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Federal officials initially said the former naval base would be the main reunification center for separated families, then changed their wording and say children won’t go there ‘even for short periods.’ Continue Reading
Tribal members positioned to help Border Patrol are getting run down by its agents. Continue Reading
The photos give an inside look at the camp, which may not stay open past mid-July but is currently housing around 300 children. Continue Reading
The gang is not invading the country. They’re not posing as fake families. They’re not growing. To stop them, the government needs to understand them. Continue Reading
A group of undocumented immigrant parents released from federal custody Monday said despite the government’s glossy spin on how families will be reunited, they aren’t too optimistic they’ll see their children anytime soon. Continue Reading
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
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
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
Going forward, we must fight with the same zeal and unity to dismantle oppressive systems and stop unjust actions by our government regardless of which political party is in charge. Continue Reading