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Nation Jan 11
U.S. approved thousands of child bride requests over the past decade, data showsThe approvals are legal: The Immigration and Nationality Act does not set minimum age requirements. But the data raises questions about whether the immigration system may be enabling forced marriage and about how U.S. laws may be compounding the problem…
Politics Jan 09
AP fact check: Donald Trump and the U.S.-Mexico borderIn his prime-time speech to the nation, President Donald Trump declared a border crisis that's in sharp dispute. Here's how the facts stack up.
Politics Dec 19
Judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on who can apply for asylumThe judge said the administration's policy on asylum seekers violates federal immigration law and that "it is the will of Congress -- not the whims of the executive" that sets the standards for expedited removal.
Politics Dec 19
What’s the status of Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall?President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers are in a standoff over funding the government, and the main sticking point is Trump’s demand for $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Here's a look at where things stand…
Nation Dec 18
U.S. officials baffled by large migrant groups flocking to remote New Mexico border crossingLarge numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely remote and dangerous stretch of New Mexico desert.
Nation Dec 18
U.S. reverses fingerprinting rule for households sponsoring migrant childrenThe Trump administration policy required fingerprinting for all adults living in a household where a migrant child would live. Parents and other sponsors have said the fingerprinting rule had slowed placement of children in homes, in part because some members…
Nation Dec 15
Death of 7-year-old on border raises questionsThe death of the Guatemalan girl is the latest demonstration of the desperation of a growing number of Central American families and children showing up at the U.S.-Mexico border, often hoping to claim asylum, and it raises new questions about…
Nation Dec 14
7-year-old migrant girl dies in U.S. Border Patrol custodyOfficials say the girls, who U.S. Border Patrol agents found in Lordsburg, New Mexico, was taken into custody and then began having seizures.
Nation Dec 06
81 children separated from families at U.S.-Mexico border since June executive order that stopped practiceDozens of children have still been separated from their families since an executive order stopped the general practice, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press.
Nation Nov 10
Trump’s new move to limit asylum challenged in courtPresident Donald Trump's new regulations are intended to circumvent laws stating that anyone is eligible for asylum no matter how he or she enters the country, but that plan was immediately challenged in court on Friday.
