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Jul 02

Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The report by U.S. government auditors -- who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children are processed and detained -- offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking…

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Jul 02

Investigation launched into secret Border Patrol Facebook group

By A.C. Thompson, Dara Lind, ProPublica

The investigation comes after a ProPublica report exposing the secret three-year-old Facebook group, which is called “I’m 10-15” and has some 9,500 members.

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Jul 01

Border Patrol agents’ sexist Facebook posts ‘inappropriate,’ chief says

By Associated Press

Carla Provost said in a statement Monday that any employee who violated standards will be held accountable. ProPublica published a report on the closed Facebook group that comprises about 9,500 current and former employees.

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Jun 25

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How political instability is making U.S. immigration situation worse

The U.S.-Mexico border continues to drive political turmoil. After reports of miserable conditions for detained migrant children, John Sanders, acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, resigned. Meanwhile, Congress is scrambling to reach a border funding deal. Lisa Desjardins…

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Jun 24

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News Wrap: Children being moved from El Paso detention center

In our news wrap Monday, there’s word the U.S. government is moving most of the 300-plus children held at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas. The Associated Press had reported kids were going without food, showers and care…

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Jun 14

Premature baby and teenage mother held in immigration detention facility

By Astrid Galvan, Garance Burke, Associated Press

Immigrant advocates say baby should not have been kept in the overcrowded McAllen, Texas processing facility and should have instead been in a neonatal unit.

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Jun 12

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On the U.S.-Mexico border, crowds of migrants and a ‘broken’ system

By Amna Nawaz

May saw the highest number of crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border since 2007. Due to the surge and a new Trump administration policy that keeps asylum seekers in Mexico until their claims are processed, communities on both sides of the…

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May 31

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Why Trump’s Mexico tariff idea is widely opposed

President Trump has long praised the use of tariffs, but his new threat to Mexico took many people by surprise. Trump said he will levy a 5 percent tariff on Mexican imports as of June 10 unless the country curbs…

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Apr 01

Thousands of U.S. border inspectors may be reassigned to triage migrant surge

By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

The temporary reassignments threaten to slow the movement of trucks bringing TVs, medical devices and other goods into the U.S. and cause delays for cross-border commuters who come for work or school.

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Mar 31

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Migrant flow intensifies Border Patrol’s staffing crunch

In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to hire 5,000 additional border patrol agents. Two years later, only 118 have joined the agency. USA Today reporter Alan Gomez talks with Hari Sreenivasan about how changing schedules, remote locations…

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