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(Im)migration News Recap, July 8-14

by Victoria Macchi

   Editor's note: We wanted a way to keep you updated with the top
   immigration, migration, and refugee stories every week -- the ones that
   will most affect you, our international readers, viewers and listeners.
   We want you to know what's happening, why, and how it could impact your
   life, family or business, so we created a weekly digest of the top
   original immigration reporting from across VOA. Questions? Tips?
   Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com

   Not without my son

   [1]Lourdes de Leon was deported to Guatemala. Her son stayed in U.S.
   custody. She says federal agents tricked her into leaving without the
   boy. "I am aware that one commits a crime, entering illegally, but it's
   more of a crime when they take a son away from you."

   When a visa isn't enough

   [2]Millions of immigrants to the United States may face problems moving
   up from the "back of the line" to get their green cards if a proposed
   rule change expected from the Trump administration goes through this
   month as planned.

   IDs, please

   In recent weeks, [3]the U.N. and the government of Bangladesh started
   the vetting process for hundreds of thousands of refugees living in
   Cox's Bazar, mostly Rohingyas who fled Myanmar in the last year. It's a
   step the displaced have to go through to help determine not just if
   they are who they say they are, but also whether they will qualify for
   resettlement in a third country.

   The Africans propelling Les Bleus

   France is headed to the World Cup final on Sunday with a team comprised
   mostly of first- and second-generation immigrants. But one professor
   notes that may not be reflective of a bigger social shift in [4]how
   immigrants are treated in France.

   All the camp's a stage

   Theater nerds will find a way to be theater nerds, no matter where they
   are. VOA chatted with [5]Kurdish actors in Syria who found each other
   again in a refugee camp after being displaced and are doing what they
   know best: performing to a packed house.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/a/guatemalan-mother-deported-from-us-without-son/4481087.html
   2. https://www.voanews.com/a/proposed-rule-may-affect-us-legal-immigration-/4477138.html
   3. https://www.voanews.com/a/bangladesh-begins-registering-rohingya-refugees/4474697.html
   4. https://www.voanews.com/a/world-cup-final-has-african-flavor-but-challenges-remain/4481310.html
   5. https://www.voanews.com/a/kurdish-theater-group-reunites-in-syrian-refugee-camp/4473506.html