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Immigration

Darwin Mejia, 7, saw his mother for the first time early Friday, reuniting with Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after they were separated at the border by U.S. agents (Patrick Semansky/AP)
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Courts & Law

Mother and son reunite at airport; U.S. had split them because of migrant status

To gain their release from custody and last night's reunion, the woman sued the U.S. government.

7 years ago

Cars wait to enter Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, in 2014. The U.S. Army Base is one of four that likely will be tasked with housing immigrant children following a request Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services. (Juan Carlos Llorca/AP)
NPR
Community

Military asked to provide 20,000 beds for detained immigrant children

That bed space would be needed beginning in July and running through the end of the year.

7 years ago

Shapiro accused the Trump administration of
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro joins lawsuit against Trump admin over family separation

Aside from Pennsylvania, nine other states are involved, and more may join.

7 years ago

First lady Melania Trump walks through the facility after a round table discussion with doctors and social workers at the Upbring New Hope Childrens Center operated by Lutheran Social Services of the South on Thursday in McAllen, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

First Lady Melania Trump makes trip to visit border detention facilities

The first lady planned to visit two facilities, both in McAllen, Texas.

7 years ago

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is trying to unite his conference around a compromise immigration bill. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House GOP leaders delay vote on compromise immigration bill

The vote on that bill is now scheduled for Friday morning.

7 years ago

A girl stands with her mother during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Family separations: the politics, the pushback, and the support

Guests: Adam Serwer, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Anil Kalhan President Trump felt the mounting public and political pres ...

Air Date: June 21, 2018 10:00 am

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens to President Donald Trump, right, speaks to members of the media after Trump signed an executive order to end family separations, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Trump’s immigration order sparks confusion, deep concern

Despite the president's order, lawyer Peter Schey said he was concerned that several thousand children have already been separated from their parents without a clear plan.

7 years ago

Immigrant children walk in a line outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As Trump ends family separation policy, children removed from their parents are already in Pa.

As Trump ends family separation policy, children removed from their parents are already in Pa.

7 years ago

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Immigrants recently processes and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection wait at the the Catholic Charities RGV, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Politics & Policy

Family separation at the US-Mexico border: Candidates take on the issue

In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have echoed one another’s condemnation of the policy.

7 years ago

(Photo courtesy of Mattes via Wikimedia Commons)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

The little things mean a lot

Awards and accolades don't make as much of an impression as the simple joys of daily life

7 years ago

Children listen to speakers during an immigration family separation protest in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. District Court building, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Phoenix. An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Politics & Policy

In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation

"We want to keep families together," he said.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump, left, gestures as he walks with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., right, while leaving the U.S. Capitol in Washington after meeting with GOP leadership, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Walking behind them is Stephen Miller, center, White House senior adviser. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Baby jails: Political turning point, or pit stop toward tyranny?

We appear to be on the precipice of something. I wish we knew what it was.

7 years ago

A 2-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande River from Mexico and were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation. (John Moore/Getty images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘It was hard to take these pictures, knowing what was coming next’

Sometimes, an image, such as John Moore's photograph of a crying 2-year-old Honduran girl, captures the essence of a story that we've all been hearing about.

7 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, walks with President Donald Trump as they head to a meeting of House Republicans to discuss a GOP immigration bill at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Trump stands firm on immigration policy, sees it as a winner

The chorus of condemnation includes Democrats, as well as Republicans, who are increasingly worried that this could damage the GOP's chances in November.

7 years ago

Akemi Vargas, 8, cries as she talks about being separated from her father
Politics & Policy

Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters

Lawyers and medical providers who have visited the Rio Grande Valley shelters described play rooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis.

7 years ago

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