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[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Administration Tries Again to End Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

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Author: BY EILEEN SULLIVAN - Publish Date: October 30, 2021 at 12:39AM A court ordered the administration in August to reinstate the program, which forces some migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases are pending.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Years of Protests, a New Jersey County Ends Its ICE Jail Contract

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Author: BY ANNIE CORREAL AND MICHAEL GOLD - Publish Date: May 1, 2021 at 04:00PM The Essex County executive said the decision to stop holding undocumented immigrants for ICE in the county jail was based on money, not politics.

[TRENDING NEWS] How ICE’s Mishandling of Covid-19 Fueled Outbreaks Around the Country

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Author: BY ISABELLE NIU, EMILY RHYNE AND AARON BYRD - Publish Date: April 25, 2021 at 04:00PM To date, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported over 12,000 virus cases. Our investigation found that the impact of infection extended beyond U.S. detention centers.

[TRENDING NEWS] House Votes to Restrict Future Travel Bans, Moving to Undo Trump’s Legacy

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Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER - Publish Date: April 22, 2021 at 06:37AM The No Ban Act would curb the president’s expansive power to control immigration and bar restrictions on the basis of religion. It faces steep obstacles in the Senate.

[TRENDING NEWS] House Votes to Restrict Future Travel Bans, Moving to Undo Trump’s Legacy

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Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER - Publish Date: April 22, 2021 at 06:37AM The No Ban Act would curb the president’s expansive power to control immigration and bar restrictions on the basis of religion. It faces steep obstacles in the Senate.

[TRENDING NEWS] Apprehensions at Border Reach Highest Level in at Least 15 Years

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Author: BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: April 3, 2021 at 07:00AM More migrant families are entering the United States and being released, new figures for March show, as thousands of children remain in detention facilities.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘No Place for a Child’: Inside the Tent Camp Housing Thousands of Migrant Children

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN - Publish Date: March 31, 2021 at 07:13AM Children are sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder in the overcrowded facility at Donna, Texas, which is housing more than 4,000 migrants amid a new surge on the border.

[TRENDING NEWS] Timing Is Everything, Biden Says, and ‘Politics Is the Art of the Possible’

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Author: BY ANNIE KARNI AND KATIE ROGERS - Publish Date: March 26, 2021 at 06:36AM In his first formal news conference since taking office, President Biden offered an early glimpse of the man who inhabits the Oval Office and his approach to the presidency.

[TRENDING NEWS] Timing Is Everything, Biden Says, and ‘Politics Is the Art of the Possible’

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Author: BY ANNIE KARNI AND KATIE ROGERS - Publish Date: March 26, 2021 at 06:36AM In his first formal news conference since taking office, President Biden offered an early glimpse of the man who inhabits the Oval Office and his approach to the presidency.

[TRENDING NEWS] Children Are Sleeping on Mats in Overcrowded Border Facilities

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN, SIMON ROMERO AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: March 16, 2021 at 06:50AM The Biden administration is struggling to find space for a surge of migrant children and teenagers that is almost three times the level seen early last year.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Faces Challenge From Surge of Migrants at the Border

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Author: BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR - Publish Date: March 9, 2021 at 09:00AM The president’s promise of a more humane policy is being tested as more unaccompanied children seek to enter the United States from Mexico.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Administration Says It Will Shorten Detention of Migrant Families

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Author: BY MIRIAM JORDAN AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: March 5, 2021 at 07:53AM A new plan calls for releasing parents and their children after no more than 72 hours. Researchers say children can show symptoms of trauma after spending long periods in custody.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Rare Look Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Draws Legal Threats

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Author: BY CAITLIN DICKERSON - Publish Date: July 24, 2020 at 06:38AM 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.

[TRENDING NEWS] Judge Rejects U.S. Effort to Hold Palestinian Man After Prison Term

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Author: BY CAROL ROSENBERG - Publish Date: June 30, 2020 at 07:46AM Adham Hassoun had completed a 15-year sentence in the United States on terrorism-related charges. Unable to deport him, the government sought to keep him in open-ended custody.

[TRENDING NEWS] Mexico Breaks Up a Migrant Caravan, Pleasing White House

Author: BY KIRK SEMPLE AND BRENT MCDONALD - Publish Date: January 25, 2020 at 06:55AM The Mexican authorities used pepper spray on a caravan of 4,000 Central American migrants who tried to enter the country illegally, and dangled the possibility of jobs for those who registered.

[TRENDING NEWS] Migrant Teen Lay for Hours in His Cell Before He Was Found Dead

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Author: BY CAITLIN DICKERSON - Publish Date: December 6, 2019 at 07:50AM A video shows the boy in severe distress. He was discovered by his cellmate, not immigration officials, as they originally claimed.

[TRENDING NEWS] $200 Million, Jailed Immigrants and a Democratic Bastion Under Fire

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Author: BY CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM - Publish Date: October 14, 2019 at 02:00PM A New Jersey county in one of the bluest regions of the country faces mounting pressure to stop housing detained immigrants in its jail.

[TRENDING NEWS] Poor Conditions Persist for Migrant Children Detained at the Border, Democrats Say

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Author: BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS - Publish Date: August 30, 2019 at 07:51AM Republican members of the House Oversight Committee disputed those characterizations, but the allegations renewed scrutiny over the treatment of migrant children.

[TRENDING NEWS] More Than 2,000 Migrants Were Targeted in Raids. 35 Were Arrested.

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Author: MIRIAM JORDAN - Publish Date: July 23, 2019 at 07:00AM President Trump had touted the raids as a show of force in response to an influx of Central American parents and children across the southwestern border.

[TRENDING NEWS] Migrants in Custody at Hospitals Are Treated Like Felons, Doctors Say

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Author: SHERI FINK - Publish Date: June 10, 2019 at 07:00AM Dozens of migrants a day are being taken to community hospitals, where doctors are challenging security procedures that they say are harming patients.