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An elderly woman in a wheelchair is rescued from the flood waters of tropical storm Harvey in east Houston, Texas.

One of Houston's most vulnerable communities faces the floods

A group founded by immigrants in wheelchairs battles Hurricane Harvey.

One of Houston's most vulnerable communities faces the floods
A view of hands on the window of a prison cell door

Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump

Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump
Afghan journalist Habib Zahori made a cold trek across the US-Canada border on foot and on bicycle. "I remember thinking, wishing, 'Oh God, please, please send someone to arrest me!’ "

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift
A woman stands in conference area in front of "Guatemala" sign

How one woman went from 'Why are these Mexicans here?' to supporting immigrant businesses

How one woman went from 'Why are these Mexicans here?' to supporting immigrant businesses
Soccer player bites his with a trophy on the field

Euro 2016: Meet the player who scored 'the most important goal in the history of Portuguese football'

Portuguese fans are happy that a kid from Guinea Bissau chose to come to their country as an immigrant. And Éder is happy for what Portugal gave him: a chance to score a miraculous goal.

Euro 2016: Meet the player who scored 'the most important goal in the history of Portuguese football'
Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong was born in Saigon and raised in Hartford, Connecticut.

Read this brilliant new poet's take on the US immigrant experience

Twenty-eight-year-old Ocean Vuong captures his experience coming from Vietnam to the US in his debut poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds."

Read this brilliant new poet's take on the US immigrant experience
Baby Eva has yet to meet her Pakistani grandmother.

A Pakistani mom sets out to visit her new American granddaughter, and is turned back at the visa counter

Dual citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Sudan are hit by the new US program that restricts their travel. But Pakistanis say they're victims of a visa clampdown as well.

A Pakistani mom sets out to visit her new American granddaughter, and is turned back at the visa counter
A bus advertising an American visa lottery in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.

Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper

When immigrants are granted visas, their lives are transformed, and so are the lives of the circle of people around them.

Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper
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Central American kids wait in life-or-death limbo to see if they can stay in the US

Tens of thousands of young Central Americans crossed the US-Mexico border this year, many fleeing violence. Now they must navigate the US asylum system to try and stay here legally, but the system is being overwhelmed by the huge numbers of children.

Central American kids wait in life-or-death limbo to see if they can stay in the US

Sudan's pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like

When people immigrate to the US, they not only leave behind family and friends, they leave behind the sights, scents and flavors of home. Reporter Hana Baba went back to Sudan to find her favorite soda, unmatched by any in the US.

Sudan's pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like
Karim Shamsi-Basha, who moved from Syria to attend the University of Tennessee in the 1980s, stands with his father, Kheridean Shamsi-Basha.

In his first days in the US, a Syrian Muslim connected with Americans through the Bible

When Karim Shamsi-Basha arrived in the US as a student, he found that Americans had already heard of his birthplace, Damascus. But he couldn't understand why, until he looked in the Bible.

In his first days in the US, a Syrian Muslim connected with Americans through the Bible