immigration and customs enforcement

WATCH: Trump attacks Democrats over border security negotiations

By Associated Press

Border security negotiations stalled over the weekend over Democratic demands to limit the number of migrants whom federal authorities can detain.

ICE doesn't hold partners accountable for care of detained migrants, report says

By Associated Press

The report by the Office of the Inspector General dated Tuesday found ICE doesn't use resources it has to hold contractors accountable when they fail to meet standards, like imposing financial penalties.

U.S. officials baffled by large migrant groups flocking to remote New Mexico border crossing

By Elliot Spagat, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Large numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely remote and dangerous stretch of New Mexico desert.

Mother whose infant died after detention files claim against U.S. for $60 million

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Yazmin Juarez's lawyers said 1-year-old Mariee developed a respiratory illness while she and her mother were detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The girl died six weeks later in Philadelphia.

Parents face tougher rules to get immigrant children back

By Gisela Salomon, Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

The Trump administration has imposed more stringent rules and vetting on immigrants in the U.S. trying to take custody of children who crossed the border on their own.

Migrant spouse of pregnant woman detained on way to hospital

By Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press

A California woman said Saturday that she had to drive herself to the hospital and give birth without her husband after he was detained by immigration agents.

As the government races to reunite eligible separated families, uncertainty hangs over those limbo

Thursday is the court-ordered deadline for the U.S. government to reunite more than 2,500 children between the ages of 5 and 17 were held in government custody as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, In an even.ng…

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Judge commends family reunification, eyes next deadline

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said the government has largely complied with a deadline to reunite families with children under 5.

Climber on Statue of Liberty base after anti-ICE banner hung

By Associated Press

Several people who hung a banner calling for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the Statue of Liberty's pedestal on the Fourth of July have been arrested, and authorities say a person is scaling the statue's base.

Democrats embrace 'Abolish ICE' as new rallying call for 2020 elections

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

The debate over the agency's future follows the widespread outcry in recent weeks after the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 migrant children from their parents.