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Trump hits a wall
By David Nakamura ~ Washington Post ~ August 8, 2018 President Trump, who for three years has vowed to build a massive security wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, is running ... -
Homeland Security officials seeing decrease in legal attempts to cross U.S.-Mexico border
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske ~ LA Times ~ August 8, 2018 The number of people who were apprehended trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally did not decrease significantly after the ... -
California seeks Trump administration records showing separation policy's impact on immigrant children
By Patrick Mcreevy ~ LA Times ~ August 8, 2018 California officials asked the Trump administration on Wednesday to release documents indicating whether officials considered the potential psychological impact of the federal “zero tolerance” ... -
Judge blocks deportation of eight asylum seekers claiming to flee violence
By Ted Hesson ~ Politico ~ August 9, 2018 A federal judge on Thursday blocked the deportation of eight asylum seekers who claimed to have experienced domestic violence or gang ... -
People Are Donating Millions Of Frequent Flyer Miles To Help Reunite Separated Migrant Families
By Claudia Koerner ~ BuzzFeed ~ August 9, 2018 "We just used some to fly a 3-year-old and his dad, who had been separated at the border, from Michigan (where ... -
'They Reached In and Tore Out a Piece of My Heart'
Photo credit:John Moore/Getty- U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive to detain a group of Central American asylum seekers near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. By Julia ... -
Are you alone now? After raid, immigrant families are separated in the American heartland
Photo credit: Michael Robinson Chavez- Alex Galvez, 12, center, plays with his second cousins in his family's mobile home in Norwalk, Ohio. Alex, a U.S. citizen, was separated from his ... -
A judge just sharply rebuked Trump’s cruelty and incompetence
By Greg Sargent ~ Washington Post ~ June 27, 2018 THE MORNING PLUM: Last night, a federal judge in California issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from continuing with ... -
California federal judge orders separated children reunited with parents within 30 days
Photo Credit:Matt York / Associated Press- Melvin, foreground, and Iris, both from Honduras, listen as they hear other immigrants tell of their separation from their children during a news conference ... -
'I'm Crushed': Migrant Parents, Advocates Press For Family Reunification
Photo Credit:Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images- Activists chant at an "End Family Detention," event at the Tornillo Port of Entry on Sunday. By John Burnett ~ NPR ~ June 26, 2018 A Honduran ...