Dec 10 Watch 4:03 News Wrap: Winter storm dumps heavy snow in the South In our news wrap Monday, a winter storm departed the South after dumping heavy snow and killing at least three people. More than a foot of snow fell in parts of North Carolina, causing widespread power outages and fears of… Continue watching
Nov 29 Lawmakers call for greater protections for migrant teens in U.S. detention camp By Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press More than 2,300 teens are being held at the remote tent city in Tornillo, Texas, which opened in June. Lawmakers on Thursday called for stricter background checks, more mental health support and a public hearing to further investigate problems. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 22:24 November 25, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition, for Sunday, Nov. 25, asylum seekers are facing unknown policies at the U.S. southern border and how those displaced by Hurricane Michael in Florida spent Thanksgiving. Later, an astronaut documented almost a year on the International Space… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch 3:56 Trump ‘has no legal authority’ to make asylum-seekers stay in Mexico By PBS News Hour With various updates from Mexico and the U.S. about asylum seekers approaching the border, lawyer and journalist Jami Floyd says Trump does not have the ability to rewrite immigration law. Floyd joins Megan Thompson for more on the U.S.’s legal… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 8:26 On Thanksgiving, a look back at colonial capitalism Similar to today’s immigrants, the pilgrims journeyed to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in search of reprieve from the economic, political and religious hardship they faced in Europe. In order to survive, these settlers worked the land and sent profits back to investors… Continue watching
Oct 26 Migrants set out on arduous 60-mile journey to next stop By Christopher Sherman, Julie Watson, Associated Press Two weeks of walking have taken a toll on the caravan as they slowly march through Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state. Continue reading
Oct 26 Mattis approves request for military help at southern border By Robert Burns, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to sign an order sending the troops to the border, bolstering National Guard forces already there, a U.S. official said Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 24 AP fact check: Pence flubs federal statistics on terrorists By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence misstated federal statistics Tuesday when trying to help President Donald Trump make the case that terrorists are among thousands of migrants moving through Mexico toward the U.S. border. Trump himself acknowledged he's got no proof terrorists… Continue reading
Oct 24 Migrants set out anew on quest to reach distant U.S. border By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press The size of the caravan — estimated by the United Nations at more than 7,000 strong — seemed basically undiminished as the throng set out in darkness cut by occasional flashlights or the spotlights of municipal police who were escorting… Continue reading
Oct 22 What we know about the latest migrant caravan traveling through Mexico By Larisa Epatko, Joshua Barajas As of Monday, the United Nations said the caravan heading north has grown to about 7,200 Central American migrants. Here is what we know. Continue reading