Jun 28 First Lady Melania Trump to return to U.S.-Mexico border By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press The visit comes a week after Mrs. Trump traveled to the border town of McAllen, Texas, to meet with officials there dealing with detained families. She also met with children at one of the facilities. Continue reading
Jun 28 More toddlers appear alone in court for deportation under family separation By Christina Jewett, Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Requiring unaccompanied minors to go through deportation alone is not a new practice. But in the wake of the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy, more young children — including toddlers — are being affected than in the past. Continue reading
Jun 28 How family separation strains employees at a Texas child detention center By Kavitha Surana, Robert Faturechi, ProPublica Almost universally, employees complained of being worked to the bone. A current employee in Texas said that as new children started being bused in daily, management cancelled vacations and placed staffers on 12-hour shifts. Bathroom breaks are a challenge. Employees… Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch 7:04 Without prior planning, Trump administration faces massive challenge to reunite migrant families A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to reunite immigrant families who had been separated at the border within 30 days, or sooner for children younger than 5. But that timeline may be hard to meet, raising the stakes… Continue watching
Jun 27 House rejects Republican immigration bill, ignoring Trump By Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House rejected a far-ranging immigration bill on Wednesday despite its eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the GOP's moderate and conservative wings proved too deep for leaders to avert an election-year display… Continue reading
Jun 27 White House faces hard deadline on reunited migrant families By Elliot Spagat, Michael Balsamo, Will Weissert, Associated Press MCALLEN, Texas — The clock is ticking for the Trump administration after a federal judge ordered the thousands of migrant children and parents who were forcibly separated at the Mexican border reunited within 30 days, sooner for youngsters under 5. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 4:26 News Wrap: House GOP readies for immigration bill vote In our news wrap Tuesday, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives called a vote for on an immigration bill on Wednesday, but acknowledged it might fail. Also, new fighting in southern Syria has driven up to 50,000 people from… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch 5:45 Hirono: Immigrant detention 'very reminiscent' of Japanese-American internment during WWII Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, says border security can be done in many different ways, but President Trump has “chosen the cruelest way to do it.” Hirono, the only immigrant currently serving in the Senate, talks with Lisa Desjardins about what… Continue watching
Jun 26 On both sides of Atlantic, migrants meet hostile reception By Lori Hinnant, Colleen Barry, Associated Press On both sides of the Atlantic, migrants flooding across borders by the hundreds each day have met a hostile reception and governments unable to agree on how to cope with the arrivals. In Europe, where far-right parties have joined the… Continue reading
Jun 26 17 states sue Trump administration over family separations By Michael Balsamo, Will Weissert, Gene Johnson, Associated Press States, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border, as pressure mounted to reconnect families more quickly. Continue reading