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Shawn Fain has been UAW president for less than six months, elected in the first direct ballot where members picked their leadership. Now he's in the spotlight as the union starts to strike.

Some states are prioritizing farmworkers in their vaccine rollout. Many of these workers are from Mexico, and are getting vaccinated much sooner than they would in their home countries.

Janis Shinwari, an Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military, grabbed a rifle in the heat of battle and saved U.S. troops in 2008. Twelve years later, he became a U.S. citizen.

Many of the asylum-seekers are the wives and children of refugees already in northern European countries that have stalled family reunification visas due to rising anti-migrant sentiment.

On Monday, Lebanon imposed new visa-like restrictions on Syrian refugees entering the country. Steve Inskeep talks to Ron Redmond, a spokeman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

For the Halabis — reportedly the last Jews left in the city — the knock on the door was terrifying. But it wasn't Assad's regime, or the Islamic State. It was a private businessman's rescue mission.

Senators on the Judiciary Committee spent their second full day slogging through proposed amendments to the bipartisan immigration overhaul. Tuesday's subject was the method of awarding visas for those wanting to come here to study and work.

The U.S. is expediting visas for hundreds of children whose adoptions were already in process, but officials say Americans' hoping to adopt kids orphaned as a result of the earthquake should wait.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Inter-American Dialogue's Manuel Orozco about whether Nicaragua's president has weaponized immigration regulations to dig at the Biden Administration and sanctions.

Friends and family of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested by U.S. immigration officials, are frightened and concerned for her safety.