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Mar 06

WATCH: Nielsen ‘not familiar’ with how toxic stress harms separated families

Mental health experts have warned migrant children who were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border are at risk of developing the condition known as toxic stress.

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Feb 26

WATCH: Trump administration officials face House questions over family separations

Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., released the Health and Human Services Department data…

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Feb 07

3 things we learned in testimony on family separation under Trump

By Joshua Barajas

A top Department of Health and Human Services official said Thursday he would never support a policy that separates families at the border.

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Feb 07

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News Wrap: House panel debates forcing Trump to disclose his tax returns

In our news wrap Thursday, a House Oversight Panel is reviewing whether President Trump should be forced to disclose his tax returns. Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee approved a tentative subpoena for acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker after he said…

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Feb 06

WATCH: Trump’s family separation policy under scrutiny in House hearing

By Joshua Barajas

In the first of three planned congressional hearings, witnesses will testify before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. EST about the 2,737 migrant children that have been currently identified as having been separated from…

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Jan 17

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Report: Number of families separated at the border unknown due to bad bookkeeping

The inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services paints the most detailed picture to date of the Trump administration's actions to separate immigrant families at the southern border. The report found that the government was separating children…

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Dec 18

U.S. reverses fingerprinting rule for households sponsoring migrant children

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The Trump administration policy required fingerprinting for all adults living in a household where a migrant child would live. Parents and other sponsors have said the fingerprinting rule had slowed placement of children in homes, in part because some members…

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Dec 11

Trump’s immigration policy splits Americans in half, poll says

By Laura Santhanam

Immigration is one of many issues on which heated political rhetoric has only inflamed the conversation and deepened divides between Americans, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist.

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Dec 06

81 children separated from families at U.S.-Mexico border since June executive order that stopped practice

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Dozens of children have still been separated from their families since an executive order stopped the general practice, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press.

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Nov 29

Lawmakers call for greater protections for migrant teens in U.S. detention camp

By Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press

More than 2,300 teens are being held at the remote tent city in Tornillo, Texas, which opened in June. Lawmakers on Thursday called for stricter background checks, more mental health support and a public hearing to further investigate problems.

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