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ACLU says more than 900 children have been split from family at border since 2018 court order

July 30, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

More than 900 children have been separated from their families at the border since a judge ordered that the practice be sharply curtailed, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday.

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Trump expands fast-track deportation authority across U.S.

July 22, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

The administration of President Donald Trump announced Monday that it will vastly expand the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to first appear before judges, its...

U.S. Border Patrol officer Tekae Michael ...

Racist, sexually explicit Facebook posts put Border Patrol on defensive at rough time

July 3, 2019 at 7:19 a.m.

Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as "choir practice" — a chance to...

U.S. wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families

April 6, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last...

Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday, official says

January 24, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

US official: Trump administration to force asylum seekers in San Diego to wait in Mexico starting as soon as Friday.

Wall debate obscures other struggles at the border

January 4, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

In Washington, it's all about the wall. At the border, it's only part of the story.

Trump strongly defends use of tear gas on caravan migrants

November 26, 2018 at 7:57 p.m.

President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers but also barefoot, crying...

Ever Reyes Mejia is reunited with his 3-year-old son at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)聽 office building in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. More than 2,000 children were reportedly separated from their parents after crossing the Southern U.S. border as part of an immigration strategy by the Trump administration.

Trump administration: 1,820 children reunited with parents after border split

July 26, 2018 at 8:35 p.m.

Clutching little backpacks, smiling immigrant children were scooped up into their parents' arms Tuesday as the Trump administration rushed to meet the deadline for reuniting dozens of youngsters forcibly separated...

Next steps for caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum will unfold mostly out of public view

May 1, 2018 at 7:45 p.m.

The caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States sought the world's attention as scores of migrants traveled through Mexico on a journey to escape their violent homelands.

Central American immigrants, part of an ...

Migrants in caravan criticized by Trump start seeking asylum

April 30, 2018 at 10:25 p.m.

Central Americans who traveled in a caravan through Mexico to the border with San Diego began turning themselves to U.S. authorities to seek asylum Monday in a direct challenge to...

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