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National

Tell Us: If You're A New American Citizen, How Are You Marking July 4th?

11:56am June 28, 2018

It's nearly Independence Day, a day to reflect on what it means to be an American. If you've recently emigrated, what does your American citizenship mean to you? Weekend Edition wants to know.

People protest immigration separation policies outside Federal Court on Tuesday in El Paso, Texas. Cases of children and families seeking refuge were being heard inside the courthouse.

National

Reuniting Families Separated At The Border Proves Complicated

11:46am June 28, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

A volunteer in Baltimore spends her days trying to reconnect migrant children and parents who have been separated and detained. One story illustrates why it is not necessarily simple.

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Politics & Government

North Carolina Joins Lawsuit Over Trump Administration's Family Separation Policy

3:58pm June 26, 2018

by Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Seventeen states sued President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Janet Kamara, who is from Liberia, sits during an interview conducted in an International Organization for Migration transit center in Arlit, Niger, on June 2. Kamara was expelled from Algeria and left stranded in the Sahara while pregnant. "Our baby was

World News

AP Report: Algeria Expelling Thousands Of Migrants Into Sahara, With Deadly Effect

5:44pm June 25, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

In the past 14 months, more than 13,000 migrants and refugees have been dumped in the Sahara by Algerian authorities, with unknown numbers dying in the desert, The Associated Press says.

The Pentagon plans to build temporary camps for detained immigrants. Here, children of detained migrants are seen at a tent encampment near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry in Tornillo, Texas.

Pentagon To House Migrants At 2 Military Bases In Texas

2:28pm June 25, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Migrant families will be housed at Fort Bliss, an Army base outside El Paso, NPR's Tom Bowman reports. Unaccompanied migrant children will be housed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, outside San Angelo.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., continue to try to wrangle votes for a "consensus" immigration bill.

Politics & Government

House Republicans Face Another Week Of Fighting Over Immigration

5:00am June 25, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

President Trump's mixed messages on immigration are making it difficult for Republicans on Capitol Hill to coalesce around legislation. House GOP leaders are still struggling with internal splits.

The train known as "The Beast" passes by the Sagrada Familia shelter in Apizaco, Mexico. For many migrants, the train is the next step in their journey north.

World News

Migrants Are Stuck In Mexico With Violence Back Home And 'Zero Tolerance' In The U.S.

12:47pm June 24, 2018

A Honduran mother of two, who is pregnant with a third, remains in a Mexico City shelter after hearing of the U.S. family separation policy.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, pictured above at the White House daily briefing on Monday, was heckled inside a Mexican restaurant.

Politics & Government

The Hypocrisy Of Eating At Mexican Restaurants

4:41pm June 23, 2018

by Monique Truong

In the past week, two of the most vocal advocates for the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy were heckled while eating at Mexican restaurants in Washington.

Chart: Illegal Border Crossing Apprehensions Have Fallen Steadily Since 2000

3 Charts That Show What's Actually Happening Along The Southern Border

10:02pm June 22, 2018

The number of people taken into custody at the southern U.S. border with Mexico has been decreasing since 2000. Economists say the reasons people choose to cross the border illegally are changing.

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as an official searches her mother in McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, earlier this month. For many, the image has become indelibly associated with a Trump administration policy that for weeks separated migrant

Crying Toddler On Widely Shared 'Time' Cover Was Not Separated From Mother

5:42pm June 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The image has been tied to a border policy separating migrant families. But in this case, daughter and mother were detained together — and the White House says it's proof the controversy is overblown.