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Colleges try to reassure international students

by Amy Scott
Mar 28, 2017
Foreign applications drop amid fear and uncertainty over Trump policies.
Polina Kaniuka, 28, a graduate student from Ukraine, at an event aimed at reassuring international students at Indiana State University.
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The latest travel ban targets electronic devices

by Reema Khrais
Mar 21, 2017
Smartphones will be the only devices allowed on the plane on certain flights.
An officer from the Transportation Security Administration checks documents for travelers at Reagan National Airport in Virginia.
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Iraqis are relieved to be excluded from new travel ban

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Mar 6, 2017
BBC correspondent Rami Ruhayem says Iraqis are relieved by the new executive order as refugees flood camps near Mosul.
An Iraqi family that has fled fighting as Iraqi forces advance into Islamic State-controlled west Mosul.
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Immigrant detentions spark Mexican backlash

by Jed Kim
Feb 14, 2017
Immigrant rights groups are condemning the detention of hundreds of people over the past week in what they are calling evidence of a crackdown by U.S. authorities. President Trump said he’s just keeping his campaign promises to expel criminals. But the tougher U.S. position is sparking a backlash in Mexico and among immigrant groups in the U.S. […]
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International students and faculty make 'the world a safer place'

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 3, 2017
The University of Michigan's president explains how Trump's travel ban could affect higher education in the U.S.
 
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Travel ban draws reaction from academics

by Andy Uhler
Feb 1, 2017
Over 5,000 academics have spoken up
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The travel ban, as seen from the Middle East

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 1, 2017
BuzzFeed News' Borzou Daragahi tells us how other countries are taking advantage of the U.S. travel ban.
An Iranian man holds a local newspaper displaying a portrait of Donald Trump a day after his election as the new US president, in the capital Tehran, on November 10, 2016.   
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How Iranian-American businesses are handling the travel ban

by Kai Ryssdal and Adriene Hill
Jan 31, 2017
The business challenges that Iranians living in the U.S. might face.
Silvia Sadjadi who migrated from Iran, waits for a family member to arrive beside a arabic sign, after the immigration ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump at the Los Angeles International Airport, California on January 30, 2017. Trump's executive order suspended the arrival of all refugees for at least 120 days, Syrian refugees indefinitely, and bars citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days. 
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