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The Kabul airlift is over, but the effort to resettle tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans in the U.S. is just beginning. And there are already some very big obstacles.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Ram Alur, president of Physicians for American Healthcare Access, about restrictions faced by some immigrant doctors who want to help fight the pandemic.

Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth is introducing a package of bills to protect military servicemembers and veterans who don't have citizenship.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rui Zhong of the Wilson Center about the consulate's closure after China's government ordered it shut down. Earlier, the U.S. ordered China close its consulate in Houston.

Unauthorized immigrants who entered the U.S. as children and have lived here since 2010 now wait to see what will happen to programs that were designed to temporarily protect them from deportation.

After the Supreme Court ruling overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, President Obama ordered federal agencies to revise their rules regarding benefits for same-sex spouses. But that will be simpler for some federal agencies than others.

Companies like Anheuser-Busch pay hundreds of millions to be identified with the NFL's aura. The last thing they want is to be associated with scandal, but it might be financially tough to walk away.

A community of about 20,000 Liberians lives around Atlanta. "We all know family, friends, neighbors that are falling victim" to the epidemic back home, one man says. He's collecting supplies to help.

The U.S. has begun implementing some sanctions and the European Union is considering its own in response to Russia's actions in Crimea. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Matthew Rojansky of the Wilson Center about the restrictions' impact.

John Lennon once fought a deportation order to stay in the U.S. His lawyer uncovered documents that eventually led to a program to temporarily protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation.