Jun 25 To avoid deportation, undocumented immigrants forgo Medicaid for their American children By Ashley Lopez, KUT Under the proposed change, if family members receive government services — even if those family members are citizens — it would ding the applicants’ chances of approval for permanent residency. Continue reading
Jun 25 WATCH: White House addresses civility debate amid outrage over immigration policies By Kevin Freking, Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump, setting off a fierce debate about whether politics should play a role in how administration officials are treated in public. Continue reading
Jun 25 AP fact check: Trump’s mixed signals on immigration, North Korea By Hope Yen, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The president's comments capped a dizzying week of questionable claims, non-sequiturs and outright misstatements amid fallout over his treatment of refugees crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Here's a closer look at Trump's statements. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 25:01 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 24, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, June 24, the Trump administration says it has a plan to reunite separated immigrant families, and violence in Nicaragua as citizens demand the president's resignation. Later, Tony Hawk reflects on a half-century of skateboarding. Hari… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 5:14 Amid outrage at family separations, Trump supporters dig in By PBS News Hour As thousands of children were separated from their parents at the Mexican border, President Trump and his supporters doubled down, advancing his Republican approval rating to the highest in history. Many in his base came together to either deny the… Continue watching
Jun 24 At hub for border crossings, families spread throughout U.S. By Will Weissert, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press It is not clear how many asylum-seekers are still entering the country, how many are being detained as families, and how many are being released. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 5:10 Process of reunification ‘incredibly frustrating’ for immigrant families By PBS News Hour President Trump’s executive order on Wednesday halts his policy of family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, but 2,300 children have already been separated from their families since May. Lawyers who are working frantically to track down the children now say… Continue watching
Jun 23 Protests, facility visits planned amid immigration confusion By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jun 23 Trump tries to change focus of border debate By Jonathan Lemire, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Bombarded with criticism condemning the family-separation situation as a national moment of shame, Trump came back firing. Continue reading
Jun 23 Alumni of DHS head Nielsen’s high school raise money for immigrant legal aid By Vivekae Kim Alumni of the high school that DHS Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen attended have raised over $12,000 for immigrants in need of free and low-cost legal aid. Continue reading