Some immigrant groups in the United States fear that proposed changes in "religious worker" visas will hamper the construction of their houses of worship. They say only specialized artisans from their home countries can create temples that are authentic. But the new visa rules could make it difficult for these craftsmen to work in the US. One group concerned about this practices Jainism, an ancient religion from India. Brian Bull has the story.

Correspondent Marcos Najera of station KJZZ tells us about some farm workers in a tiny US-Mexico border town who are putting their own stamp on one of Shakespeare's comedies.

Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks to BBC reporter José Baig, who is travelling across the United States while speaking only Spanish. Baig asks everyone he meets, "Hablas Español?" So far, he's doing just fine.

José Baig (left) and video producer Carlos Ceresole

Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with Kirk Johnson. He worked for the US Agency for International Development in Iraq in 2005. Now he's working to help Iraqis who've worked alongside Americans, at great personal risk. Johnson is trying to help them get asylum in the United States.

The BBC's David Loyn reports on the plight of Iraqi translators who've worked with the United States. Their work puts their lives at risk. The American ambassador in Baghdad has urged the Bush Administration to grant visas to all the Iraqis working for the US government. But for now, many Iraqi translators are on their own.

2,000 Iraqi citizens leave their country every day, many of them former translators and contractors for the US government. Only a few of them have made it to the United States. Reporter Jessie Graham speaks with one of those refugees who's living in New York.

Chicago Public Radio's Chip Mitchell reports on how the immigrant community in Chicago is bracing for tougher enforcement of immigration laws. Some community leaders are stepping up efforts to train immigrants to avert deportation.

The World's Jason Margolis reports on the consequences the defeat of the immigration reform bill may have on the US forestry industry.

Genevieve Oger reports from the suburbs of Paris, where a group of undocumented immigrants are staging a protest against their former employer. They say the Buffalo Grill restaurant hired them knowing that they were undocumented. The company says it was duped. The situation echoes similar incidents here in the United States.

Immigration is a central theme in one of Bolivia's most popular novels. It's called "American Visa" and it's just been translated into English. The book had an unlikely translator, an American college student named Adrian Althoff. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Althoff about how he ended up working on the project.