(Im)migration News Recap, June 24-30 | Voice of America - English
Editor's note: We wanted a way to keep you updated with the top immigration, migration, and refugee stories every week — the ones that will most affect you, our international readers, viewers and listeners. We want you to know what's happening, why, and how it could impact your life, family or business, so we created a weekly digest of the top original immigration reporting from across VOA.
A California judge gave the Trump administration 30 days to reunite parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, 14 days for children younger than 5. No word yet from the Department of Homeland Security about how it will accomplish this, but to is not a viable option, according to immigrant advocates. When the  do take place, it will take a long time for the children to heal … if they ever do. Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) used case-by-case Freedom of Information Act requests to find out just what was going on at the border between October 2014 and April 2018, when the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy was announced. In spite of it, arrests are down. But deportations are happening sooner. The lack of U.S. hospitality is why some migrants are  despite a lack of security. "I feel like a second-class citizen," a Syrian refugee told reporters after the upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban. The court's action changes nothing in terms of the policy, which has been in effect since last year, but it does close the door on those who had hoped it might be changed. The libertarian  that travel from the ban's seven targeted countries is down 86 percent and immigration is off by 93 percent  in the first five months of 2018. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can             to view it offline. How many times have both Trump and immigration advocates called on to do something about immigration? It still hasn't. In fact, after failing to pass a "compromise" bill this week, lawmakers are off for a long holiday. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can             to view it offline. The president thinks he wins on immigration. While protesters planned to gather for mass demonstrations on Saturday, Trump has been taking his immigration message to the people with an eye on . are making up a greater percentage of those accepted by the U.S. for resettlement than they have in 16 years. They primarily come from Africa and, notably, not the Middle East. The proportion of Christians may be higher, but nobody's cheering. The U.S. is on track to accept fewer than 22,500 refugees this fiscal year, a historic low.