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News Articles: immigration policy

Columbia University faculty members hold a pro-Palestinian and pro-free speech rally on the Columbia University campus in 2023 in New York City.

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  • National

Green card holders' rights in spotlight after arrest of pro-Palestinian activist

A New York federal judge is set to hear pivotal questions in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of large Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University who now faces deportation after his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Ximena Bustillo
President Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 28.

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  • Politics

Trump signs executive order making English the official language of the U.S.

In the nearly 250-year history of the United States, English had never been designated as the nation's official language.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
President Trump speaks to reporters as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on in the Oval Office on Feb. 25, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump introduces a green card for the rich: the gold card

The new visa program would effectively replace the current EB-5 investor visa program, and the proceeds could be used for deficit reduction.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Venezuelan migrants deported from US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay walk down from the Venezuelan Conviasa Airlines plane as they arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela on February 20, 2025.

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  • National

Venezuelan men allege mistreatment while in detention in Guantánamo Bay

The men told NPR they were kept in the dark about why they were in Guantánamo Bay, and were denied access to an attorney or a phone call with loved ones.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
An immigrant prepares to board a military removal flight last month at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas.

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  • National

DHS memo lays out plans to detain migrants at Fort Bliss and other U.S. bases

The Trump administration is developing plans to build immigration detention facilities on bases nationwide, a step that could significantly expand the military's role in immigration enforcement.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose and
  • Tom Bowman
Unaccompanied minors walk towards U.S. Border Patrol vehicles after crossing over from Mexico on May 09, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.

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  • Politics

ICE officers granted access to unaccompanied minors database

Trump administration officials say the move was necessary "to build a culture of child safety and accountability." But advocates say they fear the administration will use it for immigration enforcement. 

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A church displays a sign saying, "Immigrants & Refugees Welcome" in New York.

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  • Religion

27 religious groups sue Trump administration over immigration enforcement policy

27 religious groups are suing the federal government in response to the Trump administration's policy giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at "sensitive locations" like churches.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre
Deborah Boardman appears before a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing regarding her nomination to be a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

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  • National

Maryland federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order

The preliminary injunction blocks President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship. The White House is expected to appeal.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Inmates sit in a cell at El Salvador's Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison, where hundreds of gang members are incarerated, in Tecoluca  on Jan. 27. The Trump administration says it is considering El Salvador's offer to accept U.S. prisoners — including some U.S. citizens — in its jails.

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  • Law

Would it be legal for Trump to send U.S. citizens to El Salvador's jails?

President Trump says he would deport American criminals to El Salvador "in a heartbeat" if it were legal. An ACLU attorney tells NPR that such an idea "would be blatantly unconstitutional."

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Crowds gathered along a main thoroughfare in Gainesville, G.a on January 29, 2025 to protest ICE and President Trump's expedited removal policy. The protest followed a weekend of sweeps by ICE and the Department of Homeland Security across Georgia.

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  • Politics

'There is a lot of fear': Latinos gather in North Georgia to protest against mass deportations

This week, some of the first people in Georgia without legal citizenship were reported to be detained by federal agents under Trump’s expedited removal policy, prompting hundreds from the Latino community in Hall County to gather to support each other and speak out against recent federal immigration policy changes.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A deportation officer with Enforcement and Removal Operations in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York City field office conducts a brief before an early morning operation on Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York.

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  • National

How districts are responding after Trump cleared the way for immigration arrests at schools

President Trump put an end to a policy that restricted federal agents from making immigration arrests at certain locations, including schools. It's already affecting school staff, kids and parents.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Robin Young and
  • Hafsa Quraishi
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a meeting with other Republican governors and President-elect Donald Trump, at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach earlier this month.

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  • News

DeSantis faces pushback by fellow Republicans on his call for an immigration session

Republican leaders in the state legislature say they support President Trump's pledge to combat illegal immigration but want to deal with it and other issues identified by DeSantis on their schedule, not his.

January 26, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
2007: Immigrant rights activist Elvira Arellano of Mexico defied a deportation order and took sanctuary for months in an apartment above the Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago. A new Trump administration policy no longer regards churches as "sensitive" areas where authorities should not pursue people in the country illegally. Arellano remains in the U.S.

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  • National

Churches have a long history of being safe havens — for immigrants and others

For centuries, houses of worship have served as havens for people needing refuge — and, in recent decades, sanctuary from the U.S. government.

January 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Asylum-seekers wait for news on the CBP One appointments at El Chaparral crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Tuesday.

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  • National

President Trump's suspension of asylum marks a break from U.S. past

Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past."

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde arrives as President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance look on during the Service of Prayer for the Nation Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.

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  • Religion

Bishop confronts Trump during sermon at inaugural prayer service

At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ children.

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Jason DeRose and
  • Sarah Ventre
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