Federal magistrate judges in Tucson are showing signs of pushing back against a Trump administration practice of separating parents from their children after crossing the border illegally.
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Immigration advocates last week appealed for international help to fight the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant parents and children who cross the United States-Mexico border.
Read MoreUnder the new policy, a significant number of children will be separated from their parents. At a conference last month, Sessions said, “If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you as required by law. If you don’t like that, then don’t smuggle children over our border.” But, there is already a long queue of immigration cases involving unaccompanied minors.
Read MoreSen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on Sunday sought a tour of an immigrant detention center in Brownsville, Texas, near the U.S. border with Mexico. But Merkley was not allowed inside. Supervisors at the facility called the police.
Read MoreIt’s not immediately clear how Trump’s policies are affecting children who arrive at the border alone, or those who are being separated from their parents. But here’s what we know about how both groups of minors are treated when they try to enter the country.
Read MoreA DHS official announced that 638 parents who crossed with children had been prosecuted in just a 13-day span this month.
Read MoreA new report suggests that there has been a startling increase in the number of instances where US Border Patrol officers have abused children seeking shelter in the United States from violence and poverty in Central America.
Read MoreA civil rights group has said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has an “astounding” level of ignorance about the law after she claimed on Tuesday that it is up to schools to decide whether to report undocumented students to immigration enforcement officials.
Read MoreEarlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a goal to criminally prosecute 100 percent of people crossing the border illegally — including families with children. Those who are charged with improper entry — a misdemeanor on the first infraction — are jailed and separated from their children. Previously, most parents had been allowed to remain with their children in family shelters while awaiting asylum cases or deportation proceedings.
Read MoreWhile the Trump Administration has been careful to state that a decision has yet been made about housing the migrant children on military bases and the DoD has not received formal tasking, choosing this path would continue the trend of widening the military’s role in immigration enforcement more broadly. It follows the announcement made last month that state National Guard units would assist DHS and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in immigration enforcement.
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