How immigrants revived a dying Ohio business district
After the Northland Mall closed, Columbus city officials scrambled to find ways to reverse the area’s decline, but when help arrived, it came from an unexpected place.
Houston’s immigrants struggle to rebound from Hurricane Harvey
From flooded-out homeowners, to empty restaurants and conveniences stores, immigrants are an integral part of the Houston area and they’re among the local residents working to bounce back.
Will immigrants drive Motor City’s revitalization?
One of the hardest-hit areas in the country during the Great Recession, Detroit, Michigan, has since discovered a key ingredient to its economic revitalization: immigrants.
Fewer refugees came to the US in July than in any month since 2000
The dip comes after the Supreme Court temporarily OK’d orders that support President Trump’s efforts to curb the number of displaced people allowed into the country.
For US foreign visitors, a short walk to a new life in Canada
In the last 6 months, more than 5,000 people took a taxi to the US-Canada crossing, rolled their suitcases across the border, and walked right into Canadian custody.
Trump expected to scrap program allowing more entrepreneurs into the US
Silicon Valley leaders credit immigrants with a lot of the region’s success, but the Trump administration will likely kill an Obama-era plan to allow more foreign entrepreneurs into the country.
What’s it like to live next door to refugees?
Half the residents of this apartment complex outside Washington, DC, are refugees.
How diversity re-energized a small town in super-white Iowa
Immigrants, who make up about one-quarter of all residents in Postville, have transformed the community.
Immigrants were among those who rushed to help Manchester victims
Sikh temples offered food and shelter, while passengers were taken to hospitals, hotels and other locations free of charge by immigrant taxi drivers from Africa and the Middle East.
Rights group says attacks against foreigners happen daily in South Africa
In Johannesburg, foreign shopkeepers tell VOA what it’s like to live with the constant threat of violence.