The Race for Asylum Before Trump Takes Office

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Jill Ellis has seen soccer from every angle: as an elite player, as the two-time World Cup champion coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team and as an NWSL team president. She is bringing this expertise to FIFA as the organization’s first Chief Football Officer. As one of the chie ...  Show more

In one of his first acts back in the White House, President Donald Trump signed a bunch of executive orders Monday to severely restrict immigration in the United States. He signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship, a move that's already prompted multiple lawsuits. ...  Show more

At the heart of President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was a systematic dismantling of the United States’ approach to immigration.

Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration policy for The Times, explains what the orders do and the message they send.

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Over the past several weeks, federal agents have mounted increasingly aggressive immigration raids across the country.

They have met with intense pushback from protesters, politicians and businesses.

Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, speaks about his deport ...

Warning: This episode contains mentions of suicide.

Since President Trump took office, his plan to deport millions of undocumented people has kept running into barriers. That has forced the White House to come up with ever more creative, and controversial, tactics ...