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The Casa Padre facility in Brownsville, Texas, is one of more than two dozen shelters for immigrant children operated by Southwest Key.

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A Latino Nonprofit Is Holding Separated Kids. Is That Care Or Complicity Or Both?

4:56pm June 22, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work — and raised uncomfortable questions.

A screenshot from a video produced by ProPublica about 6-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid who had just crossed into the U.S. before she was detained and separated from her mother. An audio recording of Alison pleading for someone to call her aunt sp

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Watch: 6-Year-Old Girl, Alone, Breaks Through Immigration Noise With A Phone Number

9:50am June 22, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

"First, I want to take a bath. A really hot bath," she tells her cousin over the phone.

A Texas Sheriff prohibited his deputies from off-duty work at the newly constructed child-holding facility at the Tornillo Port of Entry where minors crossing the border without proper papers have been housed after being separated from adults.

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El Paso Sheriff Bars Deputies From Working At Facility Holding Child Migrants

10:03pm June 21, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

"We don't support the current administration's position of separating children simply to discourage illegal immigration," Sheriff Richard Wiles said in explaining his decision.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is trying to unite his conference around a compromise immigration bill modeled on the four items President Trump has demanded in a legislative proposal.

Politics & Government

House GOP Leaders Delay Vote On Compromise Immigration Bill

5:54pm June 21, 2018

The immigration debate in the House this week demonstrates deep divisions inside the House Republican conference and spotlights a controversial issue just months ahead of the midterm elections.

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Demonstrators protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, just outside the agency's regional office in Portland, Ore.

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ICE Temporarily Closes Portland Office Amid Tumult Of Protests Across U.S.

3:59pm June 21, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

"Security concerns" persuaded Immigration and Customs Enforcement to shutter its office there for at least two days. But the Oregon city isn't the only place feeling unrest over immigration policy.

An American Airlines plane departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland in 2015. American, United and Frontier all released statements on Wednesday saying they did not want to be involved in transporting migrant children who have been separated from their famil

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'We Want No Part Of It': Airlines Say Flights Are Not For Separating Families

8:26pm June 20, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

American Airlines, United and Frontier issued statements Wednesday asking that authorities refrain from using their flights for a controversial immigration policy that the president later walked back.

First lady Melania Trump sits on a couch surrounded by reporters as she participates in a meeting with President Trump, Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Melania Trump Pressured President Trump To Change Family Separation Policy

6:18pm June 20, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

"She's been talking to him about it from the very beginning," a White House official told NPR.

President Trump speaks on immigration issues while meeting with Republican members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House White House.

Politics & Government

Trump Signs Order To End Family Separations

4:13pm June 20, 2018

The order says that while the administration will "rigorously" enforce immigration laws, it is "also the policy of this Administration to maintain family unity ...."

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the face of the Trump administration's policy that has split up migrant families, was heckled inside a Mexican restaurant. She's seen here at Monday's daily briefing at the White House.

'Shame!': Protesters Shout At DHS Head Kirstjen Nielsen, Eating At Mexican Restaurant

3:11pm June 20, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The embattled Homeland Security secretary ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C. — and was targeted by protesters angered by her agency splitting up migrant families.

Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday for his weekly general audience, the same day he tweeted his support for migrants and refugees.

Pope Joins Calls To End Family Separations, Says He Stands 'With Refugees'

2:44pm June 20, 2018

by Amy Held

"A person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee," Francis tweeted Wednesday.