita rates. In Idaho, employers applaud President Joe Biden lifting a Trump-era cap on refugee numbers.
Hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding are leading more families to flee the Honduras for the southern U.S. border than any other country. At least 200 families a day are asking for asylum.
Refugee advocates have welcomed President Joe Biden's decision to raise the U.S. refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500 this year. Community-based resettlement efforts are expected to become more prominent.
The new ceiling for refugee admissions will be 62,500 — far above former President Donald Trump's cap of 15,000. Advocates had been concerned Biden was not moving fast enough on a campaign promise.
Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, the secretary of Homeland Security announced.
The new movie, "Limbo," follows the misadventures of Omar, a Syrian fleeing his country's civil war. He finds himself in the wind-swept — and rain-soaked — Western Isles of Scotland, and begins wondering if he’ll ever get home.
At StoryCorps, Angel and Randy Villegas spoke about the complexities of having differing immigration status. Angel, who grew up undocumented, said, "I always had that fear, no matter what."
The Biden administration is ordering U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to change how they talk about immigrants, part of a broader effort to build a more "humane" immigration system.
The White House is walking back its earlier announcement that it will keep the refugee ceiling of 15,000 set by the Trump administration, saying its widely panned announcement earlier Friday was meant only to ease restrictions from countries from which refugees are banned and that President Joe Biden would raise the cap by May 15.
Charlotte Frantz speaks about immigration, racism — and the “American Dream” — at the Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice at the College of St. Scholastica.
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