Jun 20 WATCH: Trump says he’ll be ‘signing something’ on detained children Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has drafted an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together after they are detained crossing the border illegally. Continue reading
Jun 20 Methodists, prosecutors scold Sessions over border policy By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Members of Jeff Sessions' church signed a letter Monday accusing Sessions of child abuse, immorality and racial discrimination. Continue reading
Jun 20 No clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children By Nomaan Merchant, Colleen Long, Associated Press Trump administration officials say they have no clear plan yet on how to reunite the thousands of children separated from their families at the border. Continue reading
Jun 20 WATCH: House GOP leaders hold news conference amid family separation uproar By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Associated Press House GOP leaders are holding a news conference at 10 a.m. ET as outrage builds over family separations at the southern border. Watch it live. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 6:58 At the heart of the family separation crisis is an immigration system totally overwhelmed By PBS News Hour Amid the national storm over his "zero tolerance" immigration and family separation policies, President Trump said on Tuesday that "the only solution to the border crisis" is having the legal authority to detain and deport migrant families as a unit. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 6:20 Trump administration wants Congress to fix immigration loophole, White House says The outcry over President Trump's policy of separating immigrant families has reached a crescendo that extends beyond party lines. White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp says President Trump hates seeing families separated, but that the Trump administration currently… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 6:35 Napolitano: Trump administration taking prosecutors away from serious crimes to handle border misdemeanors The Trump administration has argued that it has no choice but separate migrant children and their parents who enter the U.S. illegally. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says it does have a choice, and that what’s happening is… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 6:28 This Koch-funded advocacy group wants Trump to embrace free trade By PBS News Hour The conservative, libertarian political advocacy group funded by David and Charles Koch is undertaking a multi-million dollar campaign opposing President Trump's trade policies. John Yang talks with Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, who says the president deserves a… Continue watching
Jun 19 McCain, Coons urge Trump to withdraw State Department nominee over stance on immigrants By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons called on President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday to withdraw its nominee for a key State Department position over his "lack of empathy" for immigrants. Continue reading
Jun 19 5 things we know, 5 things we don’t know about family separation By Lisa Desjardins There is significant concern and confusion over how and why the United States is separating immigrant families at the border. Let us add some clarity. Continue reading