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Nation Sep 06

The longer children are in detention, the more their health deteriorates, says DHHS

Nation Aug 26

An immigrant child plays in front of patriotic phrases and symbols covering the walls in a gymnasium as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) hosts a media tour at the South Texas Family Residential Center, which houses families who are pending disposition of their immigration cases on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 in Dilley, TX. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
A look inside the facilities where migrant families are detained

Trump administration officials have described the centers, where migrants could be detained indefinitely under new rules, as “campus-like settings,” but immigration advocates say they are more like prisons.

By Gretchen Frazee

Politics Jun 23

Protests, facility visits planned amid immigration confusion

Protests and rallies focused around the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border are scheduled this weekend, while more than two dozen congressional Democrats planned to visit detention facilities in Texas.

By Associated Press

Politics Jun 23

Child detention facility in Tornillo, Texas, on June 19. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters
Trump tries to change focus of border debate

Bombarded with criticism condemning the family-separation situation as a national moment of shame, Trump came back firing.

By Jonathan Lemire, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Politics Jun 23

Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention

Immigration authorities on Friday issued a notice that they may seek up to 15,000 beds to detain families.

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

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