Tens of thousands of people cross the border every year in search of asylum in America. Who among them should get to stay?
Maya Rhodan
Learn what an asylum seeker is and how migrants apply for asylum.
President Donald Trump is waging a policy war against asylum speakers, raising the question: to whom should America give asylum?
The sweeping move is part of the Trump administration's ongoing effort to restrict migration.
Voters in blue states supported ballot measures related to expanding access, while voters in red states voted in favor of stricter rules.
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Election Day in Georgia brought long lines and last-minute lawsuits as voters cast ballots in the hotly contested race for governor.
President Donald Trump has said the migrants traveling via caravan should seek asylum in Mexico – and threatened that they will be turned away if they reach the U.S. border.
For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump is upset about a caravan of Central American migrants headed to the United States.
The Washington Post reports that arrests of family units were up in September, though official numbers have not been released
Democrats see Secretary of State as a key post in both staving off new restrictions and expanding efforts to make it easier to vote.
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The Trump Administration is proposing a federal rule that would make it so that immigrants who use public benefits could be deemed ineligible for legal...
Michelle Obama is ramping up her efforts to get Americans to the polls through When We All Vote, a non-partisan organization she co-chairs.
In areas of North Carolina hit by flooding from Hurricane Florence, residents were told to evacuate, but many didn't want to.
Hurricane Florence may have been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it still poses a major threat to the Carolinas.
As the Hurricane Florence approached, the aisles of several grocery stores in Raleigh were well-stocked with misfit foods.
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