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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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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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Mar 09

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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…

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