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Officials say that dozens more “tender age” separated children aren’t immediately eligible to be reunified with their parents. Continue Reading
After he was separated from his 10-year-old daughter, Mario, an undocumented Honduran, was finally able to see her Tuesday. The reunion lasted for about an hour before the two were separated again. Continue Reading
Since they crossed the Rio Grande and requested asylum, a father has been held in a detention center near Houston while his 6-year-old daughter was shipped to an Arizona shelter. Back in Honduras, the girl’s mother says she fears her daughter will be traumatized by the ordeal. Continue Reading
The fathers were all being held in a detention facility in nearby Otero County, New Mexico. Continue Reading
The threat launched an FBI investigation and forced the Santa Fe advocate to abandon her home until the danger passed. Continue Reading
Advocates for asylum-seekers at the border say a long difficult process has become increasingly unjust. Continue Reading
President Trump proposed a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Read the best reporting to date on the Supreme Court nominee. Continue Reading
We need new ideas to counter ever-widening income gaps, ‘zero-tolerance’ law enforcement, and social fragmentation. Continue Reading
The immigration detention center, which held more than 300 minors two weeks ago, will remain open at least through Aug. 13, according to a federal agency. Continue Reading
At a federal court hearing in California on Monday, a government lawyer also said that nearly half of those children won’t be reunited by the Tuesday deadline. Continue Reading
Drought conditions still persist in New Mexico, and despite temporary bumps in flows, the state’s rivers are still experiencing lower-than-normal flows. Continue Reading
After fleeing Honduras with her young son, Yulissa Pacheco, 24, spent her first days in the United States inside a border detention facility. Continue Reading
Jimena Madrid riveted people around the world when her voice was captured on an audiotape. Three weeks later, reunification with her mother remains uncertain. Continue Reading
It will be especially difficult to reunite toddlers with parents who may have been released into the interior United States or even deported back to their home countries, government attorneys argued. Continue Reading
George W. Bush said it 12 years ago in a speech promoting immigration reform. It’s not too late to choose that path. Continue Reading