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Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to a CDC report.

U.S. turns away Palestinian who was an incoming freshman at Harvard

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Ismail Ajjawi, who had been living in Lebanon, was refused entry into the U.S. after landing Friday at Logan International Airport in Boston, university and federal officials confirmed this week. The 17-year-old freshman said the denial had to do with…

Celeste Ng and Maxine Hong Kingston answer your questions about ‘The Woman Warrior’

Celeste Ng, author of “Little Fires Everywhere,” and Maxine Hong Kingston, author of "The Woman Warrior," join Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about our August pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. Ng selected “The…

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Administration ends protection for migrant medical care

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Critics denounced the decision as a cruel change that could force desperate migrants to accept lesser treatment in their poverty-stricken homelands.

A look inside the facilities where migrant families are detained

By Gretchen Frazee

Trump administration officials have described the centers, where migrants could be detained indefinitely under new rules, as “campus-like settings,” but immigration advocates say they are more like prisons.

19 states sue over Trump’s rule change on migrant detention

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

Nineteen states sued on Monday over the Trump administration's effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.

DOJ says immigration facility shouldn’t have to pay minimum wage

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

A lawsuit seeks to force the detention center operator to turn over profits it gained by underpaying them — an amount that could reach into the millions.

How detention causes long-term harm to children

By Laura Santhanam

For young children who do not have a sense of time, staying in detention facilities feels like it will last forever.

Why Trump wants to detain immigrant children longer

By Gretchen Frazee

Under new rules laid out Wednesday, immigration officials plan to begin holding children longer than the 20 days required by the Flores Settlement Agreement.

WATCH: Trump administration proposes longer detention of migrant families

The Department of Homeland Security is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.