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Each summer, around 600 women come to Hooper's Island in Maryland under the H-2B visa program.

NPR's immigration correspondents answer listener questions about closed borders, travel, visa applications, relief aid for non-U.S. citizens and the refugee camps at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Eager to promote its image as a tourist paradise, the "land of smiles." Thailand has had lax visa requirements, porous borders and an anything-goes attitude in the capital Bangkok. In the final installment of a Morning Edition series on terrorism in Southeast Asia, NPR's Eric Weiner reports these conveniences threaten to turn Thailand into an unwitting terrorist safe haven.

The janitors, restaurant workers, and other low-wage immigrants who've been demonstrating lately have almost no legal way to be in the United States. Instead, nearly all the permanent work visas issued each year are for highly skilled workers like computer programmers, university professors and nurses.

Foreign students still gravitate to American universities despite tighter visa restrictions in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and a heightened fear of terrorism. But many are worried about their safety and status if the U.S. attacks Iraq. Andrea Dukakis reports.

Over the weekend, members of a group of world leaders — including former President Jimmy Carter and former United Nations chief Kofi Annan — were refused visas into Zimbabwe, as the nation's humanitarian crisis continues. For analysis of news and events from Africa, NPR's Tony Cox talks with Bill Fletcher.

A recent flight from London to San Francisco was delayed because of a mouse. A passenger tweeted, asking if the mouse had trouble getting a visa.

Changing immigration policies could have unexpected economic impacts.

Top Chinese Communist Party officials are meeting in Beijing to choose their next leadership. What happens at the Party Congress remains shrouded in secrecy.

The pop artist's new album debuted on the Billboard charts about two months ago, but has returned due to an expanded "deluxe edition."