Although migrant families separated at the border this summer are getting a second chance to make their case for staying in the country, immigration lawyers say the Trump administration is working overtime to upend the nation’s asylum process.
Hannah Wiley
Hannah Wiley was a reporting fellow for The Texas Tribune in 2018, covering issues surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border. She graduated with her MSJ in 2018 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where she spent nine months in Chicago in the investigative reporting track and three months in the D.C. political reporting program. She was a research assistant at The Chicago Tribune and a World intern at USA TODAY before joining the Tribune. Although a self-proclaimed foreign policy nerd, Hannah has also reported on education in Chicago and in Puerto Rico and has worked directly with immigrant and refugee populations both as a teacher and a journalist.
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Transportation
The Border Patrol is trying to stop truck drivers from smuggling migrants. But cases have increased.
After the bodies of 10 immigrants were pulled from a trailer in San Antonio, U.S. Border Patrol agents launched Operation Big Rig to combat immigrant smuggling by truck drivers.
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Families Divided
More than 400 kids remain separated from their parents. Here’s one lawyer’s long-shot plan to reunite a family
A deported Guatemalan immigrant has been separated from his son for months. A legal team that includes Michael Avenatti is trying to reunite them in Texas.
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Politics
Texas panel rejects proposal to close 87 driver’s license offices. For now.
The Sunset Advisory Commission voted not to adopt the Department of Public Safety’s recommendations to close dozens of offices across the state, but recommended a third-party study to determine which agency should issue licenses.