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President Trump addresses the media as he leaves the White House on Thursday en route for a trip to the border in Texas. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

NPR

Once a fence, later slats, almost always a wall: Trump’s border wall contradictions

The president is now in a battle with congressional Democrats to approve $5.7 billion in funding for a physical barrier.

8 years ago

The westernmost edge of the U.S. border wall separates Tijuana from San Diego. Most undocumented immigrants in this country did not enter the U.S. at the Southern border. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

NPR

Politics & Policy

Where does illegal immigration mostly occur? Here’s what the data tell us

Most undocumented immigrants didn't enter this country through Tijuana, where news cameras have captured images of thousands of immigrants seeking refuge during recent months.

8 years ago

Politics & Policy

Sen. Casey: "We should never confuse a concrete wall with border security. It is not."

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey joined former border czar Alan Bersin to discuss expert opinions on border security amid the government shutdown.

8 years ago

A group of Honduran migrants are detained along the U.S.-Mexico border by Mexican police after attempting to cross the border barrier into the U.S. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NPR

Community

Humanitarian experts debate Trump’s use of the term ‘humanitarian crisis’

Some in the global aid community are outraged that Trump used the term "humanitarian" to describe the crisis without pledging any action to alleviate the suffering.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Radio Times

Politics & Policy

Jamil Smith on Trump’s border address

Marty spoke to national affairs writer for Rolling Stone, J ...

8 years ago

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In this file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking on the South Lawn of the White House as he walks to Marine One, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

PBS NewsHour

WATCH: Trump’s prime-time immigration address, Democratic response

The address comes two days before Trump is scheduled to travel to the southern border to bolster his case for the border wall.

8 years ago

Radio Times

Politics & Policy

The wall, the shutdown, and more

Guests: Robert Costa, Dennis Wagner, Tom Hamburger It’s day 18 of the government shutdown over funding for Pres ...

Air Date: January 8, 2019 10:00 am

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Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)

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Community

‘We were eating grass’: Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

The al-Hol refugee camp, in northeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

8 years ago

Courts & Law

For Chesco man arrested in immigration interview, an uncertain future remains

Jose "Ivan" Noe Nuñez Martinez and his husband have been savoring what can feel like borrowed time, after he was arrested in Philadelphia last year.

8 years ago

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The York County Prison is where most immigration detainees in Pennsylvania are held after ICE arrests. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)

Courts & Law

Federal government shutdown halts most Pa. immigration court hearings

The federal government shutdown — caused in part by disagreements over immigration policy — is halting down immigration court hearings across Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Listen 2:59

Elvira Choc grieves as she attends a memorial service for her 7-year-old granddaughter Jakelin Caal Maquin, in San Antonio Secortez, Guatemala, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. The body of the 7-year-old girl who died while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol was handed over to family members in her native Guatemala on Monday for a last goodbye. (Oliver de Ros/AP Photo)

Health

More health exams instituted for migrant children at border

More thorough health screenings, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children.

8 years ago

This photo shows the border fence under construction near New Mexico's Highway 9, near Santa Teresa. (Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images)

NPR

Politics & Policy

8-year-old migrant boy dies in government custody in New Mexico hospital

The boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday, at a hospital in Alamogordo, N.M. He is the second child this month to die in CBP custody after being apprehended by the agency

8 years ago

In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, an agent from the border patrol, observes near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, N.M. An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody early Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, U.S. immigration authorities said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File)

Courts & Law

U.S. says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody

The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump's request for border wall funding.

8 years ago