Jul 05 ‘My son is not the same’: New testimony paints bleak picture of family separation By Lisa Desjardins, Joshua Barajas, Daniel Bush A motion filed by 18 attorneys general Monday asked the federal government to provide more immediate information and access to those detained after being separated at the border. Here are highlights from more than 900 pages of declarations, including personal… Continue reading
Jul 05 Trump administration says Yemenis can keep special immigration status By Colleen Long, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement that the armed conflict and extraordinary conditions support the need for continuing the designation. But the administration will not take on new applicants, she said. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 6:48 The ordeal of navigating migrant family reunification, in one toddler’s story Two weeks ago, 3-year-old Sofi and her grandmother were making the journey through Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. Although they entered legally and with guardianship documents, they were separated two days after entering, and two days after President… Continue watching
Jun 29 Democrats embrace ‘Abolish ICE’ as new rallying call for 2020 elections By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The debate over the agency's future follows the widespread outcry in recent weeks after the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 migrant children from their parents. Continue reading
Jun 24 At hub for border crossings, families spread throughout U.S. By Will Weissert, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press It is not clear how many asylum-seekers are still entering the country, how many are being detained as families, and how many are being released. Continue reading
Jun 24 Trump officials pledge to reunite families amid border chaos By Colleen Long, Associated Press A fact sheet on "zero-tolerance prosecution and family reunification" released Saturday night by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies also says a parent must request that their child be deported with them. Continue reading
Jun 23 Alumni of DHS head Nielsen’s high school raise money for immigrant legal aid By Vivekae Kim Alumni of the high school that DHS Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen attended have raised over $12,000 for immigrants in need of free and low-cost legal aid. Continue reading
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 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
Apr 27 Watch 3:35 ‘I didn’t come here to cross illegally. I came here for help’ By Jean Guerrero, KPBS More than 300 Central Americans have arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, in recent days, and plan on Sunday to ask for asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. But President Trump has tweeted that Homeland Security is instructed to turn… Continue watching