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'To Be Determined': Trump Campaign Signals He May Moderate Immigration Stance

Donald Trump campaigns in Michigan on Friday. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

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'To Be Determined': Trump Campaign Signals He May Moderate Immigration Stance

The GOP nominee is considering walking back a key campaign promise central to his support — whether 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally would be deported under a President Trump.

'To Be Determined': Trump Campaign Signals He May Moderate Immigration Stance

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Surveillance Stills From Border Patrol Facilities Show Crowded, Trash-Filled Cells

An undated still image shows men at a Tucson facility wrapped in Mylar sheets and sitting on concrete floors and benches. CBP/American Immigration Council hide caption

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Surveillance Stills From Border Patrol Facilities Show Crowded, Trash-Filled Cells

As part of a lawsuit, images from surveillance cameras at holding cells in Arizona have been made public. They show people huddled together, wrapped in thermal blankets, on bare concrete floors.

Halt On Juvenile Immigrant Visa Leaves Thousands In Limbo

Edson Escobar, 16, (seated, left) and his brother Alex Escobar, 18, (right), with their grandparents Ricardo and Sara Tejada in central Virginia. Edson and Alex came to the U.S. from El Salvador separately two years apart to escape their abusive father. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption

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Halt On Juvenile Immigrant Visa Leaves Thousands In Limbo

According to Border Patrol, more than 120,000 unaccompanied children arrived in the past two and a half years, many seeking asylum. Some young immigrants are now trying to use a new visa category.

Halt On Juvenile Immigrant Visa Leaves Thousands In Limbo

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NPR's Interview With President Obama About 'Obama's Years'

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NPR's Interview With President Obama About 'Obama's Years'

Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama on NPR's radio special, "Obama's Years," about how Americans have fared since 2008. He also discusses the Brexit vote and parallels in the U.S. election.

Listen to NPR's Special Coverage: Steve Inskeep Interviews President Obama

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'A Little Piece Of Mommy On Earth': The Gifts Their Late Mom Left Behind

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'A Little Piece Of Mommy On Earth': The Gifts Their Late Mom Left Behind

Ibukun Owolabi's mom died when he was just 2 weeks old, so his then-teenage sister, Alice, helped raise him instead. Now a decade later, they recall what she left them: a name and a legacy of love.

'A Little Piece Of Mommy On Earth': The Gifts Their Late Mom Left Behind

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Brexit Fallout: Anxious Immigrants, Backtracking Politicians

A man wears an anti-immigration T-shirt at the Armed Forces Day Parade in Romford, England on Saturday. Many of those who voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union cited increased immigration as a reason. AP hide caption

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Parallels

Brexit Fallout: Anxious Immigrants, Backtracking Politicians

The Brexit vote could complicate the lives of European Union citizens working in the United Kingdom. And politicians who supported the Brexit now seem to be backsliding on anti-immigrant pledges.

Brexit Fallout: Anxious Immigrants, Backtracking Politicians

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From London To The Welsh Coast, Sharp Disagreements On 'Brexit'

Aberystwyth lies in a cove along the Welsh coast and looks out toward Ireland. Aberystwyth is part of an area that YouGov, the on-line polling company, says is the most EU-friendly region in the United Kingdom. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption

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From London To The Welsh Coast, Sharp Disagreements On 'Brexit'

The United Kingdom's cultural makeup has shifted many times through the centuries, but for some struggling in England, the latest changes are coming too fast.

From London To The Welsh Coast, Sharp Disagreements On 'Brexit'

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Filipino World War II Veterans Living In U.S. Can Now Reunite With Family

World War II veteran Rudolpho Panaglima lives in Arlington, Va., with his wife, Pura, who holds a portrait of their four children living abroad. Their eldest son, Rolando, has been waiting 20 years for a visa to move to the U.S. from the Philippines. Evie Stone/NPR hide caption

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Filipino World War II Veterans Living In U.S. Can Now Reunite With Family

For decades, some Filipino World War II veterans have been separated from their relatives in the Philippines. New U.S. immigration rules for these families could change that.

Filipino World War II Veterans Living In U.S. Can Now Reunite With Family

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In Homogeneous South Korea, A Multicultural Village Hints At Change

"Multicultural Street" in Wongok Village features stores, restaurants and stalls that serve the international community. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption

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In Homogeneous South Korea, A Multicultural Village Hints At Change

"Wongok Village is what Korea will look like in the future," says a grade school teacher in a self-styled "borderless village" south of Seoul, where most of the residents are non-Korean.

In Homogeneous South Korea, A Multicultural Village Hints At Change

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