Jun 21 Trump supporters remain steadfast despite immigration uproar By Angie Wang, Dave Kolpack, Associated Press When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to end forced separations on his own, they shrugged. The end, they suggested, justified the means. And it was the fault of Congress rather than Trump. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 6:50 Trump makes abrupt about-face on family separation after intense pressure President Trump relented on the widely condemned practice of splitting up undocumented families on Wednesday, reversing his decision with the stroke of a pen while seeming openly conflicted about the decision. Instead, his executive order would detain families together, as… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 8:22 What asylum-seekers meet when they try to cross legally By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson U.S. officials have maintained that potential asylum-seekers entering at legal border crossings will not be prosecuted and will be processed in turn. But the process isn't always that easy. In a cross-border report from Juarez and El Paso, Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 8:01 Toddlers separated from parents ‘eerily quiet’ or inconsolable at one migrant shelter For days, the public has seen images of shelters for the more than 2,300 migrant children who have been separated from their parents by the Trump administration. What do we know about the facilities and the conditions where toddlers and… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 6:00 What Trump rally supporters say about family separation By Yamiche Alcindor, Rachel Wellford President Trump left the immigration firestorm behind on Wednesday afternoon, traveling to Minnesota to meet a far friendlier crowd. Ahead of a primary campaign rally, Yamiche Alcindor talks with supporters and protesters, then joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the news… Continue watching
Jun 20 Read Trump’s full executive order on family separation By Erica R. Hendry President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that will stop the practice of separating children and parents detained at the U.S.-Mexico border while trying to enter the country illegally. Read it here. Continue reading
Jun 20 Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border, says ‘zero-tolerance’ policy will continue By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border, says 'zero-tolerance' prosecution policy will continue. Continue reading
Jun 20 2 airlines ask Trump administration not to put migrant children on flights By David Koenig, Associated Press The CEOs of American and United Airlines said that the administration's recent immigration policy of separating migrant families conflicts with their values. Continue reading
Jun 20 A fifth of immigrant children detained under ‘zero tolerance’ policy are younger than 13 By Shefali Luthra, Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News The number of children has exploded in the past six weeks since the Trump administration moved to stop parents and their children at the U.S. border and separate and detain them in different facilities. Continue reading
Jun 20 WATCH: Trump says he’ll be ‘signing something’ on detained children Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has drafted an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together after they are detained crossing the border illegally. Continue reading