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Student athlete posing in a blue uniform and holding a basketball at a photo shoot
International students still restricted from NIL deals
About one-third of the staff at the Stoneacre restaurants in Newport, Rhode Island, is from overseas.
Jobs
Hospitality industries in the US struggle to find workers, but international labor is ticking up
Employees dehead Louisiana white shrimp at C.F. Gollott & Son Seafood in D'Iberville, Mississippi, June 3, 2010.
Immigration
US seafood workers fight unsafe job conditions amid pandemic
Family or four, two girls, man and woman sit together on boardwalk at sunset
Immigration
‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family
Woman and man with baby in front of table decorated for child's birthday
Immigration
After deportation, a family from Wisconsin will start anew in Cambodia
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., April 25, 2018, while the court justices consider case regarding presidential powers as it weighs the legality of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban.
Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Trump’s travel ban
Solid-looking building with US flag in front, fences, and many people waiting outside
Global Politics
With papers, my brother-in-law could be worth more than a dollar a day to the world
DHS bus
Conflict
The complicated reasons why some people overstay their US visas
19-year-old Amir Darabi at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Music
An Iranian piano prodigy. A big dream. And an arduous visa process.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2017.
Economics
Trump pushes a plan to reduce legal immigration, prioritizing English-language and job skills
Fainess Lipenga was trafficked by her boss, a former diplomat in the US from Malawi. Now, Lipenga is an advocate for victims of human trafficking.
Justice
This woman says she was trafficked by a diplomat. And it happens all the time.
Girls team
Global Politics
Six Afghan teens overcame US visa hurdles and became quick celebs at the ‘Robot Olympics’
Google CEO Sundar Pichai stands on a stage
Jobs
The ‘startup visa’ might be gone for good
Man walks in front of rows of people in suits
Science
Why this Nobel laureate thinks Trump’s science policy will help make China great
Wisam Albaiedhani (left) interpreting for US troops in Iraq.
Conflict
Trump’s travel ban sows confusion and fear, even among those eligible for visas
illustration of people being stamped by immigration related words
Global Politics
Their lives are changing because of Trump’s immigration policies. Here’s how.
President Donald Trump waiting for the arrival of Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington on April 3.
Economics
Trump unveils more limits on visas favored by Silicon Valley
Eight men behind podium with microphones
Jobs
President Trump, is immigration reform on your legislative agenda?
Anti-deportation protesters stand outside the White House.
Justice
‘Police were not an option.’ Undocumented women are now more afraid to report crimes.
Afghan Ajmal Faqiri, wearing a scarf, served as a translator for former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Conflict
Visas are running out for the US military’s Afghan interpreters
Twelve-year-old Eman Ali of Yemen was reunited with her sister Salma, right, at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 5.
Justice
Trump’s revised immigration order just hit its first legal setback
Joe Milano
Culture
One of the oldest bars in America is now the place to go for Thai visas
Asma Abdinasir (L), a Somali national who was initially denied entry to the U.S. because of the recent travel ban, is greeted by her mother Zahra Warsma (R) at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S. February 6, 2017.
Global Politics
Trump implements a new immigration and travel ban — but gives Iraq a pass
Young girl holding sign in front of crowd, "I want to hug my dad"
Justice
A crowdsourced database provides a glimpse of what traveling from Iran to the US is like right now
Man with champagne clinks glasses with three other men
Education
One of the six US immigrant Nobel winners is ‘totally speechless’ over the push to limit immigration
Couple looks at wedding officiant in ceremony
Justice
This is how an entire family that grows up together in the United States can end up with one person undocumented
A woman walks on a catwalk around people sitting in chairs
Justice
These undocumented workers aren’t in the shadows, they’re out on the catwalk
The band Dengue Dengue Dengue! performs a set
Arts
As US scrambles to address visa backlog, international musicians are out of luck
New American citizens (L to R) Leslie Tapia, from Mexico, Sanzida Khanam, from Bangladesh and Pablo Espinales, from Ecuador, raise their hands for the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on J
Economics
The US government finally lifts the curse of the ‘golden cage’ visa
US Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before a meeting in Geneva in January 2015. Zarif said that his meeting with Kerry was important to see if progress could be made in narrowing differences on his coun
Education
As the US government courts Iranian students, one university briefly says ‘no, thanks’
Abdi Nor Iftin in Maine, where he settled after finally gaining a green card through the US' Diversity Visa Program.
Justice
‘Winning’ the green card lottery is only the start of a harrowing journey
Brahim Djahra, from Algeria, clings to the Americans flag during a special naturalization ceremony held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on August 28, 2014.
Business
Help is finally on the way for holders of America’s ‘prisoner visa’
Brooklyn-based Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu.
Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu takes us on a ‘Fantastic Journey’