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The Granville Street Bridge leads to downtown Vancouver, whose skyline of gleaming apartment towers hugging the waterfront is reminiscent of Hong Kong.

World News

Vancouver Has Been Transformed By Chinese Immigrants

5:13pm June 05, 2019

by Jackie Northam

Chinese immigrants and investors have bought businesses and property, made philanthropic contributions and supported the arts. But some Vancouver residents feel priced out of the real estate market.

An abortion-rights supporter argues with an anti-abortion-rights protester in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 21 during demonstrations in defense of abortion rights.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Provision Mandating Fetal Burial Or Cremation

7:55pm May 28, 2019

The court did not take up the part of the law that banned abortions because of fetal abnormality or race or sex of the fetus, which a lower court had knocked down in addition to the burial provision.

Cortez answers a call from a customer. She's earning $2,000 more a year than she made at her old job.

In This Town, You Apply For A Job And You Get It

5:18pm May 26, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

Ames, Iowa, has an unemployment rate of 1.5%, making it the tightest job market in the country. That's great for workers — but a challenge for those looking for them.

A lot of Iowa business owners in towns like Mount Pleasant are facing chronic labor shortages. One solution is to encourage more outsiders to come to the state, including immigrants.

With Workers Hard To Find, Immigration Crackdown Leaves Iowa Town In A Bind

7:03pm May 21, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

Business leaders worry that tough laws against undocumented workers will discourage legal immigrants from coming to the state to work. Iowa's low jobless rate has left businesses struggling to hire.

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Drivers line up in the border city of Juárez in Mexico's Chihuahua state, as they attempt to cross the border at El Paso, Texas. The Guatemalan consul has confirmed that a Guatemalan boy apprehended with his mother last month had died Tuesday night.

National

Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital

2:47pm May 16, 2019

The child's mother informed federal agents that her 2 ½-year-old son was sick after they were taken into custody last month on the north bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, U.S. officials say.

President Trump tours a portion of the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Calexico, Calif., last month.

Politics & Government

Trump To Outline Immigration Plan That Would Overhaul Who Is Allowed Into The U.S.

5:03pm May 15, 2019

A key plank of the president's election was his hard-line stance on immigration. And now he is ready to roll out his legislative approach.

Vianeth Avila outside the courtroom in Miami. Her husband, Cuban-born Jesus Avila, was detained by immigration officials on return from their honeymoon. Avila was a permanent resident, but not a citizen. In recent years, the U.S. government has taken a to

National

Cuban Immigrants Were Given A Haven In The U.S., Now They're Being Deported

5:00am May 11, 2019

by Daniel Rivero

Sixty-four Cuban nationals were deported in fiscal year 2016. Two years later, the number was 463, a more than sevenfold increase, as U.S. policies have toughened towards Cuban immigrants.

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An asylum-seeker rests outside El Chaparral port of entry while he waits for his turn to present himself to U.S. border authorities to request asylum, in Tijuana, Mexico, last month. A federal appeals court has granted the Trump administration's request t

Appeals Court Rules Trump Administration Can Keep Sending Asylum-Seekers To Mexico

4:34am May 08, 2019

A Ninth Circuit panel overturned a lower court's injunction on the administration's policy requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico as they await court proceedings in the U.S.

President Trump has selected a former FBI agent and veteran of the Obama administration to lead ICE.

President Trump Names Mark Morgan, Former Border Patrol Chief, To Lead ICE

5:37pm May 05, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Morgan led the Border Patrol during the final months of the Obama administration, but he has emerged as a vocal supporter of the president's immigration policies.

Gusmary Añez sits in a tent with two of her children. She and her husband, along with their four children, had been sleeping outdoors in Maicao, a Colombian town near the Venezuelan border. Now they live in one of 60 tents at the camp that house more tha

World News

Venezuelans Find Temporary Lifeline At Colombia's First Border Tent Camp

4:55pm May 02, 2019

by John Otis

The United Nations refugee agency set up a facility in Maicao near the Venezuelan border, providing help for more than 300 migrants. The facility aims to expand to meet the growing need.

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