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Fourteen years ago, Rosa Gutierrez Lopez sought safety in the U.S. after fleeing violence in El Salvador. To avoid deportation, she's been claiming sanctuary at a Maryland church for nine months.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jason Houser, former ICE chief of staff, about the events and pressures influencing the Biden administration's immigration policy.

Amid the partial government shutdown, we hear from House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., about funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Cary Fowler, senior adviser to the Global Crop Diversity Trust, talks about a giant vault of millions of seeds stored away in an icy mountain in Norway. Fowler is the author of Seeds on Ice.

By way of Brazil, where they migrated in recent years, many Haitians are now hoping to resettle in the U.S. But a shift in policy has left some 5,000 stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border.

There's no such thing as plain vanilla — at least if you're talking about beans from the vanilla orchid. Whether it's from Tahiti or Madagascar, vanilla can be creamy, spicy or even floral.

A beginning women's hockey team in Minnesota welcomes all newcomers despite their level of skating skills, and plays the game with an irreverent flair.

Texas' U.S. Senate is grappling with how immigration enforcement should look like ahead of its primary elections.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to immigration lawyer Sarah Plastino about the Trump administration's plans to detain immigrant families and children longer than 20 days.

Japanese skater Shizuka Arakawa takes the gold medal in the most highly anticipated event of the Winter Olympics -- women's figure skating. Sasha Cohen of the United States wins the silver medal and Russia's Irina Slutskaya takes the bronze.