It will be especially difficult to reunite toddlers with parents who may have been released into the interior United States or even deported back to their home countries, government attorneys argued.
Claire Parker
Claire Parker was a 2018 reporting fellow based in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Claire was the associate managing editor of The Harvard Crimson, where she previously covered the university president and Harvard’s relationship with Washington. She also reported on Massachusetts politics as an intern at The Boston Globe.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin has no plans to drop affirmative action policy, despite new Trump administration guidelines
Though the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging colleges to factor race into admissions, it doesn’t force campuses to change their policies.
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Texas Elections 2018
Justice Kennedy’s retirement won’t just shape the U.S. Supreme Court — it could also reshape the U.S. Senate race in Texas
For Republicans, the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy represents an opportunity. For Democrats, it has inspired fear. And for the U.S. Senate race in Texas, it has already become a rallying cry.
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Families Divided
Feds pledge in court to provide more information to parents suing over separation from their kids
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer promised in a D.C. federal court Wednesday to provide three Central American parents who are suing the federal government with information about and regular contact with their kids.
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Congress
In political win for U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, farm bill narrowly passes U.S. House
U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, who chairs the House Agriculture Committee, has been laying the groundwork for passing the massive piece of legislation known as the farm bill for over a year.
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Families Divided
Amid family separation saga, U.S. House votes down conservative immigration package
As expected, the U.S. House rejected a hard-line immigration measure Thursday afternoon – setting the stage for a vote on a more moderate immigration bill as early as Friday.
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Families Divided
Donald Trump reverses course, signs an executive order to stop separating families
Meanwhile, members of Congress are working on legislation to address the issue.
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Families Divided
Republicans in Washington are closer to a compromise on immigration — but it’s still unclear if they can pass a bill
Republicans in Congress appear closer to reaching a compromise on immigration — and ending family separations at the Texas-Mexico border — after a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump Tuesday evening.
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Families Divided
We asked top Texas leaders — and every Texan in Congress — about separating immigrant families
See where statewide elected officials and members of the Texas congressional delegation come down on the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration enforcement policy that separates immigrant kids from their parents.
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Congress
Vulnerable Texas Republicans in Congress take different approaches to immigration bills
Republican congressmen from Texas facing tough re-election fights are betting on very different strategies to win over key voters.
