Kyiv urges travel ban on Russians as Moscow steps up assault in eastern Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s President called on the West to impose a blanket travel ban on Russians, an idea that has found support among some European states but angered Moscow, which pressed on with a fierce military offensive in eastern Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s idea looked likely to divide the European Union, where differences on how […]
US congressional hearing on travel ban highlights impact of muddled waiver process
RNS Ismail Alghazali has never met his five-month-old daughter. “I live in darkness, and my family is my only light,” said Alghazali, a Yemeni American who works at a Brooklyn bodega and has not seen his wife and two young children in more than a year. A House Committee on the Judiciary‚ Subcommittee on […]
REFUGEES: TWO YEARS AFTER TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN, US FAITH-BASED REFUGEE GROUPS STRUGGLE
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…
As refugee admissions drop, fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US: World Relief
RNS The number of Christian refugees coming to the United States from the countries where Christians are most persecuted has dropped dramatically under President Trump’s administration. That comes despite the President’s pledge during his first week in office that helping persecuted Christians overseas would be a priority for his administration. Thousands of Syrian refugees walk in order […]
Breaking: US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
RNS The US Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries in a 5-4 decision, arguing it is within the executive branch’s power to “suspend entry of aliens into the United States.” “The President has lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him…to suspend the […]
IMMIGRATION BANS: IN THE US, REFUGEE GROUPS FIGHT TRUMP TRAVEL BAN – AND FOR THEIR OWN SURVIVAL
In this special in-depth report, JACK JENKINS and EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, look at how faith groups dedicated to aiding refugees are being impacted by – and fighting against – the Trump administration’s travel bans in the US…
In victory for Trump, Supreme Court dismisses travel ban case
RNS/USA Today The US Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to President Trump’s travel ban on majority-Muslim countries because it has been replaced by a new version, sending the controversy back to the starting block. The ruling on Tuesday is a victory for the Trump administration, which had asked the court to drop the case […]
US Supreme Court travel ban ruling: What it means
RNS/USA Today People walk out after the US Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request to put his travel ban into effect immediately while the legal battle continues in Washington, DC. PICTURE: Reuters/Yuri Gripas The US Supreme Court delivered a mixed ruling on Monday that will allow President Donald Trump to implement […]
President Trump’s executive order calls for report into honour killings in US
RNS As part of its goal to protect “the nation from foreign terrorist entry”, President Trump’s new executive order calls for a report on the number of honor killings carried out in the US by “foreign nationals.” Civil liberties advocates say the focus on honor killings, which a 2014 Justice Department reports shows make up […]
US President Donald Trump issues revised travel ban for six majority-Muslim countries
RNS/USA Today US President Donald Trump took a second swing at his temporary travel ban, this time targeting travelers from six majority Muslim countries and crafting his executive order in ways intended to survive challenges in US courts. The new ban, which goes into effect on 16th March, no longer restricts travel from Iraq, one of […]