Asylum and Refugees

National Security

Bob Menendez: Rex Tillerson should go to Israel following Iran clash

Joel Gehrke -

February 12, 2018 9:52 pm

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Trump's revised travel ban outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. President Donald Trump has moved to significantly reduce the number of refugees allowed to enter the U.S. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Immigration

Refugee costs: $8.8 billion, $80,000 per immigrant, free welfare, Medicaid

Paul Bedard -

February 5, 2018 1:50 pm

Roughly 87 migrants died Thursday evening after their ship capsized while attempting to transit the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Sicily or the Italian mainland. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Beltway Confidential

European and Libyan governments are letting African children drown

Tom Rogan -

February 2, 2018 9:52 pm

The most recent numbers from Customs and Border Protection show a 45 percent increase in the number of families apprehended at the border in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2018. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Immigration

ICE chief: 9th Circuit partly to blame for rise in illegal immigration

Anna Giaritelli -

February 1, 2018 5:01 am

In a statement Wednesday evening, Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said:

Foreign Policy

DHS extends temporary protected status for thousands of Syrians

Anna Giaritelli -

February 1, 2018 2:09 am

National Security

Angelina Jolie visits NATO to talk about sexual violence in conflict zones

Meghana Kurup -

January 31, 2018 10:17 am

President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have had a rocky relationship in the past. Trump once called a phone call with his Australian counterpart as his

Foreign Policy

Trump to meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as countries prepare to sign TPP without US: Report

Naomi Lim -

January 24, 2018 10:39 pm

Actress Cate Blanchett, during an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said if she were to play first lady Melania Trump she wouldn't feed into the stereotypes pushed by the

News

Cate Blanchett: I wouldn’t portray Melania Trump from a ‘Free Melania’ standpoint

Naomi Lim -

January 24, 2018 2:44 am

In this Jan. 9, 2017, photo, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Bargainers seeking a bipartisan immigration accord planned talks as soon as Wednesday as President Donald Trump and leading lawmakers sought to parlay an extraordinary White House meeting into momentum for resolving a politically blistering issue.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Surprise: Africa leads in sending refugees to US

Paul Bedard -

January 18, 2018 3:17 pm

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency was founded in 1949 to help Palestinian refugees displaced by Israel's war of independence. It has, without a doubt, evolved into something more today. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File)

Beltway Confidential

US support for UNRWA has gone on long enough

Michael Rubin -

January 17, 2018 4:20 am

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