Judge Halts Trump’s Wealth Test for Green Cards Over Coronavirus Pandemic
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Wednesday from moving forward with plans to deny green cards to immigrants who have received Medicaid, food...
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Kicked Out of China, and Other Real-Life Costs of a Geopolitical Meltdown
LONDON — Soon after I was informed in mid-March that my journalist visa for China had been canceled, I faced a dilemma: what to do...
I’m 10 Minutes Away From Becoming a U.S. Citizen
Ten minutes and an oath. That’s all that stands between me and American citizenship. After filling out a 20-page application, paying almost a thousand dollars,...
Australia Halts Hong Kong Extradition Agreement and Extends Visas
HONG KONG — Australia will suspend its extradition agreement with Hong Kong because of the new national security law imposed by China and extend temporary...
A Woman Without a Country: Adopted at Birth and Deportable at 30
BETHEL, Alaska — When Rebecca Trimble was a little girl, she wore red, white and blue to Independence Day parades. In middle school, she was...
Immigration Officers Face Furloughs as Visa Applications Plunge
WASHINGTON — Three years of restrictive and sometimes draconian immigration policies have left families separated, applicants for visas stranded and would-be immigrants looking for alternative...
Lotus Flower Plague-Repellent Pills and Other Gifts From China
CHICAGO — “The motherland is by your side” read the message printed on the plastic envelope. The characters were set in bright yellow against a...
Why the Supreme Court DACA Ruling Affects Us All
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled, by a narrow majority, that the Trump administration could not immediately shut down Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a...
Pandemic Delays U.S. Citizenship for Thousands of Potential New Voters
Carsten Kieffer, who moved to the United States from Denmark in 2007, applied for citizenship in August last year, convinced that he would take the...
Boris Johnson Pledges to Admit 3 Million From Hong Kong to U.K.
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the stakes in a confrontation with China over Hong Kong on Wednesday, promising to allow nearly three million...