Mixed-status immigrant families may miss out on federal funds Some U.S. citizens are not eligible for stimulus funds if their spouse is undocumented. At least two federal lawsuits are challenging this exclusion. In Washington, that could affect more than 130-thousand children in mixed-status families. Esmy Jimenez
National Internal ICE Reviews Of Two Immigrant Deaths Stoke Fears About COVID-19 Care As COVID-19 spreads in detention, ICE documents shared with NPR reveal new details about the health care provided to two immigrants who died in 2017. Those facilities now face coronavirus outbreaks. Joel Rose
Health Thousands Of Migrants Head Back To Venezuela To Flee Colombia's COVID-19 Lockdown Colombian officials say 12,000 Venezuelans have taken buses back to their home country since Colombia imposed restrictions to stop the coronavirus outbreak. Many other Venezuelans are fleeing on foot. John Otis
Health COVID-19 Is Cutting Into Vital Money U.S. Migrant Workers Send Back Home A remittances expert estimates the money sent back to Latin America and the Caribbean could decline by 7%. Carrie Kahn
Race & Identity Ep. 2: Are We Going to Be OK? Seattle scholar considers a return to Singapore to escape Covid-19 Author Ruchika Tulshyan weighs the risks of staying in the US as the pandemic spreads while also navigating lockdown with her three-year-old. Kristin Leong
Lessons on surviving a pandemic from an immigrant in sanctuary Seattle residents have been isolating in their homes for about a month to combat the coronavirus. One immigrant family in Seattle has been doing a version of this for a year. Esmy Jimenez
National U.S. Supreme Court Allows 'Remain In Mexico' Program To Continue The high court will allow the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy to stand across the entire southern border. The decision marks another immigration victory for the White House. Vanessa Romo
National Court Blocks Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Along Part Of The Border The 9th Circuit said the policy, which forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, may violate the law. But judges were prepared to block the policy in two states only, starting next week. Colin Dwyer
National Judge Says Ken Cuccinelli Was Appointed Unlawfully To Top Immigration Post The ruling by a federal judge on Sunday invalidates two directives issued by Cuccinelli at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that were designed to tighten federal asylum guidelines. James Doubek
Law & Courts Federal Court Again Blocks Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Program The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to uphold a lower-court's injunction on the controversial policy, saying it "is invalid in its entirety" because of its inconsistency with federal asylum law. Vanessa Romo
