Despite a handful of tearful reunions earlier in the year, the long and arduous task of reuniting parents and children torn apart by the Trump Administration at the U.S. border doesn’t appear to be getting any easier. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez has reported that “attorneys are still trying to reach the…
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Advocates Locate Parents of 23 More Migrant Children Separated From Their Families by Trump Administration
Nearly two dozen families will soon reunite thanks to the efforts of a group of volunteer lawyers working toward reuniting children and parents who were separated at the border by former President Donald Trump. Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff of NBC News have reported that “pro bono lawyers tasked by…
Another Migrant Dies in U.S. Custody, Remains Unnamed
Migrants continue to die while in U.S. custody. A 32-year-old man from El Salvador died Thursday morning just hours after being apprehended by Border Patrol agents, CNN reports. The unnamed migrant “fell into medical distress” while being processed at the Lordsburg Border Patrol Station, more than two hours away from…
Beto O’Rourke’s Immigration Plan Will Be Citizenship for 11 Million People in First 100 Days
Beto O’Rourke is the second major Democratic candidate to come up with a full immigration plan, and it’s a doozy with three major points of actions and solutions. On Wednesday, O’Rourke revealed that his immigration plan if he were to be elected president would be a path to citizenship for…
Courts Battle Over Border Wall and Trump Wants New Design to Include Spikes
While President Donald Trump gives engineers directions on how he wants the wall on the southern border to look, courts are considering the billions of dollars it would cost. A federal judge in Oakland, Calif., is considered arguments in two cases on Friday that are trying to block the White…
‘Less than half-baked’ Plan from White House to Arrest Up to 10,000 Migrants Still Under Consideration
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello were ousted last month in part because they didn’t support a White House plan to arrest upwards of 2,500 undocumented adults and their children, according to the Washington Post. The plan, which would have spanned 10 cities,…
Homeland Security to Start DNA Tests for Migrants at Southern Border
A pilot program DNA-testing immigrants at the Southern border will start next week and run for two to three days. Both ICE and Customs and Border Protection will be involved in the pilot. Allegedly, it is a new effort to crack down on fraud, Homeland Security officials said on Wednesday….
Trump Administration Wants to Open More Migrant Tent Camps
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering opening two new tent cities to detain roughly 1,000 parents and children near the southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has already contacted potential contractors about housing 500 people in each camp in two Texas cities that already have tent cities: El Paso…
Trump Signs First Veto of His Presidency to Satisfy His Anti-Immigrant Base
President Trump has decided to use his first veto to prevent Latinos arriving at the Mexican border from seeking asylum. As the 2020 presidential election approaches, Trump is determined to keep his campaign promise to his anti-immigrant, intolerant base to “build a wall.” There is no national emergency at the border….
Rev. William Barber Condemns Evangelicals Who Support Trump’s Policies
The NAACP and Rev. Dr. William Barber called out evangelical Christians who back President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, and called the policy racist. “We see this happening,” Barber said, “and this attack on children we know it’s brown children, it wouldn’t be happening if it wasn’t brown children at…