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Masked law enforcement officers, including HSI and ICE agents, walk into an immigration court in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 21, 2025, in this file photo. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

U.S. gives ICE authority to detain and revet refugees waiting on green cards

The Trump administration has given immigration officers broader powers to detain legal refugees awaiting a green card to ensure they are “revetted,” an apparent expansion of the president's wide-ranging crackdown on legal and illegal immigration.

2026.2.19

Migrant workers are seen on their way to work in Ansan, Gyeonggi on July 29, 2025. Ansan has the highest population of immigrants in Korea, with 108,000 immigrants in the city as of 2023. [JOONGANG ILBO]

One-fourth of migrants say they have experienced discrimination, according to new survey

Migrant workers in Korea remain vulnerable to workplace harassment and discrimination, trapped in a system that discourages complaints and ties their legal status to their employers, according to case studies and a new survey.

2026.1.28

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Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, speaks during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily and the JoongAng Ilbo held in the Bank of Korea in central Seoul on Dec. 2. [WOO SANG-JO]

As growth slows, targeted spending vital in expansionary spending, German central bank chief says

Korea and Germany may sit on the opposite sides of the globe, but they share striking economic parallels. Both rose to prosperity within decades on the back of manufacturing and strong exports, anchored by world-class car industries.

2025.12.7

A demonstrator kneels in front of federal agents in a farm field during an immigration raid in Camarillo, California, on July 10. [AP/YONHAP]

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

It's tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California's Central Valley. She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could upend her life.

2025.9.2

A demonstrator kneels in front of federal agents in a farm field during an immigration raid in Camarillo, California, July 10. [AP/YONHAP]

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

Morea than 1.2 million immigrants have disappeared from the U.S. labor force under the Donald Trump administration's strict policies and enforcement, hitting farms and construction sites particularly hard.

2025.9.1

Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States look out from a bus after arriving in Guatemala City, on Aug. 31. [AP/YONHAP]

As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the U.S., for now

With migrant children waiting on tarmacs to be sent to their native Guatemala, a federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the flights, siding with attorneys for the children who said the government was breaking laws.

2025.9.1

An image shows a child reaching out to seek help. [SHUTTERSTOCK]

Thousands of children are hidden from the Korean government. Here's how they live.

Thousands of unregistered children in Korea lack state registration, hindering access to essential services and education.

2025.8.12

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on June 24 in Washington. [AP/YONHAP]

Trump administration sues all 15 Maryland federal judges over order blocking removal of immigrants

The Trump administration sued Maryland's 15 federal judges over an order blocking immediate deportations, escalating tensions regarding judicial oversight of immigration enforcement and executive authority.

2025.6.26

Son Hye-jin, head of the Korean Language for Special Purposes Institute at Seojeong University, speaks during an interview at a cafe in Mapo District, western Seoul, on June 16. [JOONGANG ILBO]

New Korean textbook focuses on workplace phrases, factory terms for migrants and students

A new Korean language textbook is bringing the factory floor into the classroom for migrant workers and international students.

2025.6.18

A migrant seeking asylum holds up the CBP One app showing his appointment was canceled after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. immigrants anxious as Trump administration's deportation drive ramps up

Immigrant communities in the United States are growing increasingly anxious as cases emerge of not only undocumented individuals but also legal residents being deported from the country under the second Donald Trump administration.

2025.4.24

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U.S. gives ICE authority to detain and revet refugees waiting on green cards

One-fourth of migrants say they have experienced discrimination, according to new survey

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As growth slows, targeted spending vital in expansionary spending, German central bank chief says

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the U.S., for now

Thousands of children are hidden from the Korean government. Here's how they live.

Trump administration sues all 15 Maryland federal judges over order blocking removal of immigrants

New Korean textbook focuses on workplace phrases, factory terms for migrants and students

U.S. immigrants anxious as Trump administration's deportation drive ramps up