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If confirmed, William Barr will lead the Justice Department for the second time in his career; the first was under President George H. W. Bush.

Politics & Government

Senate Sets Mid-January Confirmation Hearings For Attorney General Nominee

6:34am January 03, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

William Barr, nominated by President Trump to become attorney general, will face the Senate Jan. 15 and 16. If confirmed, Barr will replace acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.

Asylum seekers stand at a bus stop after they were dropped off by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Greyhound bus station in El Paso, Texas on Dec. 23.

National

Trump Blames Democrats For Deaths of Migrant Kids As DHS Secretary Visits Border

4:49pm December 29, 2018

by Ian Stewart

Kirstjen Nielsen's visit comes as her department is under scrutiny for the recent deaths of two Guatemalan migrant children in U.S. custody.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a host of "extraordinary protective measures" designed to improve conditions for children and adults held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody.

National

Department Of Homeland Security Promises Changes To Protect Migrant Children

10:59pm December 26, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen promises new "extraordinary protective measures" in the wake of the death of a second migrant child this month. They will require assistance from multiple federal agencies.

Recently released from ICE custody, migrants form a line to board a bus that will take them to a shelter on Christmas Day.

National

ICE Continues To Release Asylum-Seekers At Public Park In El Paso, Texas

10:31pm December 25, 2018

Officials appear to have resumed coordinating with local shelters after days of dropping off hundreds of mostly Central American migrants without any plan.

National

8-Year-Old Migrant Boy Dies In Government Custody In New Mexico Hospital

3:37pm December 25, 2018

by Francesca Paris

The Guatemalan child died after midnight on Tuesday in Alamogordo, N.M. He's the second child to die in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody this month.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen looks at her papers while testifying before members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Trump Administration Will Send Asylum-Seekers To Mexico While Claims Are Processed

4:48pm December 20, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Thursday that migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico — regardless of country of origin — must wait in Mexico while their claims are heard.

Health & Safety

Unsafe Haven

4:27pm December 20, 2018

by David Ford

The circumstances leading up to an apartment fire that killed 5 refugee children live on in the fractured lives of the surviving parents, and in their adopted community. “Unsafe Haven” is a 30-minute documentary produced by WFDD's David Ford, who reports on what happened in the aftermath of the tragedy and the questions that remain.

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Cristian Aguilar carries his half-brother Jaden's toy car into the restaurant Honduras 504, owned by his father José Aguilar. Cooking up traditional food, it has served the Honduran diaspora community in Tijuana since 2015.

World News

A Honduran Restaurant Hands Out Hot Comfort Food For The Migrant Caravan In Tijuana

2:50pm December 19, 2018

by Tomás Ayuso

When José Aguilar, a Honduran living in the Mexican border city who runs the restaurant Honduras 504, heard a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was coming, he knew he had to do something to help.

A protester prepares to throw an object at the police during an anti-migrant demonstration outside of European Union headquarters in Brussels on Sunday.

World News

Protesters And Police Clash In Brussels At Rally Against UN Migration Pact

10:13am December 17, 2018

by Francesca Paris

Anti-immigration protesters threw firecrackers and stones, and police responded with water cannons and tear gas as the demonstration outside of European Union headquarters turned violent.

U.S. Border Patrol next to the the border wall dividing Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales Mexico.

National

Opinion: What The Death Of A 7-Year-Old Migrant Says About This Country

8:01am December 15, 2018

by Scott Simon

A 7-year-old migrant died recently in custody of the U.S. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what this death says about the U.S.