The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, coordinates major rescue operations that would overwhelm local officials after significant catastrophes like hurricanes and floods that strike the United States.
It was the second time in two weeks that a strong hurricane had struck the Southeast, and Hurricane Milton left behind widespread destruction as it made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.
Cultivating their own food has proven to be an unexpected source of solace for migrants waiting to enter the United States on Mexico’s northern border.
As part of a July agreement with the United States, Panama has begun deporting migrants who cross the dangerous Darién Gap from Colombia into Panama.
The attempt of a Washington teacher to help one student has turned into something much larger.VOA’s Philip Alexiou has this story of a chess academy for kids.
Many of the more than 1.2 million Vietnamese immigrants who now call the United States home arrived during the Vietnam War. A new wave of Vietnamese immigration has more recently generated discussion over immigration in the community and has emerged as a major election season talking point.
Jifeng Bookstore reopened in Washington to reach a new audience by bringing literature and debate to the city six years after it was forced to close its doors in Shanghai.
Fish migration on California’s second-largest river has been blocked by dams for more than a century. With the last of four dams removed, Native Americans who depend on the river have achieved a major victory.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced in February that since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, around 500,000 Ukrainians have immigrated to the country.Many refugees appear to be adjusting to life in their new country, but they still miss their homeland and are traumatized by the war.
A Mexican border center south of Arizona has become a crucial source of humanitarian aid to migrants as thousands of migrants continue to make their way into the United States and as tighter immigration regulations make legal entry increasingly difficult.