Detained Fathers Turn To Hunger Strike
Immigrant families held at the Karnes County Residential Center in Texas are striking to protest their imprisonment.
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Philadelphia Is Ending A Major Contract With ICE
Philadelphia is terminating a long-running contract with federal immigration officials that critics say has been used by agents to target unauthorized immigrants for arrest.
Opinion: The EU Looks To Offshore Its Migrant Crisis. That's A Horrifying Prospect
European leaders are looking to set up migrant holding sites outside the EU, following a controversial Australian precedent, writes an anthropologist who researches migration in North Africa.
Government Says It's On Track To Reunite Migrant Parents And Children By Deadline
As of Thursday morning officials reported 711 children had yet to be reunited with their parents or an approved sponsor. Some 1,800 children have been handed over to their parents or sponsors.
Government Unable To Track Hundreds Of Parents It Separated From Their Children
Officials said 1,012 parents and children separated at the border have already been reunited. But up to 463 parents may have been deported or have voluntarily left without their children.
Deported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S. Custody
The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.
Immigrant Rights Group Turns Down $250,000 From Tech Firm Over Ties To Border Patrol
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been under mounting pressure for the company's contract with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. A Texas nonprofit says it won't accept a contribution from the company.
Republicans Force Democrats To Go On Record Over Immigration Agency
Democrats denounced the nonbinding House Republican resolution backing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency as a "stunt" and many voted "present" to avoid taking a position.
Lawsuit Says Migrants Subjected To Dirty Detention Facilities, Bad Food And Water
In interviews that appear in the suit filed by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.
Amid A Hispanic Boom, Conflicting Feelings On Immigration
In southwest Virginia, Galax was once a traditional small-town mountain community. It now has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state.