National Shadow Immigration System: Migrant Children Detained In Hotels By Private Contractors Private contractors are detaining migrant children in hotels before they are put on planes to their home countries. This bypasses the normal process that gives children a chance to ask for asylum. Joel Rose Marisa Peñaloza
National Border Patrol Faulted For Favoring Steel And Concrete Wall Over High-Tech Solutions The Department of Homeland Security watchdog has criticized Border Patrol for not looking for a cheaper alternative to President Trump's border wall, such as cutting-edge surveillance technology. John Burnett
Science ‘A crisis of welcome.’ Sonia Shah on The Next Great Migration ‘Migration is not a catastrophe… it’s actually the solution.’ John O'Brien
National International Doctors Start Residencies At U.S. Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Surge Totaling about 4,000, they began working Wednesday. They'll face two historic challenges: the coronavirus pandemic and some of the most restrictive immigration policies the U.S. has seen in decades. Joel Rose
Government Amazon and Microsoft protest as Trump bans new foreign workers Around the world workers recruited to take jobs at tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft are learning they can’t get into the United States. The Trump Administration’s ban on new foreign workers is taking effect. Carolyn Adolph
Washington Dreamers and officials react to DACA ruling From state and local officials, to DACA recipients and their families, many are celebrating what's considered a win for the immigrant community. Others worry the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DACA brings more questions than answers. Esmy Jimenez
Race & Identity How DACA Has Transformed The Lives Of Dreamers — And Their Communities The 2012 executive order didn't just offer protection and open up opportunities for young undocumented people; it changed the landscape for entire family networks. Natalie Escobar
Here's what the DACA ruling means to immigrants in the Northwest A KUOW reporter who is herself a DACA recipient and the legal director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project spoke separately with KUOW’s Angela King about the Supreme Court ruling. Angela King Esmy Jimenez Kim Shepard
Politics Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Administration In DACA Case The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Nina Totenberg
National Will Filing For Unemployment Hurt My Green Card? Legal Immigrants Are Afraid "What I'm seeing is a lot of clients who are eligible to apply for unemployment are simply too afraid to do so," one immigration lawyer tells NPR. Alina Selyukh
