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Reuniting Separated Immigrant Families
Catholic Charities
"Clarity is missing, process is missing and transparency is missing," said Mario Russell, Director of Catholic Charities Immigrant and Refugee Services ...
 
The story of newborn babies in Iowa shows how immigration crackdowns hurt Americans, too
Quartz
In late May 2008, across the state of Iowa, something weird started happening to newborns. For the next nine or so months, more babies across the ...
 
In Mexico, Pompeo Delegation Set to Discuss Immigration, Trade, Security
Wall Street Journal
Mr. López Obrador has been highly critical of Mr. Trump's immigration policies, including his crackdown on undocumented migrants crossing into the ...
 
Trump administration lays out plan to reunite 2500 immigrant children with their families
CBS News
The Trump administration said in a court filing Friday that it has identified 2,551 children between the ages of 5 and 17 in their custody who could ...
 
Even with a green card, an immigrant can be deported under new guidelines
Miami Herald
In those cases, immigration officials will have expanded authority to issue ... The main public benefits that immigrants with legal residence permits, ...
​Fighting for the Life of Migrants in the Sonoran Desert (Photo Essay)

Body found in desert near Benson
Trump Administration Admits They've Lost Track of Roughly 20 Percent of Toddlers' Parents 
 "During a conference call with reporters and U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw on Friday afternoon, government officials acknowledged that as many as 20 percent of the youngest children ripped from their parents on Donald Trump's orders won't be reunified with their families any time soon." 
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Pregnant Women Say They Miscarried in Immigration Detention and Didn't Get the Care They Needed 
Ema O'Connor and Nidhi Prakash, BuzzFeed 
Excerpt: "Pregnant women in immigration detention under the Trump administration say they have been denied medical care, shackled around the stomach, and abused." 
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CNN's Anderson Cooper Tears Apart the Trump Admin.'s Avalanche of Lies About the Cruel Family Separation Policy
By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
The administration has continues to mislead the public about what it's doing. READ MORE»
As Migrant Families Are Reunited, Some Children Don’t Recognize Their Mothers
By MIRIAM JORDAN, KATIE BENNER, RON NIXON and CAITLIN DICKERSON
There were heartbreaking scenes at the court-ordered reunions of migrant families that had been separated for months. The government said hundreds of families wearing monitoring devices will be released into the United States.
First Wave of Migrant Children Reunited With Parents
By CAITLIN DICKERSON and MANNY FERNANDEZ
The government was scrambling to carry out the first court-ordered reunifications of young migrant children with their families, but thousands remain in custody.
When Family Separation Is Forever
​Nelson, from Guatemala, was 14 years old when he arrived at the border. He was on a journey to join his mother, who had migrated to Arizona so that she could support him with a stable job. But Nelson’s situation at home in Guatemala had become unsafe, so he undertook the dangerous journey to be reunited with her.
Judge Rejects Long Detentions of Migrant Families, Dealing Trump Another Setback
By MIRIAM JORDAN and MANNY FERNANDEZ
A judge in Los Angeles refused to amend the so-called Flores decision, which bars long-term detention of young migrants.
CIA-Linked Military Contractor Used Arizona "Black Site" to Secretly Jail Dozens of Migrant Children 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "A major U.S. military and CIA contractor has been detaining dozens of migrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets, according to a new investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting." 
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Deadline to reunite US migrants extended as babies face court
BBC News
A US judge has given the Trump administration more time to reunite migrant children aged five or younger with their parents. The decision came after ...
'My soul aches': Detained migrants say the needs of children and pregnant women are being ...
Business Insider
Detained migrants say the needs of children and pregnant women are being broadly ignored by US immigration officers as they're held in what have ...
Kavanaugh on immigration, labor
Politico
With help from Ian Kullgren, Andrew Hanna and Wesley Morgan. KAVANAUGH ON IMMIGRATION, LABOR: “Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald ...
1-Year-Old Separated From Family Appears Before Arizona Immigration Judge
Inside Edition
A 1-year-old boy appeared before an immigration judge in Phoenix Friday, one of a number of children who showed up to court without their parents ...
1-Year-Old Boy Separated from Family Cries As He Faces Arizona Immigration Judge: Report - PEOPLE.com

​A 1-Year-Old Boy Had a Court Appearance Before an Immigration Judge in Phoenix
TIME
PHOENIX — The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and ...
A Baby Was In Immigration Court To Be Reunited With His Parents & Even The Judge Was ... - Bustle
Year-Old Baby Appears In Immigration Court, Cries Hysterically - HuffPost
This Story of a Baby's Day in Immigration Court Without His Parents is Gut-Wrenching - Mother Jones
 
Heartbreaking video of toddlers representing themselves in court 
 
Trump's Cruelty Fails to Stop Migrants Fleeing Deadly Central American Gangs
Daily Beast
She is one of more than a thousand migrants in Tijuana who are waiting their turn to file for asylum in the United States. The packing of her bags, the ...
 
CIA-Linked Military Contractor Used Arizona "Black Site" to Secretly Jail Dozens of Migrant Children
A major U.S. military and CIA contractor has been detaining dozens of migrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen ... Read More →

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Trump Administration Lost Track of Parents of 38 Young Migrant Children 
Julia Ainsley, NBC News 
Ainsley writes: “Government lawyers said Friday that they cannot locate the parents of 38 migrant children under the age of 5, as a federal judge indicated he is open to extending the deadline for reuniting nearly 3,000 children separated from their mothers and fathers while crossing the US-Mexico border.” 
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A quiet change in US policy threatens immigrants who apply for a change in status
Quartz
It went largely unremarked, just another bland procedural decision from a government agency. But a quiet policy change at the United States ...
To align with Trump's policy, immigration officials get more leeway to start deportation process - Miami Herald
Trump challenging legal immigration with delays, denaturalization, advocates say - AZCentral.com

Asylum Seekers Win in Court as Federal Judge Rules Against Indefinite and Arbitrary Detention 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled asylum seekers who have passed a credible fear interview should be given humanitarian parole, not indefinite detention." 
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‘My Son Is Not the Same’: New Testimony Paints Bleak Picture of Family Separation 
Lisa Desjardins, Joshua Barajas and Daniel Bush, PBS News 
Excerpt: "A motion filed Monday came with more than 900 pages of declarations that included powerful personal testimonies from parents, children and other family members who were directly impacted by the Trump policy." 
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Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families
By CAITLIN DICKERSON
Officials are facing political and judicial pressure to reunite families separated at the border, with the authorities struggling to identify connections between family members.
 
'Full of Dirt and Lice': Lawsuit Alleges Boy Separated at Border Left Unbathed for 85 Days
By Matthew Rozsa, Salon
New suit reveals the human toll of Trump’s family separation — and has reignited calls for the DHS head to resign. READ MORE»
 
The 6-Year-Old Heard on Border Facility Audiotape Is Still Separated from Her Mother by 1,000 Miles
By Ginger Thompson, ProPublica
“She says over and over, ‘Mommy, I want to be with you.’” READ MORE»
​What You Should Do if Border Patrol Asks for Your PapersUN: Migrant Deaths on US-Mexico Border Rise Despite Drop in Crossings 
UN News Centre 
Excerpt: "2017 recorded 412 migrant deaths, compared to 398 the preceding year." 
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence: The Fatal Consequences of US Immigration Policy 
Sarah Stillman, Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "As the battle over the DREAMers and DACA heats up in Washington, we look at a stunning new piece in The New Yorker titled 'When Deportation is a Death Sentence.'" 
READ MORENancy Pelosi Held House Floor for a Record-Breaking Eight Hours in Attempt to Protect DREAMers 
E. A. Crunden, ThinkProgress 
Crunden writes: "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has set a new record for the longest continuous speech since at least 1909 in the House of Representatives. She held the floor uninterrupted from 10 a.m. this morning until shortly after 6 p.m - more than eight hours." 
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​Democrats Challenge Kelly On Calling DACA-Eligible Immigrants 'Lazy'
TPM
Exiting the meeting, Kelly defended himself to reporters, saying of the population of young immigrants who were eligible for the Obama-era program but who didn't enroll, “some of them should have gotten off the couch and signed up.” “One million, one-hundred thousand, we think, never got around in ...
 
House Democrats To Leverage Budget Caps Support for Immigration Vote
Roll Call
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Reps. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., and Steny Hoyer, D-Md., hold a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to blame Republicans' for a possible government shutdown on January 19. They stand with a copy of a tweet President Trump sent last year, ...
Here's one way the floor debate on immigration could unfold next week - CNN
Trump talks about a shutdown over immigration, but Congress takes a different tack - PBS NewsHour
Spending deal in jeopardy as Pelosi issues last-minute demand on immigration - Washington Post
 
Rep. McSally: Immigration policies of the past not working
Fox News Video
Republican calls on Democrats to come to the table to 'solve the problem.'
 
Trump’s Backward View of Immigration
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The president is targeting sensible immigration policies, while smearing those who come to the U.S. illegally as criminals.
 
Encouraged by a racist president, US immigration officers are sowing fear, anxiety and panic
New Statesman
At the centre of this “expulsion machine” is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Putting Trump, the hero of the Ku Klux Klan, in charge of this law enforcement agency is the political equivalent of putting a kid in charge of a candy store. Trump wants black and brown undocumented immigrants ...
 
It’s Time for an Immigration Enchilada
By JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA
President Trump’s proposed immigration overhaul might be good for Mexico.
 
Pima County supervisors reject $1.4M federal grant tied to border security
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Grijalva response to DACA termination

Tohono O'odham Tribal Leaders Say Wall With Mexico Will Not Be Built On Their Land
Tribal leadership of Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona said they won't support a border wall project on their land. Part of their reservation extends into Mexico and covers 75 miles of the international border.
Trump to throw a wider net to deport migrants
President-elect Donald Trump’s advisors are drafting plans to resume workplace raids and to ramp up pressure on local police and jails to identify immigrants in the country illegally in an effort to meet Trump’s goal to deport 2 million to 3 million migrants who he says are criminals.
The Ideological Roots of Donald Trump’s Immigration Team
As President-Elect Donald Trump names his choices for key positions in his administration, it is clear that he intends to include quite a few people who subscribe to fringe, alt-right, racist ideologies.
​Steller: Election elates border agents, alarms 'Dreamers'
Art Del Cueto, 42, has become a well-known Tucsonan because of his outspokenness as president of the union for agents in the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector. He was among those who pushed for the national union to endorse Trump early in the primary election process — a highly controversial decision.