Bringing The World Home To You

© 2025 WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
120 Friday Center Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.445.9150 | 800.962.9862

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

The USPS has changed the way mail is postmarked. Learn how to make your gift count in 2025.

Limiting migration led to 1.6 million losing legal status in 2025

By Ximena Bustillo,

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Published December 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM EST

The Trump administration has stripped legal status from 1.6 million immigrants in 11 months. It's the largest removal of deportation protections for legal migrants in U.S. history.

More Stories

Bari Weiss halts '60 Minutes' story, sparking an outrage

David Folkenflik

CBS' new editor-in-chief spiked a 60 Minutes story shortly before it was to air, leading to concerns about whether the network and its owners are bowing to the Trump administration.
22 attorneys general have sued the Trump administration over CFPB funding

Camila Domonoske

Twenty-two attorneys general have sued the Trump administration over funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The consumer watchdog agency is close to running out of money.
Trump's second term marks a significant departure from his first term, analysts say

Franco Ordoñez

President Trump's first year of foreign policy in his second term surprised many — for a lot of different reasons.
Army command structure changes driven by Trump-era priorities and bid for efficiency

Jay Price

The Army is creating a command that will oversee planning and operations for the Americas and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on the nation's borders.
Inside a Darfur refugee camp, there is so much need and a little bit of hope

Michael Levitt, Juana Summers, Sarah Handel

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee about his recent trip to Darfur, what he witnessed at a refugee camp there, and what the needs are.