Sep 26 Backlog of children's immigration cases challenges judges, lawyers and schools By April Brown The backlog of immigration cases means thousands of children who’ve crossed alone illegally wait months or even years for their cases to be adjudicated. And that means many are in the United States long enough to enroll in school. Continue reading
Sep 25 El Salvador can't ensure safe homecoming for child deportees By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The tiny nation of El Salvador is scrambling to receive thousands of children deported from Mexico back to their home country. In coming months, more children are anticipated to arrive, this time deported from the… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch News Wrap: Shipwrecks off Malta and Libya kill more than 700 migrants By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more than 700 immigrants hoping to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East were killed in two shipwrecks last week. The death toll reportedly equals all migrant deaths for the entire year of 2013. Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch To better secure US border with Mexico, DHS considers significant restructuring By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 12 Holder says immigrant kids should get lawyers, but his department disagrees By Erica Werner, Associated Press The contradiction emerges between what the administration argues the children are constitutionally entitled to, and what Holder says he supports as a policy. On Friday he discussed a new $1.8 million program to help legal aid organizations represent migrant children… Continue reading
Sep 12 There are more Islamic State group fighters than U.S. thought By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: When it comes to war, what's in a name? President promising to "go as far as he can" on immigration by end of the year Boehner tries to show a united front… Continue reading
Sep 11 Obama administration sharply reduces number of deportations By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is on pace this year to deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007, even as he has postponed until after Election Day his promised unilateral action that could shield millions more from… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Behind Obama's political calculation of stalling immigration reform By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Obama's delay on immigration draws fire from both parties By PBS News Hour President Obama is delaying any executive action on immigration reform until after the midterm elections in November. While both Republicans and Democrats criticized the decision, the Obama administration renewed its request for $1.2 billion to deal with the influx of… Continue watching
Sep 08 Obama administration seeks additional $1.2 billion for border crisis By Erica Werner, Associated Press The Obama administration renewed its plea Monday for Congress to provide additional money to deal with the unaccompanied migrant children at the border. The request seemed likely to fall on deaf ears as neither party showed an appetite to revive… Continue reading