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The Homeland Security Department hailed the numbers as evidence that the Trump administration’s recent crackdown has deterred immigrants from trying to cross into the country illegally. Continue Reading
By the time the federal government started sending immigrant children to Shiloh Treatment Center in 2009, the warning flags were waving blood red. Continue Reading
The decision is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to systematically narrow the path to refuge in the United States, experts say. Continue Reading
A head-spinning sequence of events appears to have put the Trump administration right where it started: allowing migrant families who cross the border illegally to stay in the country while the government processes their asylum claims. Continue Reading
The divide in Texas between pro-immigrant cities on one side, and state officials and rural and suburban counties on the other, is playing out in other states too. Continue Reading
For every migrant parent federal officials fail to locate, U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said, “there will be a permanently orphaned child.” Continue Reading
A mother of three U.S. citizens says she believed all her life she was an American. But after she helped put away a relative who sexually abused her child, her life unraveled. She’s languishing in immigration detention. Continue Reading
An undocumented mother was reunited with her daughter. The first 36 hours brought a mix of joy, questions about the separation and worries about the future. Continue Reading
Several new facilities have already opened this summer, and the federal government has requested up to 15,500 beds at two Texas military bases. Continue Reading
The Land of Enchantment is well known, among other things, for a history of undercounting its people. Continue Reading
For the first time since 1950, the Census Bureau plans to ask all households about citizenship status. Continue Reading
After President Trump vowed to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects immigrants brought into the U.S. as children from deportation, federal courts stepped in — and Texas is suing to end the program. Continue Reading
We have a moral imperative to protect Dreamers from the president. The Koch brothers want to do it. So do Democrats. They must join forces. Continue Reading
Some 400 parents were sent back to their native countries without their children. Continue Reading
Such decreases may happen whenever the government cracks down on immigrants, a new study shows. Continue Reading