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The longer children are in detention, the more their health deteriorates, says DHHS
Medical professionals and children’s welfare advocates have warned of health risks from detaining migrant children and separating them from family members. Now, a government agency has delivered a comprehensive report on the issue. Lisa Desjardins talks to Ann Maxwell, assistant…
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Trump administration seeks to penalize immigrants for using public benefits
Recent immigration debates have focused on illegal entry into the U.S. But the Trump administration is issuing new rules to limit legal immigration, by penalizing green card seekers who use, or might eventually use, public benefits. Yamiche Alcindor talks to…
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How immigrant communities are preparing for possible ICE raids
President Trump has said that major arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants and migrants no longer eligible to remain in the country would begin this past Sunday. So far, the number of people detained appears to be small, but fear…
How the U.S. and Mexico could find common ground on immigration
President Donald Trump’s threat to hit Mexico with new tariffs unless that government stops the flow of asylum seekers to the U.S. has sent officials from both countries scrambling to come up with solutions on illegal immigration, in the face…
Much of President Trump’s rhetoric over immigration focuses on the people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. But what is the situation for the thousands who wait on a daily basis to enter through legal means? In the second installment of…
In the Yuma sector of the southwestern Arizona border, Border Patrol officials are observing dramatic shifts in the migrant populations they apprehend. In the past, a majority of migrants caught crossing illegally were single men. Now 90% of those apprehended…
A Washington Post investigation found that a golf course owned by the Trump Organization employed about a dozen undocumented immigrants for years, firing them only recently and with no notice. After the news broke, Eric Trump announced the company would…
The Trump administration has announced it will keep asylum seekers in Mexico while they await the outcome of their cases. It’s a way to block them from settling in the U.S. during the asylum process, which can take years. Theresa…
The tragic killing of a young woman in Iowa might have been just another homicide, but it attracted widespread national attention when a Mexican immigrant, in the U.S. illegally, was charged with her murder. William Brangham reports on how the…
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