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Paul Morgan met his wife, Evelyn Oyuki Morgan, during his two-year Mormon mission to Mexico. Today, they belong to a Spanish-speaking Mormon congregation and speak Spanish at home with their two daughters, Isabella and Amaya.

Immigration Spurs A Rare Split Among Ariz. Mormons

On one side are tough-talking Republican politicians, including Russell Pearce, the former state Senate president who sponsored Arizona's tough immigration law. On the other are the Mormons who helped vote him out of office.

Donald Trump wears what's become a campaign signature: his "Make America Great Again" hat. Part of making the country great again, Trump says, is implementing his hard-line immigration plan.

How Realistic Is Donald Trump's Immigration Plan?

Donald Trump had lacked for policy specifics until he came out with his very specific, hard-line immigration plan. But some of those in the trenches of immigration reform say it's dead on arrival.

A man lifts up a child next to a train that was stopped in Bicske, Hungary, on Friday. More than 150,000 people have reached Hungary this year, most coming through the southern border with Serbia.

Austria, Germany Agree To Take Migrants Stopped In Hungary

Groups of the refugees earlier had left a rail station and stopped train and begun walking toward Austria. Also: The father of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Aegean Sea buries his family.

Journalist Jorge Ramos Takes On Obama, Republicans

Often called the Walter Cronkite of Latino America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos could play a big role in the 2016 presidential elections.

President Biden said the U.S. is continuing to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan allies of the U.S. from Afghanistan.

Biden Touts 'Incredible' Evacuation Operation From Kabul, But Warns Of Ongoing Danger

President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. has evacuated nearly 28,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14. But he said there is "no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss."

Afghans sit inside a U.S. military aircraft to leave Afghanistan at the military airport in Kabul Thursday after the Taliban's takeover of the country.

She Fled Saigon As A Child. Now She's Seeing Parallels In Afghanistan

Thuan Le Elston of USA Today talks with Scott Simon about her experience fleeing Saigon as a child at the end of the Vietnam War and how she relates to the current crisis in Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Aug. 24, 2021.

Biden Says The U.S. Is On Pace To Leave Afghanistan By The Aug. 31 Deadline

The president told G-7 leaders that the U.S. is set to finish withdrawing from Afghanistan by Aug. 31 and asked the Pentagon and State Department for contingency plans if the deadline cannot be met.

He worked as a U.S. immigration agent for 18 years — as an undocumented immigrant

In spite of serving his country for nearly 25 years, this U.S. immigration agent is an undocumented immigrant — and just as deportable as the people he'd been ejecting for 18 years.

Why One Of The Most Vaccinated Places In The U.S. Now Has A COVID-19 Spike

Provincetown, Mass., has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country — so why did it just institute an indoor mask mandate after a big spike in positive COVID-19 tests?

Tennis Limbo

Novak Djokovic didn’t need to give tennis fans any other reasons to hate him. Considering he may be the most accomplished tennis player of all time, he is remarkably not well received. For example, when he goes down a set at a major, fans almost instinctively cheer for the other guy. Compare that to other historic greats, like Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal or Serena Williams, or any of the other legendary figures in tennis history. Fans always rallied for greatness, as being witness to near perfection was its own reward. It’s simply never been the case with Djokovic, a reality he’s both seemingly engendered while also clearly disliking.

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