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Dec 09
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The Government Has Taken at Least 1,100 Children From Their Parents Since Family Separations Officially Ended 

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The Government Has Taken at Least 1,100 Children From Their Parents Since Family Separations Officially Ended

John Washington, The Intercept (December 9, 2019)

The U.S. government is still taking children from their parents after they cross the border. Since the supposed end of family separation — in the summer of 2018, after a federal judge’s injunction and President Donald Trump’s executive order reversing the deeply controversial policy — more than 1,100 children have been taken from their parents, according to the government’s own data.

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Dec 05
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Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

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Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

Robert Moore and Susan Schmidt, Pro Publica (December 5, 2019)

Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn’t match the Border Patrol’s account of his death.

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Dec 03
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Why Homeland Security Lost Track of Kids it Separated at The Border

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Why Homeland Security Lost Track of Kids it Separated at The Border

Andrew Eversden, Federal Times (December 2, 2019)

DHS estimated that its border patrol agents separated more than 3,000 children for their families during those 2018 months. The department estimates that it completed over 2,100 reunifications, but the IG found 136 children with potential family relationships that DHS didn’t properly record. In a longer review of Oct. 1, 2017, to Feb. 14, 2019, the IG found another 1,233 children with potential family relationships that CBP didn’t record properly.

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Nov 08
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Trump administration must provide mental health services to migrant families, federal judge says

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Trump administration must provide mental health services to migrant families, federal judge says

 Danielle Wallace, Fox News (November 8, 2019)

A federal judge in California earlier this week ruled that the Trump administration must provide mental health services to thousands of migrant parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report.

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Nov 08
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New Trump administration proposal would charge asylum seekers an application fee

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New Trump administration proposal would charge asylum seekers an application fee

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Miriam Jordan, The New York Times (November 8, 2019)

The Trump administration on Friday proposed hiking a range of fees assessed on those pursuing legal immigration and citizenship, as well as for the first time charging those fleeing persecution for seeking protection in the United States.

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Nov 07
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Lawmakers grill ICE official on family separations after Mississippi immigration raids

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Lawmakers grill ICE official on family separations after Mississippi immigration raids

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (November 7, 2019)

Three months after immigration authorities carried out a massive roundup of nearly 700 undocumented workers at food processing plants in Mississippi, lawmakers grilled one of the officials who oversaw the operation over the decision not to warn local stakeholders, the lack of enforcement actions against employers and the separations of children from immigrant parents who remain detained.

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Nov 06
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Senators move to protect program for immigrant military families that Trump may end

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Senators move to protect program for immigrant military families that Trump may end

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (November 6, 2019)

A group of Democratic senators led by U.S. Army veteran Tammy Duckworth of Illinois unveiled a proposal on Wednesday to shield certain undocumented family members of U.S. troops from deportation, a move aimed at safeguarding a little-known immigration program the Trump administration is considering ending.

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