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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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Nov 03
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Court blocks plan to deny visas to would-be immigrants who can’t afford health insurance

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Court blocks plan to deny visas to would-be immigrants who can’t afford health insurance

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (November 3, 2019)

A federal judge in Oregon blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a sweeping plan to deny visas to would-be immigrants based on their inability to show they could pay for health insurance or medical costs in the U.S.

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Nov 02
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Total system failure: The immigration system at the southern border

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Total system failure: The immigration system at the southern border

Center for the Study of Social Policy (September 25, 2019)

The immigration system at the southern border is a product of a century of conflicting policies aimed at facilitating trade, limiting undocumented immigration, and protecting national security. It was not designed to protect and promote the health and well-being of children and families, but it has an obligation to do so as a publically-funded institution acting on the behalf of the American people. We all know that it is not meeting these obligations. When my colleagues and I visited the southern border, we did not just see a system that was ignoring the health and well-being needs of children and families. We saw a system that was intentionally causing harm and failing to meet the most basic obligations of a public system in a well-functioning democracy.

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