Immigration

Trump lets states, cities refuse refugees for 1st time in U.S.
When President Trump dramatically slashed the number of refugees allowed into the U.S., he also gave state and local governments the authority to refuse to accept them for the first time in history.
From snakes to spikes, reporters reveal Trump's extreme border proposals
Border Wars authors Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael Shear chronicle the president's attempts to upend the nation's immigration system — including a proposed alligator-filled border trench.
Federal judge blocks White House move to fast-track deportations
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said the administration did not follow the correct decision-making procedures, such as the formal notice-and-comment period required for major federal rule changes, and likely violated federal law in failing to do so.
After her own divorce, Mailee Yang set out to learn more about the pressures faced by divorced women in her community. She surveyed hundreds of Hmong American women across the country about their experiences.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a lower court order that temporarily halts Nobles County Sheriff’s Office’s detention of individuals suspected of federal immigration violations for longer than their state cases require.
Popular refugee resettlement programs closing under Trump administration
The number of refugees being allowed into the U.S. is the lowest it's been since 1980. Some smaller resettlement agencies particularly in rural states are closing putting refugees' lives further in limbo.
Over 14 years, Fargo gardens grow community
A project called Growing Together is helping new Americans in Fargo access healthy food — but the gardeners involved say it’s also building relationships between lifelong North Dakotans and refugees who came to Fargo from around the world.
Minnesota Somalis get a national forum on NPR’S 1A
1A interviewed Somalis in Minneapolis on a variety of issues related to their experiences coming to and living in Minnesota.