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Nation Apr 27

Synagogue shooting kills 1, wounds 3 during Jewish holiday

A 19-year-old gunman opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday, killing a woman and wounding the rabbi and two others Saturday, authorities said.

Politics Apr 25

Judge gives Trump administration 6 months to identify children split at border

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said Thursday in San Diego that it was important to set a deadline for finding potentially thousands of children who were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 25, 2018.

Politics Apr 06

U.S. wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families

The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than…

Nation Mar 21

Migrants encounter glitches with new U.S. asylum policy

Asylum seekers, who are being forced to wait in Mexico, are getting mixed messages about when their hearings are scheduled.

Nation Mar 20

Asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico say they fear for their safety

The Trump administration's new policy calls for people seeking asylum in the U.S. to be held in Mexico as they await their hearings.

Politics Mar 09

Judge extends authority to more families separated at border

A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the border earlier during the Trump administration.

Politics Mar 07

Guidelines ask agents to target Spanish speakers at border

Border agents have been told to explicitly target Spanish speakers and migrants from Latin America in carrying out a Trump administration program requiring asylum seekers wait in Mexico, according to memos obtained by The Associated Press.

Nation Feb 03

US sees limitations on reuniting migrant families

The Trump administration says it would require extraordinary effort to reunite what may be thousands of migrant children who have been separated from their parents and, even if it could, the children would likely be emotionally harmed.

Nation Dec 18

U.S. officials baffled by large migrant groups flocking to remote New Mexico border crossing

Large 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.

Politics Dec 18

‘Zero-tolerance’ immigration policy hits snag in California

Federal prosecutors introduced mass hearings on immigration charges to California in July, adopting a model that has been in place for years elsewhere on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since then, judges have challenged President Donald Trump's moves on immigration in ways…

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