REFUGEES & ASYLUM SEEKERS
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By Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News – Nov. 9, 2020 WASHINGTON — Lawyers working to reunite migrant families separated by the Trump administration before and during its "zero tolerance" policy at the border now believe the number of separated children for whom they have not been able to ...
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Children from Central America are being sent across the border to Mexico, where they may not have any family. An internal email said the transfers violated the government’s own policies. By Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times – Oct. 30, 2020 U.S. border authorities have been expelling migrant children from other ...
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By RYAN MILLS, National Review – October 26, 2020 When the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday submitted its most recent court filing on the status of children separated from their parents at the U.S. border, mainstream media focused on one number: 545, the number of kids whose parents still ...
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By: Jessica Corbett, LA Progressive – Oct. 25, 2020 Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley, and Tlaib Lead Call for UN Probe Into Alleged DHS Human Rights Abuses The four first-term progressive congresswomen collectively called the Squad led a letter Friday calling for independent international investigation of “recent, ongoing, and credible allegations of ...
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By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD, LOS ANGELES TIMES – OCT. 20, 2020 The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up two cases that arise from marquee immigration policies of the Trump administration. Here’s hoping that the policies will be in the dustbin of history before the court has the chance to ...
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About two-thirds of the 1,000-plus parents separated from their kids under a 2017 pilot program were deported before a federal judge ordered that they be found. By Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff, NBC News – October 20, 2020 WASHINGTON — Lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify migrant families ...
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This administration has attacked every aspect of the immigration system — and it won’t be easy to undo. By The Editorial Board, New York Times – 10 October 2020 It was a kind gesture to some 6,000 Filipinos who, in their youth, had fought with American armed forces in World War ...
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El coronavirus fue la excusa perfecta para hacerlo rápidamente... Por: Redacción , La Opinión | 12 de Septiembre 2020 Como consecuencia de la pandemia de coronavirus, COVID–19 unos 8,800 niños migrantes no acompañados han sido expulsados de los Estados Unidos, informaron autoridades del gobierno encabezado por Donald Trump. A decir ...
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By: Jack Jenkins, Religion News – August 25, 2020 WASHINGTON (RNS) — More than 300 faith leaders have signed a letter addressed to delegates to the Republican National Convention and President Donald Trump demanding the commander in chief end immigration policies they argue are “inhumane.” “Our sacred texts challenge us, ...
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By: Caitlin Dickerson ~ New York Times ~July 23, 2020 A new documentary peers inside the secretive world of immigration enforcement. The filmmakers faced demands to delete scenes and delay broadcast until after the election. In early 2017, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepared to carry out the hard-line agenda ...