March 6, 2017 What you need to know: Changes in Trump's revised immigration order President Trump's revised executive order suspending the U.S. refugee program and entry to the U.S. from several mostly Muslim countries included several changes compared with the original. Here’s what you need to know.
February 5, 2017 Appeals court denies Trump request to immediately reinstate travel ban Early Sunday morning a federal appeals court denied the Justice Department's request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump's ban on accepting certain travelers and refugees.
February 5, 2017 Iran lifts ban on U.S. wrestling team Iranian media reported on Sunday that the country has lifted its ban on U.S. wrestlers, allowing them to participate in the Freestyle World Cup later this month.
February 4, 2017 Idaho governor says persecuted Christians deserve refugee priority Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says he agrees with President Donald Trump that persecuted Christians should be treated as priority in the U.S. refugee program despite acknowledging that such preference is discriminatory.
February 1, 2017 Australia PM would not say how many refugees US will accept Australia's prime minister on Wednesday would not say how many refugees from Pacific Island camps would be resettled in the United States after President Donald Trump's administration said "extreme vetting" would be used to check their cases.
September 22, 2016 Six-year-old boy's letter to Obama offering injured Syrian child a home goes viral A six-year-old boy has moved President Obama and other world leaders with his offer of a home for a Syrian child who was pictured stunned and bloodied after a bombing.
August 25, 2016 It's not un-Christian to worry about refugees in US, religious freedom advocate says Christian religious freedom activist Faith McDonnell is pushing back against the notion that it is unchristian to voice concerns with how the State Department is resettling refugees from Syria and other terrorist hot spots in the Middle East.
August 25, 2016 Obama sneaking in more Syrian refugees? A discrepancy in statistics provided by the Department of Homeland Security has led an attorney for a Washington-based legal group to question whether administration officials are waiving Syrians into the United States by other means.
August 16, 2016 Refugee who came to Maine died fighting for ISIS An Iranian Muslim man who came to Maine as a refugee in 2009 was fighting for ISIS when he was killed last year in Lebanon, investigators said on Tuesday.
August 8, 2016 Utah police were justified in shooting of Somali teen refugee, prosecutor says Police were justified in shooting and critically wounding a 17-year-old Somali refugee in a confrontation that sparked unrest and protests in Salt Lake City earlier this year, a Utah prosecutor decided Monday.
