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Investigation finds government contractor violated policy while transporting immigrant children

By Aura Bogado

Luis Acosta holds 5-year-old Angel Jesus, both from Honduras, as a caravan of migrants from Central America en route to the United States crossed through the Suchiate River into Mexico from Guatemala in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico on Oct. 29, 2018. Photo by REUTERS/Adrees Latif

AP fact check: President Trump’s rhetoric and the truth about migrant caravans

In a speech Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that the migrant caravans are full of hardened criminals; in fact, they are mostly poor people with few belongings who are fleeing gang violence.

By Hope Yen, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Opinion: How teachers can help anxious students by knowing immigration policy

There are no great solutions or perfect strategies to eliminate the anxiety for immigrant children, but everyone can remember a teacher who made a difference in their lives.

By Kristina Robertson

‘Family Separation 2.0’ offers a difficult choice for migrant parents

A few months after the Trump administration was forced to end the infamous “zero tolerance” policy that led to thousands of child migrants being separated from their parents, the Department of Homeland Security is considering a new policy that would…

News Wrap: Taliban attacks kill dozens of police in Afghanistan

In our News Wrap Tuesday, a U.S.-led military strike in Somalia killed at least 60 members of al-Shabab, a militant organization seeking to establish an extremist Islamic state in the country. Also, in Afghanistan, officials say dozens of police officers…

What new family separation policy is Trump considering?

By Amna Nawaz, Joshua Barajas

More than 60 migrant children remain in U.S. custody after being separated from their parents under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, according to the latest update from the government.

Officials were ‘not fully prepared’ to handle family separations at border, new report says

By Joshua Barajas, Amna Nawaz

A government watchdog report made public confirms what many media outlets, immigration lawyers and advocates have said for months after the Trump administration rolled out its "zero tolerance" policy earlier this spring: Officials were not prepared.

Parents face tougher rules to get immigrant children back

By Gisela Salomon, Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

The Trump administration has imposed more stringent rules and vetting on immigrants in the U.S. trying to take custody of children who crossed the border on their own.

Fewer than 200 migrant children remain separated from their parents

By Joshua Barajas

Judge Dana Sabraw said this case is on track to come "to some meaningful closure in the not-to-distant future.” But the ACLU warned there were “communication breakdowns” with some of the remaining reunifications.