immigration

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.

How Trump is reshaping one of the country's most liberal courts

By Gretchen Frazee

President Donald Trump’s judicial nominations may be shifting one of the nation’s most liberal courts further to the right, blunting what many consider his opponents’ most effective tool against administration policies.

Why this artist used seesaws to protest at the border

By Joshua Barajas

For about 40 minutes, three pink seesaws bobbed up and down, up and down, along the U.S.-Mexico border, uniting children from both countries in a rare moment of shared play. The artists behind the installation argue that the playful nature…