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Darwin Mejia, 7, saw his mother for the first time early Friday, reuniting with Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after they were separated at the border by U.S. agents.

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Mother And Son Reunite At Airport; U.S. Had Split Them Because Of Migrant Status

2:10pm June 22, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"I started crying when I saw him, because he is the only child I have," Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia said after meeting her son at the Baltimore-Washington International airport.

Central American immigrants depart ICE custody, pending future immigration court hearings, on June 11 in McAllen, Texas.

Trump's Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts

11:13am June 22, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

At issue: How should cases proceed and what should happen to the more than 2,000 immigrant minors already detained in light of the president's executive order?

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Cars wait to enter Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, in 2014. The U.S. Army Base is one of four that likely will be tasked with housing immigrant children following a request Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Military Asked To Provide 20,000 Beds For Detained Immigrant Children

10:53pm June 21, 2018

by Tom Bowman

The bed space has been requested starting in July and running through the end of the year. Officials tell NPR that four bases are expected to provide space.

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President Trump, with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and Vice President Pence, right, prepares to sign an executive order ending the practice of separating migrant families. But the move leaves many questions unanswered.

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Trump's Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn't Do

10:25pm June 20, 2018

The president ends a policy that sent thousands of children to government-run facilities away from their parents; critics say he just created new problems, and kids already held may be there a while.

Democratic members of Congress protest the Trump family separate policy. From left to right: Reps. Joseph Crowley, Luis Gutierrez, Pramila Jayapal, John Lewis and Judy Chu.

Family Separation Is Trump's Immigration Policy. Here's Why He Won't Own It

6:43am June 20, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

The policy is unpopular, and vulnerable Republicans in competitive districts stand to be punished by voters in the midterms if this continues much longer. So Trump is trying to flip the script.

President Trump presides over a meeting about immigration with Republican and Democratic members of Congress at the White House on Tuesday. Congress and the White House are trying to work out an immigration deal prior to Jan. 19.

Congressional GOP Scrambles To Minimize Damage From Trump Family Separation Policy

5:37pm June 19, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

President Trump is meeting with House Republicans to about immigration votes later this week. But GOP lawmakers are discussing narrow legislation to end the Administration's family separation policy.

Hundreds of families spent their Father's Day in Tornillo, Texas, protesting the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Hundreds March To Texas Tent City Holding Detained Immigrant Kids

5:16pm June 17, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Rep. Beto O'Rourke organized the Fathers' Day march in just a couple of days. Hundreds of people showed up to protest the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border.

Protesters in San Antonio pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.

Trump's Decision To Separate Families Heats Up Immigration Debate

4:29pm June 17, 2018

by Miles Parks

House Democrats converged on an immigration detention facility Sunday, as the Trump administration continued to shift blame elsewhere for the growing crisis.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the Western Conservative Summit, June 8, 2018, in Denver.

Sessions Cites The Bible To Justify Immigrant Family Separations

9:06pm June 14, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Reacting to criticism from mainstream religious groups, the attorney general said the administration will continue to separate immigrant children from their parents.