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Amid Furor Over Racist Tweets, White House Announces Immigration Bill

Article | July 18, 2019 | TAMARA KEITH and FRANCO ORDOÑEZ | NPR

(July 16, 2019) The White House announced Tuesday that it has quietly drafted a 620-page immigration bill and has lined up 10 Republican senators to co-sponsor the measure should it be introduced, according to a senior administration official involved in the process. Read more >

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Groups sue Trump admin over new asylum restrictions

Article | July 16, 2019 | Jacqueline Thomsen | The Hill

A coalition of groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over new restrictions for migrants seeking asylum in the United States, the same day the rule went into effect. Read more >

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Climate refugee crises are happening right now. Here's how you can help

Article | July 11, 2019 | Michael B. Sauter and Evan Comen | USA TODAY

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Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.

Article | July 6, 2019 | SIMON ROMERO, ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS, MANNY FERNANDEZ, DANIEL BORUNDA, AARON MONTES and CAITLIN DICKERSON | New York Times

CLINT, Tex. — Since the Border Patrol opened its station in Clint, Tex., in 2013, it was a fixture in this West Texas farm town. Separated from the surrounding cotton fields and cattle pastures by a razor-wire fence, the station stood on the town’s main road, near a feed store, the Good News Apostolic Church and La Indita Tortillería. Read more >

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After removing a citizenship question on the 2020 census, the DOJ is trying to put it back on — at Trump’s request

Article | July 3, 2019 | Sean Collins | Vox

One day after the fight over whether the 2020 census would include a citizenship question seemed  Read more >

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Here's what's in the $4.6 billion border aid bill passed by Congress

Article | June 29, 2019 | Adam Willis | The Texas Tribune

[June 27, 2019] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid a raging nationwide debate over the dire conditions of migrant detention centers, the U.S. House and Senate rushed to pass legislation this week to address a crisis at the U.S-Mexico border. Read more >

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Internal DHS and ICE immigration detention practices are broken

Article | June 24, 2019 | DANA GOLD AND IRVIN MCCULLOUGH | The Hill

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People Who Can’t Vote Still Count Politically in America. What if That Changes?

Article | June 22, 2019 | Emily Badger | New York Times

Three years ago, before the Trump administration moved to add a citizenship question to the census, and before many experts even imagined  Read more >

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Dangerous Situation Unfolding For Kids At Texas Border Detention Site, Lawyers Say

Article | June 20, 2019 | Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke and Martha Mendoza (AP) | HuffPost

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A legal team that recently interviewed over 60 children at a Border Patrol station in Texas says a traumatic and dangerous situation is unfo Read more >

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Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week

Article | June 17, 2019 | Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti | The Washington Post

President Trump said in a tweet Monday night that U.S. Read more >

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