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 Migrant mother recounts experience of being separated from her son in detention By Gene Johnson, Manuel Valdes, Associated Press As Blanca Orantes-Lopez sits in a federal prison south of Seattle, her son is in custody at a children's home across the country in upstate New York. She has no idea when she might see him again. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jun 18 Remember the humanity of immigrants, this poet urges By Jennifer Hijazi Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation. Continue reading
Jun 17 ‘Free our children now’ — On the U.S.-Mexico border, activists protest separation of immigrant families By Vivekae Kim As families around the country celebrated Father’s Day, immigration activists in Texas on Sunday held a march and vigil to draw attention to recent separations of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: Sessions says ‘zero-tolerance’ policy may split families at border By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press A "zero-tolerance" policy toward people who enter the United States illegally may cause families to be separated while parents are prosecuted, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday. Continue reading
Apr 29 Buses carrying Central American migrants roll to U.S. border By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Hundreds of Central American migrants arrived at the U.S. border Sunday for a rally, to be followed by a planned mass attempt to apply for asylum. 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
Apr 06 Arizona, Texas preparing to deploy National Guard members to Mexico border By Associated Press The move is a response to President Donald Trump's call for more border security. Continue reading
Apr 04 Trump working with governors to deploy National Guard at southern border By Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday the deployment will be done as expeditiously as possible and that Guard troops could begin heading to the border as soon as Wednesday night. She said that the DHS and the Pentagon will… Continue reading