U.S. Soldiers Call on Trump to Exempt Afghan Allies From Refugee Ban

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Some face deadly threats, which hurts our standing abroad and makes the military’s job harder, said a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan." /> <meta name="socialpost4" content="At least 200 Afghan Americans in the U.S. military have relatives who applied for refugee status only to be blocked by Trump’s refugee ban. “We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister,” said one soldier." /> <meta name="socialpost5" content="Those who have made it through the refugee vetting process and have now been denied U.S. entry include the children of a former U.S. military translator, the wife of a former Texas National Guard member, and the sister of two U.S. soldiers." />  <script>(function(H){H.className=H.className.replace(/\bno-js\b/,'enhanced')})(document.documentElement)</script> <script>(function(win,undefined){win.PP=win.PP||{};win.PP.utils=win.PP.utils||{};var PP=win.PP;// loadJS: load a JS file asynchronously. 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Their sister can’t join them because her entry has been blocked by Trump’s executive order on refugees.</span> <span class="attribution__credit"> <span class="a11y">Credit: </span> Annie Mulligan for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune </span> </figcaption> </figure> <div class="opener__topic-title-dek-wrapper "> <span class="opener__topics "> <a class="opener__topics-link " href="https://www.propublica.org/topics/immigration">Immigration</a> </span> <h1 class="opener__hed " > These Soldiers Risked Their Lives Serving in Afghanistan. Now They Plead With Trump to Let Their Sister Into the U.S. </h1> <h2 class="opener__dek " > Trump’s executive orders have blocked entrance to the country for thousands of Afghans, including those who worked with the U.S. military and their relatives. 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Sign up for <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/newsletters/briefweekly/">The Brief Weekly</a> to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues.</p> </div> </div> <figure data-pp-id="1" data-pp-blocktype="embed" class="bb-embed size04 right out02 wide-sm wrap hide-print "> <iframe class="lazyload" id="noa-web-audio-player" style="border: none" src="https://embed-player.newsoveraudio.com/v4?key=pp03n4&id=https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-refugee-executive-order-afghan-allies&bgColor=2B3136&color=04AEE0&playColor=04AEE0&progressBgColor=E0E0E2&progressBorderColor=2B3136&titleColor=E0E0E2&timeColor=E0E0E2&speedColor=E0E0E2&noaLinkColor=E0E0E2&noaLinkHighlightColor=04AEE0" width="100%" height="110px"></iframe> <figcaption class="attribution"> </figcaption> </figure> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="2.0">The Afghan brothers worked closely with the American military for years, fighting the Taliban alongside U.S. troops, including the Special Forces, and facing gunfire and near misses from roadside bombs while watching their friends die.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="3.0">They escaped Afghanistan in 2021 when the Taliban seized control of the country. One brother is now an elite U.S. Army paratrooper at Fort Liberty in North Carolina. The other serves in the Army Reserve in Houston. Their eldest sister and her husband, however, were stranded in Afghanistan, forced into hiding as they waited for the U.S. government to green-light their refugee applications. Finally, after three years, they received those approvals in December and, according to the family, were slated to reunite with their brothers this month.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="4.0">But weeks before the couple was due to arrive, President Donald Trump issued an executive order indefinitely suspending the admission of refugees. The order was the first in a series of sweeping actions that blocked the arrival of more than 10,000 refugees who already had flights booked for the U.S. and that froze funding for national and international resettlement organizations.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="5.0">A top former government official who worked on refugee issues told ProPublica and The Texas Tribune that another 100,000 refugees who had already been vetted by the Department of Homeland Security have also been blocked from entering the country. The official, who declined to be identified for fear of retribution, said the Trump administration is “moving so swiftly that there might not be much of a refugee program left to recover.”</p> <aside class="bb-ad full | hide-print"> <div class="htlad-inline-2"></div> </aside> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="7.0">Taken together, Trump’s actions are effectively dismantling the U.S. refugee system and eroding the country’s historic commitment to legal immigration, according to refugee resettlement and U.S. military experts, who say the most egregious examples include denying entrance to thousands of Afghans who worked with the U.S. military and their relatives.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="8.0">The refugees “have been going through the process, which is very slow and very detailed and offers extreme scrutiny on each and every individual, and now, all of a sudden, that too is no longer acceptable,” said Erol Kekic, senior vice president with Church World Service, one of 10 national programs that work with the U.S. government to resettle refugees.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="9.0">“We’re basically abandoning humanity at this moment in time, and America has been known for being that shining star and guiding countries in the world when it comes to doing the right thing for people in need,” Kekic said. “Now we’re not.”</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="12.0">The orders halting aid to international groups also indirectly affected a separate visa program for Afghan translators who worked with the U.S. military, closing off yet another avenue by which thousands hoped to enter the country. Together, the Trump administration’s actions have likely shuttered pathways to the U.S. for about 200,000 Afghans and their relatives whose refugee and military visa applications are currently being reviewed, including tens of thousands who have been vetted, the former U.S. government official said.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="14.0">Abandoning Afghan allies whose work with the U.S. has them facing threats of retribution and death imperils the country’s standing abroad and makes the military’s job exceedingly difficult, said Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and onetime dean of Texas A&M University’s George Bush School of Government and Public Service.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="15.0">If the Trump administration does not quickly exempt Afghans from the refugee-related orders, “good luck signing up the next bunch of recruits to help us in our endeavors in the future,” said Crocker, who is now a fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonpartisan international think tank in Washington, D.C.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="16.0">“The entire world sees what we do and don’t do to support those who supported us,” Crocker said.</p> <aside class="bb-ad full | hide-print"> <div class="htlad-inline-2"></div> </aside> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="18.0">Spokespeople for the White House, the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not respond to requests for comment about the escalated actions by Trump, who slashed refugee admissions to a record low of 15,000 in the final year of his first term.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="19.0">Refugees and a coalition of resettlement groups filed the first refugee-related <a href="https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/new-lawsuit-challenges-trump-suspension-of-refugee-resettlement-program-and-freeze-of-refugee-funding">lawsuit against the administration</a> last week, seeking to reverse the executive orders. It argues that the recent actions violate Congress’ authority to make immigration laws and that the administration did not follow federal regulations in implementing them. Another resettlement group, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/catholic-bishops-lawsuit-refugee-resettlement-trump-administration-09477d766651a940ae53840ce3bd9c6e">sued the Trump administration</a> over its refugee actions this week, arguing that they were unlawful.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="20.0">The executive orders promise a review in 90 days and say that the State Department and DHS could grant exemptions “on a case-by-case basis,” but refugee groups said that neither agency has explained who is eligible or how to request such a waiver.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="21.0">The Afghan brothers, who asked to be identified by an abbreviation of their last name, Mojo, are hoping the answers come quickly. They are among at least 200 Afghan Americans currently serving in the U.S. military whose family members applied for refugee status, only to be suddenly denied entrance.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="22.0">“We feel betrayed,” the brother in Houston said. “We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister, who is in danger because of our work with America.”</p> <figure data-pp-id="23" data-pp-blocktype="image" class="bb-image size10 center wide-sm wrap "> <img class="" alt="" width="1946" height="1298" loading="lazy" js-autosizes src="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=534&q=75&w=800&s=6fba0a4a63e4af58c2517bc22fb9e25a" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=ea6fe1a6e1161ed2677cd861a5c0e9a9 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=534&q=75&w=800&s=6fba0a4a63e4af58c2517bc22fb9e25a 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=0b35a2c0cab8ad941f006b981d2afe99 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=867&q=75&w=1300&s=db04cfbe5d10d53d19dde5c350383e08 1300w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=967&q=75&w=1450&s=2aaf6bc00ac9690ac691e03d10c04c45 1450w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=46e1597102204b81eb5d23b9dbd5b3d3 1600w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-10_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95-cropped_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1334&q=75&w=2000&s=e033ac04951407f30dee96c5f0be7d16 2000w" /> <figcaption class="attribution"> <span class="attribution__caption">The Army Reserve member shows a letter written by his American military supervisor attesting to his years of risks and service for the U.S. government in fighting the Taliban. The letter argues that the man and his family were in danger as a result of his service and that the U.S. would “benefit” from his presence.</span> <span class="attribution__credit"> <span class="a11y">Credit: </span> Annie Mulligan for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune </span> </figcaption> </figure> <h3>“A Community Issue”</h3> </p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="25.0">The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which Congress created in 1980 following the Vietnam War, allows legal immigration for people fleeing their countries if they meet the <a href="https://www.unhcr.org/us/what-refugee">narrow </a><a href="https://www.unhcr.org/us/what-refugee">definition</a> of being persecuted.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="26.0">To qualify, refugees must prove that they have been targeted for political, racial or religious reasons or because they are part of a threatened social or ethnic group.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="26.1">The vetting, which requires multiple security screenings and medical examinations, takes an average of about two years, according to experts.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="27.0">Those who had made it through the process and are now unable to come because of Trump’s recent actions include the children of a former U.S. military translator living in Massachusetts with his wife. The Afghan couple waited three years to reunite with their children, who were separated from their parents at the Kabul airport on the day of the Taliban takeover and have been living in Qatar during the yearslong vetting process.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="28.0">The kids, ages six to 17, were about to board their flights in Doha last month when the executive orders suddenly blocked their travel, leaving them in Qatar, where they had been supported by international refugee agencies that were funded, in part, by the U.S. government.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="29.0">It’s uncertain how much longer they can stay in Qatar, said their father, Gul, who asked that his last name not be published to protect his family.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="29.1">“When my wife heard this news, she fell on the ground and lost consciousness,” Gul said. “We have waited years for them to come and in a few hours, everything changed.”</p> <aside class="bb-ad full | hide-print"> <div class="htlad-inline-2"></div> </aside> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="31.0">A former Texas National Guard member was beside himself when he talked about how his plans to be reunited with his wife later this month had been upended. She is a member of the Hazara minority group, which has historically been the target of widespread attacks and abuses including from the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, according to a <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/06/afghanistan-isis-group-targets-religious-minorities">2022 report by Human Rights Watch</a>, an international advocacy group.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="32.0">His work for the U.S. military, he said, put her in even more danger.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="32.1">“I don’t know what we’re going to do,” he sobbed into the phone.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="33.0">The actions have also blocked the arrival of persecuted Christians, whom Trump had previously vowed to protect. That includes an Afghan family whose conversion led to violent attacks from conservative Muslims, according to refugee organizations.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="34.0">Word of their persecution spurred a church in the conservative East Texas community of Tyler to sponsor the family’s refugee resettlement applications. Justin Reese, a 42-year-old software developer in Tyler who volunteers to help resettle refugees, said telling the family that it could no longer come was heartbreaking.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="35.0">“You went from this level of commitment and certainty to none at all, literally in the space of a couple of minutes,” he said.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="36.0">Aside from halting arrivals, Trump’s orders have blocked funding to U.S. nonprofit resettlement organizations, which caused them to lay off or furlough hundreds of employees and hindered their ability to help refugees already in the country.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="37.0">In Houston, for example, the YMCA is currently restricted from offering about 400 new refugees basic services such as housing and health screening to help set them up for self-sufficiency, said Jeff Watkins, the organization’s chief international initiatives officer.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="38.0">The nonprofit is temporarily relying on private funds and other programs to ensure that refugees’ housing and food needs are met and that they are not stranded, but Watkins said that is not sustainable for the long term.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="39.0">“This becomes a community issue if those needs aren’t addressed,” Watkins said.</p> <figure data-pp-id="40" data-pp-blocktype="image" class="bb-image size12 center wide-sm wrap "> <img class="" alt="" width="3000" height="2000" loading="lazy" js-autosizes src="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=5de1343b506d92c3bc7aa0b04b299f0d" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=071959686d2bd1f5209987919bcec8a9 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=5de1343b506d92c3bc7aa0b04b299f0d 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=9d5246901b460cf4051b8ed905a5a423 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=867&q=75&w=1300&s=c54a59357f4b1fe718b09b77a3963fb6 1300w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=967&q=75&w=1450&s=8034bf1681be471d7ed8ad3eaf272b40 1450w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=c30400d60635d4d59051099c9f850835 1600w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250229-Mulligan-HoustonAfghanistan-03_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1333&q=75&w=2000&s=a1b8d58803d18e8818344ec1e9e2d74d 2000w" /> <figcaption class="attribution"> <span class="attribution__caption">The Afghan Army reservist in Houston hopes the Trump administration will ultimately do right by his family after their previous and continuing service to the U.S. government.</span> <span class="attribution__credit"> <span class="a11y">Credit: </span> Annie Mulligan for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune </span> </figcaption> </figure> <h3>“Live Up to Our Word”</h3> </p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="42.0">The Afghan brothers in Houston and North Carolina said that their sister and her husband were forced to flee their home three years ago after the Taliban published photos of the brothers working with American troops and interrogated neighbors about their whereabouts.</p> <aside class="bb-ad full | hide-print"> <div class="htlad-inline-2"></div> </aside> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="44.0">The couple, who are both physicians, could no longer work. They moved every few months, relying on wire transfers sent by the brothers as they waited for the U.S. government to approve their refugee applications.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="45.0">Now they are forced to continue hiding, but this time the path toward safety feels more nebulous.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="46.0">Each day with no action increases the danger for stranded Afghans like them, said Shawn VanDiver, a U.S. Navy veteran who leads AfghanEvac, an organization that he began to help those left behind after the withdrawal.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="47.0">“The Taliban is routinely harassing and torturing folks associated with us,” he said.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="47.1">For years, Republicans criticized Biden for his handling of the withdrawal. “Now is the time for them to stand with our Afghan allies and fix this,” VanDiver said.</p> <aside data-pp-id="48" data-pp-blocktype="promo" data-pp-location="story 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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, however, in 2023 <a href="https://unama.unmissions.org/barrier-securing-peace-hr-violations-against-former-government-officials-former-armed-force-members">documented more than 200 killings</a> of former officials and members of the armed forces after the takeover, but international human rights officials have said the true number is likely far higher.</p> <p data-pp-blocktype="copy" data-pp-id="50.0">U.S. Rep. 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It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/mac-funk">McKenzie Funk</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-19EDT07:00">March 19, 2025, 7 a.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/022125_Jonathan-Guerrero-Melchor_Propublica_0388_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=dc729f081a1c35ea5fdecf73db7174b0 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/022125_Jonathan-Guerrero-Melchor_Propublica_0388_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=4f7967bcc0186f303f9fe2505ade225f 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/022125_Jonathan-Guerrero-Melchor_Propublica_0388_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=ebc53c8d3906dcc05a41060af5bd6cc4 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/022125_Jonathan-Guerrero-Melchor_Propublica_0388_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=ec56485488c9392d2f1fddcd1bdc92bd 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration">The New Immigration</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids"> Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/nicole-foy">Nicole Foy</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-18EDT14:05">March 18, 2025, 2:05 p.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250227-Cegarra-PanamaCamp063_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.8985&fp-y=0.4867&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=db2bbb1c039430b69e3bfe6d5b537f1b 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250227-Cegarra-PanamaCamp063_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.8985&fp-y=0.4867&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=d8b75b7d2a06660272589acd8d925b9d 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250227-Cegarra-PanamaCamp063_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.8985&fp-y=0.4867&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=a22093fd027cef63141f25d7ba710bc8 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250227-Cegarra-PanamaCamp063_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.8985&fp-y=0.4867&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=e592c94407c7f779ba87b9d88660f859 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration">The New Immigration</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups"> Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The administration’s moves to expel asylum-seekers to third countries put the International Organization for Migration at the center of a policy critics have called illegal. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/lomi-kriel">Lomi Kriel</a>, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/perla-trevizo">Perla Trevizo</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/mica-rosenberg">Mica Rosenberg</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-12EDT12:01">March 12, 2025, 12:01 p.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-guantanamo-bay-venezuelan-migrant-mom"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/250217_INT_ANGELA_SEQUERA_1200X630_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=50d6a4d376089dfb3cb8e05439a7adda 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/250217_INT_ANGELA_SEQUERA_1200X630_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=e2b63a490ee07c5459cc06b13aaa5162 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/250217_INT_ANGELA_SEQUERA_1200X630_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=5073ae24a02386ae4db7b30509af81ad 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/250217_INT_ANGELA_SEQUERA_1200X630_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=5a2e5d8fc6962d146c42f2a033102dd3 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration">The New Immigration</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-guantanamo-bay-venezuelan-migrant-mom"> Trump Is Sending Migrants From Around the World to Guantanamo. One Mother Speaks Out About Her Son’s Detention. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The Trump administration detained Yoiker Sequera at Guantanamo Bay for almost two weeks before he was deported to Venezuela. His mother reflects on finding out her son had been sent to the infamous prison and the effects it had on her. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/gerardo-del-valle">Gerardo del Valle</a>, ProPublica, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/perla-trevizo">Perla Trevizo</a>, <a href="https://www.propublica.org/texas">ProPublica and The Texas Tribune</a>, and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/mica-rosenberg">Mica Rosenberg</a>, ProPublica, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-02-28EST11:56">Feb. 28, 2025, 10:56 a.m. CST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GB-2_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=a06045c26c479142ede373173e3a25e1 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GB-2_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=2605a59413ece993de6879be572226fc 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GB-2_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=cb0bb3ccece0bdf690f1edcae5233de5 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GB-2_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=617a85d735089c3f454d2effed985e8d 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration">The New Immigration</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay"> U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have identified nearly a dozen immigrants who have been flown to Guantanamo Bay. 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