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Health Jan 28

Why family separation is growing into a ‘global crisis’

By Katherine Ellison, Knowable Magazine

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FILE PHOTO: Mexican citizens fleeing violence, camp in a queue to try to cross into the U.S. to apply for asylum at Cordova-Americas border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 22, 2019. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
U.S. seeks to bar asylum for immigrants convicted of certain crimes

Immigrant advocates and humanitarian groups have criticized Trump's hard-line policies as inhumane and have said the U.S. is abdicating its role as a safe haven for refugees.

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Nation Nov 07

Memos show Trump officials weighed how migrant crackdown might affect 2020 race

State Department documents offer a rare glimpse into the divide between career diplomats and a new administration eager to end a program protecting nearly 400,000 migrants from Central America and Haiti.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

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‘Border Wars’ examines what motivated Trump’s focus on immigration

The Trump administration’s policies around immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border have stirred major controversy for more than a year. Now a new book, “Border Wars,” examines how the administration implemented its “zero tolerance” policy and looked for other ways to…

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ACLU suit seeks damages for separated immigrant families

The ACLU and other attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the government violated immigrants’ rights and traumatized young children who were taken from their parents after crossing the border illegally.

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Sep 17

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Detained migrant children suffer ‘trauma after trauma,’ say pediatric experts

The numbers of immigrant children being detained by U.S. authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped in recent months. Still, medical professionals continue to articulate concerns about the harmful effects that any detention can have on both the short- and…

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Sep 11

Trump judicial nominee frustrates senators from both parties with silence at hearing

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Steven Menashi refused to answer questions from Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Dick Durbin of Illinois about his work on immigration issues, including a policy to separate migrant children from their families…

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Jul 10

New holding center for migrant children opens in Texas

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The Department of Health and Human Services said about 225 children are being held at the site in Carrizo Springs, with plans to expand to as many as 1,300, making it one of the biggest camps in the U.S. government…

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Jul 08

UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by conditions in U.S. for migrants

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Monday that children should never be held in immigration detention facilities or separated from their families.

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Jun 27

McConnell rejects Democrats’ demands to change $4.6 billion border funding bill

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press

"We already have a compromise," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, citing the Senate bill, which passed Wednesday on a lopsided 84-8 vote.

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