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2017 draft memo details early plans to separate migrant families

Article | January 18, 2019 | Priscilla Alvarez | CNN

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Thousands Of Immigrant Children Were Separated From Their Parents And The Government Doesn't Know How Many

Article | January 17, 2019 | Amber Jamieson and Adolfo Flores | BuzzFeed

The Trump administration separated far more immigrant children from their parents after  Read more >

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Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Article | January 15, 2019 | Azam Ahmed and Meridith Kohut | NY Times

FALFURRIAS, Tex. Read more >

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Tornillo: detention site for migrant children to close amid safety fears

Article | January 12, 2019 | Edwin Delgado | The Guardian

Tornillo temporary detention facility in west Texas that has housed thousands of migrant children Read more >

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ICE Might Be Violating Federal Law By Keeping Immigrants Detained During The Shutdown

Article | January 9, 2019 | Hamed Aleaziz | BuzzFeed News

A lengthy government shutdown over border wall funding has potentially put Immigration and Customs Enforcement at risk of violating a more than 100-year-old law that could not only require the release of “non-dangerous” individuals in the agency’s custody but also stop it from continuing to arrest and detain certain people, according to former senior ICE officials and experts.
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22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years

Article | January 6, 2019 | Lisa Riordan Seville, Hannah Rappleye and Andrew W. Lehren | NBC News

The 22 immigrants who died in the nation's sprawling network of detention centers over the past two years came to the United States from countries as far-flung as Vietnam, and as close as Mexico. Some had been longtime legal residents, arriving as refugees or students. Others were recent asylum seekers. Many were young — half were not yet 45 years old. Read more >

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Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Article | January 5, 2019 | Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby | The Nation

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UN special rapporteur demands inquiry into death of Guatemalan girl held in US

Article | December 24, 2018 | Ed Pilkington | The Guardian

The United Nations monitor who acts as global watchdog on the treatment of migrants is calling for an in-depth independent investigation into what happened to  Read more >

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The US has made migrants at the border wait months to apply for asylum. Now the dam is breaking.

Article | November 28, 2018 | Dara Lind | Vox

The center of the American asylum crisis is the El Chaparral plaza in Tijuana, which sits at the foot of the western pedestrian bridge to enter the US at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California. Read more >

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Trump plan would force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as cases are processed, a major break with current policy

Article | November 21, 2018 | Nick Miroff, Joshua Partlow and Josh Dawsey | Washington Post

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