As a US diplomat, I helped circumvent Trump’s Muslim ban – then realised I was part of the problem
Josef Burton
I quit when it sank in that pushing back at my routine embassy job felt less like resistance than complicity, says former US diplomat Josef Burton
January 2021
Joe Biden reverses anti-immigrant Trump policies hours after swearing-in
Executive orders will end travel ban and expand census as new president seeks path to citizenship for undocumented migrants
November 2020
The Audio Long Read
'Try again next time': my three visa rejections – podcast
After being offered a prestigious international literary residency, Nkiacha Atemnkeng was excited for his first visit to the US – until he turned up at the embassy for his interview
October 2020
The long read
'Try again next time': my three visa rejections
The long read: After being offered a prestigious international literary residency, Nkiacha Atemnkeng was excited for his first visit to the US – until he turned up at the embassy for his interview
February 2020
For Trump and Modi, ethnic purity is the purpose of power
Jason Stanley
The two strongmen favour immigration and citizenship policies designed to demonise minority groups, says Yale professor and author Jason Stanley
'Trump is deciding who is American': how the new travel ban is tearing families apart
As six countries are added to the list of restrictions, Nigerian and Eritreans in the US say the ban is devastating their lives
Trump travel ban extension leaves Africans angry and disappointed
New rules will severely restrict visas for nationals of Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania but could be costly for US influence in the region
January 2020
Trump administration unveils expanded travel ban
Nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria affected and separate move will stop ‘diversity visas’ for Sudan and Tanzania
Trump announces plan to expand travel ban: 'We have to be safe'
President says he will add ‘a couple of countries’ to ban and suggests he is open to social security and Medicare cuts
'Treated like a terrorist': US deports growing number of Iranian students with valid visas from US airports
'Does daddy have to go to war?': Iranian Americans fear for family left behind by travel ban
Trump's travel ban may hit new countries as election looms
December 2019
Three years of waiting: Trump travel ban bureaucracy keeps Iranian couple apart
‘A sham’, advocacy groups call a process that has left thousands, like Yazdanesta and her husband, in legal limbo for years
October 2019
Iranian students barred from US: lost money, broken dreams, no answers
They had been accepted to prestigious postgraduate programs, many in California, but they got no further than the airport
March 2019
Couples separated by Trump's travel ban put hopes in faulty visa waiver system
Several organizations are suing the federal government on behalf of 36 people whose visa waivers were denied or delayed
January 2019
Syrian girl disfigured by bomb attack refused US visa under Trump travel ban
It won't be easy. But Trump will lose 'bigly' on immigration
Art Cullen
December 2018
Two-year-old son of Yemeni woman who sued to enter US dies in California
Shaima Swileh, who had been excluded by Trump’s travel ban, sees son Abdullah Hassan die from genetic brain condition
September 2018
The briefing
Migration: how many people are on the move around the world?
The mass movement of people is arguably the biggest story of our time. How do we define the different types of migrant, how many are there and is the current crisis really an unprecedented problem?
August 2018
How Trump is cracking down on legal immigrants – and how they are fighting back
America’s legacy as a nation of immigrants is increasingly under threat as the administration attempts to cut back on legal options
