A Father and Son Were Finally Reunited. Later that Day, the Government Ripped Them Apart Again.
Matt York/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After more than 50 days apart, a migrant father known in legal documents as “F.G.,” was reunited with his 17-year-old son in Texas on Wednesday. Guards loaded them onto a bus, where they were told they would be taken to a shelter. But eight…
“If You’re a Predator, It’s a Gold Mine.”
Families with young children protest the separation of immigrant families with a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Just five days after he reached the United States, the 15-year-old Honduran boy awoke in his Tucson,…
The Trump Administration Had Until Thursday to Reunite Separated Families. But Hundreds Will Remain Apart.
Jennifer Maradiaga, left, holds her daughter, Mia, 1, after they and other family members were reunited, Monday, July 23, in San Antonio. The children had been taken to a shelter in Arizona shortly after they had tried to cross the Rio Grande about two months earlier.AP/Eric Gay Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our…
Republicans Voted to Block Jeff Sessions’ Attacks on Asylum-Seekers Fleeing Domestic Violence
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bipartisan group of representatives in Congress voted on Wednesday to block part of the Trump administration’s latest attack on migrants entering the country as asylum-seekers. Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions used his control over America’s immigration court system to rule that people fleeing domestic and gang violence…
Brian Kemp, Who Threatened to Abduct Undocumented Immigrants, Wins GOP Race in Georgia
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a bonkers runoff election, Brian Kemp defeated Casey Cagle in Georgia’s Republican race for governor, setting the stage for a general election that will likely be one of the most politically polarizing state races in years. November’s race will pit Kemp against Stacey Abrams,…
More than 400 Parents Separated from Their Children Were Potentially Deported, Trump Administration Claims
Cory Morse/MLive.com/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Federal authorities believe that 463 parents separated from children over the age of 5 at the southern border were “not in [the] U.S.” as of Monday, July 23—potentially indicating that hundreds of parents have been deported despite a federal order to reunify families last month. Government lawyers…