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An official with the company operating the facility slammed the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy as a ‘dumb, stupid decision.’ Continue Reading
As an El Paso shelter prepared to take in undocumented immigrants separated from their children, President Trump’s tweets calling for deportations without due process drew rebukes. Continue Reading
Why ‘aridification’ is a better term for our new, more parched reality. Continue Reading
In a detention center near Houston, an asylum seeker from Honduras said he agreed to sign a voluntary removal order from the U.S. after federal officials promised to reunite him with his 6-year-old daughter. Continue Reading
Two of the nation’s largest private prison companies have given nearly $33,000 to New Mexico’s congressional representatives and state lawmakers over the last year and a half. Continue Reading
Language barriers mean Indigenous families may be more likely to be split up. Continue Reading
After seeing the facility, they said nearly 300 minors are there, including several girls and some children whose parents have already been deported. Continue Reading
Three Central American immigrant detainees have sued the government to be reunited with their children. On Friday, they sent handwritten notes to the court pleading for information about them. Continue Reading
The Trump administration says it is. But the top federal prosecutor in one of Texas’ busiest border districts has dropped charges against immigrants who arrived with their families. Continue Reading
As guttural screams of “Goooaaal!!” vibrate from the throats of announcers amplified on the big flat screens seemingly draped everywhere, other strident words rattle public space in the final days of political campaigning. Continue Reading
If it’s been a challenge to keep up with the news, read this post. It’s a roadmap for what’s happening. Continue Reading
As the U.S. attempts to reunite migrant families, children will bear the burden of helping to identify who and where their parents are. Continue Reading
A lack of space and a legal settlement stand in his administration’s way. Continue Reading
At a briefing in McAllen earlier this week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a group of South Texas officials the federal government plans to move forward. Continue Reading
They included Albuquerque’s Tim Keller and Santa Fe’s Alan Webber. Watch the New Mexico mayors’ speeches by clicking on the article. Continue Reading