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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
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
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
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
It’s something that should be on the mind of every New Mexican planning to vote in November. 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
Sleeping on the bridge connecting Brownsville with Mexico, a Guatemalan man says he’ll wait as long as it takes to get across and find his wife and children. Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order he says will “keep the families together” when they’re apprehended illegally crossing the border. But that does little for families who have already been split apart. Continue Reading
The action comes after days of outcry about families being torn apart. Continue Reading
Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion to private companies operating shelters accused of serious lapses in care, including neglect and abuse. Continue Reading