Backlog of children’s immigration cases challenges judges, lawyers and schools
The backlog of immigration cases means thousands of children who’ve crossed alone illegally wait months or even years for their cases to be adjudicated. And that means many are in the United States long enough to enroll in school.
Obama administration seeks additional $1.2 billion for border crisis
The Obama administration renewed its plea Monday for Congress to provide additional money to deal with the unaccompanied migrant children at the border. The request seemed likely to fall on deaf ears as neither party showed an appetite to revive…
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On the front lines of care for undocumented children who cross the border
The U.S. Border Patrol has apprehended nearly 63,000 unaccompanied minors at the southwest border in 2014. After relocating to different cities across the country, these children require health care and education. Judy Woodruff visits Mary’s Center, a D.C.-based organization that…
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A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday, charging immigration officials with violating the due process rights of detainees held at a New Mexico detention center. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery talked Laura Lichter -- with…
WASHINGTON — The House has approved a $694 million bill to address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant youths arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Today in the Morning Line: Border crisis in focus again But solutions are stuck in Congress House committee passes anti-Obama lawsuit; Democrats aim to use it politically Ryan, Rubio try to strike sympathetic tones on poverty Obama meets with…
Changing a 2008 law that requires court hearings before deportations of children is part of a potential compromise that emerged on Capitol Hill today. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dana Leigh Marks of the National Association of Immigration Judges about the…
