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Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts.

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Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

7:41pm July 18, 2019

by Robert Moore

Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.

A razor wire fence surrounds the Adelanto immigration detention center, in Adelanto, Calif., April 13, 2017.

'No Meaningful Oversight': ICE Contractor Overlooked Problems At Detention Centers

6:01pm July 17, 2019

by Yuki Noguchi

Public scrutiny of the health and safety conditions at immigration detention centers is growing. But the contractor ICE hired to inspect those conditions is accused of ignoring problems for years.

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People wait in Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday to apply for asylum in the United States. A memo notified officers that immigrants at the southern border are ineligible for asylum, with a few exceptions.

U.S. Asylum Agents: 'Very Little Time' To Prepare Before New Immigration Rule

12:55pm July 17, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The memo, written by the head of asylum at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, notified officers that immigrants at the southern border are ineligible for asylum, with a few exceptions.

A migrant family waits in Tijuana, Mexico, before being transported to the San Ysidro port of entry to begin the process of applying for asylum in the United States. A new Trump administration rule says immigrants who pass through a third country en route

Trump Administration Implementing '3rd Country' Rule On Migrants Seeking Asylum

3:44pm July 15, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Immigrants who want to seek asylum at the U.S. southern border must first apply for refugee status in another country, according to a new rule that is set to take effect Tuesday.

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Mexican National Guard members prevent Central American migrants from trying to cross the Rio Grande from Juárez, Mexico, on June 21.

How Mexico Beefs Up Immigration Enforcement To Meet Trump's Terms

3:45pm July 13, 2019

by James Fredrick

Threatened with U.S. tariffs, Mexico agreed to step up migrant control, deploying a new security force, and catching and deporting more migrants. Here's how it's going.

Politics & Government

5 Questionable Claims About NC’s Proposed ICE Cooperation Law

3:09pm July 12, 2019

by Paul Specht, PolitiFact NC

You may have heard inaccurate information about a bill that would force North Carolina's sheriffs to work with immigration officials.

A drawing by a migrant child at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas.

Smithsonian Museum Considers Collecting Drawings Made By Detained Migrant Children

1:18pm July 09, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The National Museum of American History said it has a long commitment to documenting "history as it unfolds." It reached out to pediatricians who shared images made by children after their release.

A search team looks for a 2-year-old girl who went missing in the Rio Grande near the border city of Del Rio, Texas.

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U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Search Rio Grande For Missing 2-Year-Old

12:11pm July 03, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The search has been focused in an area near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the girl's mother told agents that her daughter went missing while they tried to cross the river.

A youth in Tijuana, Mexico, stands by the border fence that separates Mexico from the United States, where candles and crosses stand in memory of migrants who have died during their journey toward the U.S.

Politics & Government

Trump Administration Hits Some Immigrants In U.S. Illegally With Fines Up To $500,000

5:26pm July 02, 2019

by Franco Ordoñez

The Department of Homeland Security targeted individuals for "failing to depart the U.S. as previously agreed," among other factors. It's the latest effort to clamp down on interior enforcement.

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A youth stands Sunday by the border fence that separates Mexico from the U.S., where candles and crosses stand in memory of the father and daughter who died during their journey toward the U.S.

Border Community Remembers A Father And Daughter Who Drowned Crossing The Rio Grande

12:15pm July 01, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

On Sunday evening, vigils took place in border towns to remember a father and daughter who died last week attempting to cross over to the United States rather than waiting in migrant camps in Mexico.

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