Sep 09 Exit poll projects mixed voter message in Sweden election By Pietro Decristofaro, Jari Tanner, Associated Press Despite estimates that Sweden's general election would favor an anti-immigrant party with white supremacist roots, the party was placing second in balloting Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 07 More than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here's what we know By Joshua Barajas Amid the ongoing reunification effort for these migrant families was Thursday's news of the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to change the longstanding Flores agreement, which requires the government to hold immigrant children in the "least restrictive setting" and generally… Continue reading
Aug 31 Nearly 500 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here's what we know By Joshua Barajas "I'd want to know what person is behind the number," a federal judge said Friday, saying that there's a need to make sure there's real clarity and precision in keeping track of every parent that's no longer in the U.S. Continue reading
Aug 27 Few Democrats favor liberal cry to abolish ICE, poll finds By Thomas Beaumont, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press But even as they don't want to fully dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 57 percent of Democrats view the agency negatively, including nearly three-fourths of those who describe themselves as liberal, according to a new poll. Continue reading
Aug 24 More than 500 migrant children are still separated from their parents By Joshua Barajas The numbers only improved slightly from what the federal government reported last week. Continue reading
Aug 23 How Mollie Tibbetts' death became part of the immigration debate By Joshua Barajas Because the case has become a focal point for the president and Republicans, national media outlets have taken notice. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 5:05 Citing Iowa murder case, GOP renews call for stricter immigration policy 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… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 6:35 Immigration is on voters' minds in key Nevada Senate race By Yamiche Alcindor Many consider Nevada's Sen. Dean Heller the most vulnerable Republican in the Senate this fall. President Trump has loomed large in the race, but public support for Trump there has been sliding, and the state went for the Democrat in… Continue watching
Aug 20 WATCH: Trump holds event to recognize federal immigration officials President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. ET today. Watch here. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 6:48 Immigrant families still separated face 'tough choices,' trauma According to the latest numbers filed by the Trump administration, 565 children separated from their parents at the U.S. border remain in government custody. Amna Nawaz speaks with Lee Gelernt of the American Civil Liberties Union about the challenges of… Continue watching