December 18, 2017 Iraqi refugee who wanted to bomb Texas malls for ISIS is sentenced An Iraqi refugee who authorities say wanted to set off bombs at two Houston malls has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for trying to help the Islamic State group.
December 5, 2017 Refugee admissions tumble after Trump lifts ban The number of refugees entering the U.S. has plummeted dramatically since President Trump lifted a 4-month ban on admissions in October.
November 30, 2017 Feds crack down on MS-13, but immigration policy lets new recruits in, figures show The encouraging signs that federal law enforcement is making a dent in MS-13 membership may be tempered by the fact that as some 214 gang members have been taken off U.S. streets, the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the 2017 fiscal year placed more than 40,000 Central American unaccompanied teenagers around the country.
July 5, 2017 US tried to deport refugee shot, killed by California police US authorities tried twice to deport the unarmed black man fatally shot by police in a San Diego suburb, but his native Uganda refused to take him, resulting in his release.
July 5, 2017 More refugees walking from US to Canada despite frostbite risk, activists say Amid the uncertainty surrounding President Trump’s immigration proposals, dozens of refugees and asylum seekers have been walking from the U.S. to Canada, despite the freezing temperatures or the possibility of frostbite or even death.
July 5, 2017 Tennessee challenges constitutionality of federal refugee program The state of Tennessee is challenging the constitutionality of the federal government’s refugee resettlement program.
July 5, 2017 Syrian refugees now enrolling in schools Reports from the US State Department reveal that nearly 80 percent of Syrian refugees arriving in the US over the past year were children.
April 10, 2017 UN refugee agency urges EU not to return migrants to Hungary The U.N. refugee agency on Monday took the rare step of urging European Union members to suspend returns of asylum-seekers to their partner, Hungary, faulting its new policy of systematically placing migrants in containers and expelling any migrants not holding the proper papers.
March 29, 2017 Iraqi refugees in US accused of hiding family ties to American's kidnapper Three Iraqi refugees in Virginia were arrested and charged with immigration fraud Tuesday after prosecutors said they hid their links to a kidnapper who held an American man hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a year.
March 13, 2017 Wearing red, white and blue lands high school students in hot water Every heart beats true ‘neath the red, white and blue – although some people apparently see overt displays of patriotism as offensive to immigrants and refugees.
