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Jun 27

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Without prior planning, Trump administration faces massive challenge to reunite migrant families

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to reunite immigrant families who had been separated at the border within 30 days, or sooner for children younger than 5. But that timeline may be hard to meet, raising the stakes…

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Jun 25

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Border security and legal asylum process not mutually inconsistent, Rep. Lance says

Outrage over separated immigrant families boiled over into a new week, while President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. should immediately deport immigrants who cross the border illegally without legal proceedings. Yamiche Alcindor reports, then Judy Woodruff talks with…

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Jun 22

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Democrats urge Trump to rescind ‘zero tolerance’ as GOP delays immigration vote

President Trump tried to shift the focus from families separated at the border to families of people killed by undocumented immigrants. But Trump's "zero tolerance" policy continues to be the subject of fierce criticism. Of more than 2,300, 500 migrant…

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Jun 22

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Advocates say government gave no thought to reuniting children separated at the border

While hundreds of migrant children have reportedly been reunited with their parents after being forcibly separated, the complicated and chaotic situation raises doubt and fear for many. John Yang talks with Wendy Young, president of Kids in Need of Defense,…

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Jun 21

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This judge hopes outrage over family separation is ‘last gasp’ of current immigration system

By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson

Judge Robert Brack of the U.S. District Court of New Mexico says he hopes the moral outrage over the separation of migrant families will be the catalyst to fix the immigration system. Amna Nawaz sits down with Brack to discuss…

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Jun 19

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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…

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Jun 19

Cruz’s flip-flop on family separation highlights threat to GOP

By Will Wessert, Associated Press

Ted Cruz has staged a dramatic about-face on the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policies.

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