An Uncertain Wait Ends for U.S.-Bound Refugees Stuck in Jordan

By RANA F. SWEIS and DAN BILEFSKY February 6, 2017 AMMAN, Jordan — For the dozens of Syrian and Iraqi refugees who gathered at the international airport in Amman, Jordan, to board flights to the United States early Monday morning, the...

With Travel Ban Lifted, Anxiety and Relief as Families Are Reunited

By CAITLIN DICKERSON and SARAH MASLIN NIR February 5, 2017 At a sweltering refugee camp on the Kenya-Somalia border, dozens of Somalis who had cleared all the final security and medical checks to enter the United States were told to prepare...

This Land: A Resettlement Mission Upended by the Sweep of a President’s Pen

A Resettlement Mission Upended by the Sweep of a President’s Pen February 5, 2017 Josh Digrugilliers, 26, left, a Church World Service housing specialist, was greeted by Yousef Mohamed Zein, left, and Aya, his sister, last week at their home in Lancaster, Pa....

This Land: A Resettlement Mission Upended by the Sweep of a President’s Pen

A Resettlement Mission Upended by the Sweep of a President’s Pen February 5, 2017 Josh Digrugilliers, 26, left, a Church World Service housing specialist, was greeted by Yousef Mohamed Zein, left, and Aya, his sister, last week at their home in Lancaster, Pa....

Pence Defends Trump’s Criticism of Judge Who Blocked Travel Ban

By NICHOLAS FANDOS February 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday defended President Trump’s personal attack on the federal judge who blocked his travel ban on seven predominately Muslim countries, saying that the...

Pence Defends Trump’s Criticism of Judge Who Blocked Travel Ban

By NICHOLAS FANDOS February 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday defended President Trump’s personal attack on the federal judge who blocked his travel ban on seven predominately Muslim countries, saying that the...