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 12 Watch 7:53 At U.S.-Mexico border, migrants seeking legal entry are stranded in hazardous 'limbo' By Amna Nawaz, Rachel Wellford 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… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 6:31 How surge in family border crossings is complicating enforcement By Amna Nawaz, Rachel Wellford 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… Continue watching
Mar 11 WATCH: White House says Trump's budget reins in 'reckless' spending despite large projected deficits The administration is counting on robust growth, including from the Republican tax cuts — which Trump wants to make permanent — to push down the red ink. Continue reading
Mar 09 Judge extends authority to more families separated at border By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the border earlier during the Trump administration. Continue reading
Mar 07 Government kept tabs on journalists, 'instigators' By Associated Press The U.S. government kept a database on journalists, activists, organizers and "instigators" during an investigation into last year's migrant caravan from Mexico, infuriating civil liberties and media groups. Continue reading
Mar 07 Guidelines ask agents to target Spanish speakers at border By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Border agents have been told to explicitly target Spanish speakers and migrants from Latin America in carrying out a Trump administration program requiring asylum seekers wait in Mexico, according to memos obtained by The Associated Press. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 5:14 Novelist Valeria Luiselli on writing to document 'political violence' The U.S. is reportedly experiencing illegal immigration at the highest rates since 2007, with significant increases in the number of unaccompanied minors. It is these child migrants who are the subject of Valeria Luiselli’s book “Lost Children Archive.” Luiselli talks… Continue watching
Mar 06 WATCH: Crisis on southern border is not 'manufactured,' Nielsen says Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told a House committee that the U.S. faces "a real, serious, and sustained crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Mar 06 WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on human trafficking at U.S. southern border By Associated Press Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan is among those scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the agency's response to people smuggling at the southern border. Continue reading