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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jun 26 WATCH: Senate OKs bipartisan bill to fund care for migrants By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press The GOP-held Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan $4.6 billion measure to deliver aid to the southern border before the government runs out of money to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children. Continue reading
Jun 26 WATCH: Border officials testify on migrant conditions at U.S-Mexico border By Laura Santhanam U.S. border and immigration officials are testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on June 26. The hearing comes a day after the head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced his resignation amid criticism over the agency’s treatment… Continue reading
Jun 24 Hundreds of migrant children transferred from Texas facility with ‘inhumane’ conditions By William Brangham Hundreds of migrant children on Monday were reported to have been transferred out of a Texas facility following uproar over their treatment. But on Tuesday, 100 children were moved back to the facility in Clint, Texas, which was described as… Continue reading
Apr 25 Judge gives Trump administration 6 months to identify children split at border By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said Thursday in San Diego that it was important to set a deadline for finding potentially thousands of children who were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 25, 2018. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 6:59 News Wrap: New York City declares public health emergency over measles outbreak In our news wrap Tuesday, New York City declared a public health emergency over a growing measles outbreak. City officials have confirmed 285 cases of the disease in Brooklyn and Queens since September, mostly among members of the Orthodox Jewish… Continue watching
Apr 09 Trump claims more migrants are coming without family separation practice By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press But President Donald Trump says he's not looking to reinstate the much-criticized practice of separating migrant families at the border with Mexico. Continue reading
Mar 13 What I saw happening at the U.S.-Mexico border By Amna Nawaz Border Patrol's processing and detention centers were designed and constructed to hold single, adult men. Today, those same centers are holding families and children. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 15:34 Human smuggling industry cashes in on U.S. asylum-seekers By PBS NewsHour Migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are a money-making enterprise for smugglers and powerful cartels. It's the subject of “Border Hustle”, an investigation and short documentary from The Texas Tribune and Time magazine. Reporter Jay Root joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching