Lacking E.M.T.s, an Aging Maine Turns to Immigrants

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE March 27, 2017 SOUTH PORTLAND, Me. — Jolly Ntirumenyerwa ran her fingers over the stethoscope that she had slung around her neck. It was a comforting connection to her career as a physician in her home country, the...

Strategies: The New Currency Champ Lives South of the Border

March 25, 2017 Jeff Sommer STRATEGIES Can you guess which world currency has gained the most since Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as president? Here’s a clue. It has something to do with a “big, beautiful wall” on America’s southern...

Travel Ban Dampens Persian New Year Celebration

For hundreds of Iranian-Americans in Southern California, long-held plans and family gatherings have been disrupted because of uncertainty over the ban.

A Texas Woman ‘Voted Like a U.S. Citizen.’ Only She Wasn’t.

By MICHAEL WINES March 18, 2017 When Rosa Maria Ortega was a teenager, her mother was deported to her native Mexico after being arrested twice. As she grew up, Ms. Ortega decided to take a different route. Lacking a high school diploma, she signed up for the...

‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Irish Grandfather

‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Irish Grandfather By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG March 16, 2017 The family of Richard Michael Cawley, Vice President Mike Pence’s maternal grandfather, lived in Doocastle, County...

Economic Scene: Can Immigration Hurt the Economy? An Old Prejudice Returns

February 14, 2017 Eduardo Porter ECONOMIC SCENE For a nation of immigrants, the United States has worked hard to keep foreigners out. The Statue of Liberty was less than 40 years old when President Calvin Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924. It barred...