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Katalin Karikó works at BioNTech, the company that partnered with Pfizer to make the first COVID-19 vaccine to get emergency authorization in the U.S.

If Vaccines Bring End To Pandemic, America Has Immigrants To Thank

Joel Rose

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Scientists and investors born outside the U.S. played crucial roles in the development of COVID-19 vaccines — a remarkable vindication for the argument that innovation depends on immigration.

José spent three months in the hospital being treated for COVID-19. "All of the nurses clapped for me as I was leaving the hospital," he says. But now he faces a long recovery at home.

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Undocumented With COVID-19: Many Face A Long Recovery, Largely On Their Own

Joseph Shapiro

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People can spend months recovering from COVID-19 and sometimes have lasting disabilities. That is especially hard for undocumented people, who often are in high-risk jobs without health insurance.

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Foreign Business Owners In U.S. Caught In Travel Limbo Over Pandemic

Suzie Wells was reluctant to leave her husband in Boca Raton after he was released from the hospital following a severe asthma attack. With her mother…

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Reversal Leads To Uncertainty For International Students

The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded rules that could have put thousands of foreign students in Florida at risk of deportation if their fall…

Harvard University, shown here, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over a rule change that would have barred international college students from taking fully online course loads in the United States. In court on Tuesday, a judge announced that the government would rescind the directive.

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ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In The U.S.

Rachel Treisman

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A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.

View through a window of one of the rooms at the Krome Immigrant Detention Center Medical Unit in west Miami-Dade County.

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ICE Detainee Dies Of COVID At South Florida Hospital — The State’s First Immigration Death

Monique O. Madan

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A 51-year-old immigration detainee died Sunday at a Palm Beach County hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. The Mexican national’s death...

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Trump Tweets He Will Suspend Immigration Into U.S. During Pandemic

Franco Ordoñez

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Trump says he'll temporarily suspend immigration because of the coronavirus. There aren't many details but the administration has been using the pandemic to justify more restrictions on immigration.

Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Family Action Network Movement, called for business leaders and government representatives to advocate on behalf of TPS recipients. Photo from July 2017.

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Immigration Advocates Push For TPS Extensions, COVID-19 Benefits

Daylina Miller

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Since taking office, President Donald Trump has ended protections for immigrants from six countries affected by natural disasters, war, or other...

The American Immigration Lawyers Association sued the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to freeze immigration deadlines like visa applications and work authorization renewals.

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'Our Very Last Option:' Immigration Lawyers Sue Feds To Pause Visa Deadlines Amid Pandemic

Amanda Rosa - Fresh Take Florida

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An organization representing immigration attorneys is suing the Trump administration, saying it puts lawyers and immigrants at risk by not relaxing...

A security guard stands at the El Chaparral port of entry on the border in Tijuana, Mexico, last month. The U.S. and Mexico are said to be working out a deal to close their border to nonessential crossings.

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U.S., Mexico Planning To Restrict Border Crossings To Stem Pandemic

Scott Neuman

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet that he is working with his Mexican counterpart "on travel restrictions that balance protecting our citizens from further transmission of #COVID19."