Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memo in February 2026 that could lead to the detention of refugees who are legally in the country. The new policy states that “DHS may arrest and ...

In a break from tradition, refugees admitted to the United States after extensive interviews and vetting are being detained and questioned again.

A group of 59 white South Africans arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday afternoon, greeted by U.S. officials as newly admitted refugees. The group—members of the Afrikaner ...

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment ...

President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to take in dozens of white South Africans who were granted refugee status as his administration limits refugee admissions for the rest of the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United States Embassy in South Africa said Thursday that it received a list of nearly 70,000 people interested in refugee status in the U.S. under President Trump’s plan ...

SPRINGFIELD — An immigrant resettlement agency in Western Massachusetts has joined a lawsuit aimed at U.S. Homeland Security ...

The UK’s asylum system is being overhauled. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has laid out a series of reforms that will ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump ...

A Canadian immigration official who refused refugee protection for a 64-year-old survivor of “one of the worst atrocities in ...

Two contradictory events this week illustrate the muddled, inconsistent mess that passes for U.S. immigration policy. On Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau personally welcomed almost ...