Oct 30 What the U.S. troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border can and can’t do By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press The troops will not be allowed to detain immigrants, seize drugs from smugglers or have any direct involvement in stopping a migrant caravan that is still about 1,000 miles from the nearest border crossing. Continue reading
Jun 29 Family separations push new protesters to join immigrant activists By Gillian Flaccus, Amy Taxin, Associated Press Immigrants who have spent years fighting to change the country's immigration system are getting newfound support from liberal activists, moms and first-time protesters motivated by a visceral narrative: President Donald Trump's administration separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 5:33 What people on the border think about building a bigger fence By PBS NewsHour Donald Trump’s talk of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico has been one of the most-repeated tropes of his campaign. Currently, there stands a 652-mile-long wall running across the almost 2,000 mile border. It stretches not just along… Continue watching
Feb 18 Pope says Trump is ‘not Christian’ for wanting to build a wall on U.S.-Mexico border By Nicole Winfield and Julie Pace, Associated Press Asked about Donald Trump's views on immigration, Pope Francis says anyone who wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border isn't Christian. Continue reading
Jun 20 Administration to open detention centers for families caught crossing the border By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Obama administration is opening new detention facilities to house immigrant families caught crossing the border together illegally. This is after months of an immigration surge from Central America. Continue reading