More than 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the border. Here’s the latest on what’s happening at the border, in Washington and among Texas politicians.
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President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy drew sharp rebukes after it was announced in April 2018 — especially after children who had been separated from their parents started being placed in a tent city in Tornillo. Trump signed an executive order June 20 that would keep immigrant families together, but it’s unclear how — or if — families that have already been separated will be reunited. With support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Texas Tribune has been reporting on the issue from the Texas-Mexico border, Washington, D.C., and Austin. You can help by sending story tips to tips@texastribune.org.
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Analysis: On immigrants, death penalty and pot, Texans’ views now look more like the rest of the country
This looks like a year where the rule of “all politics is local” is out. The findings from the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll make it seem that “all politics is national.”
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In El Paso shelter, a group of undocumented immigrant parents now know where their children are
After being released from custody in El Paso on Sunday, the parents have now learned the whereabouts of their children, a shelter director said. But there are more hurdles before they’re reunited.
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This man waited days to join his family in the U.S. and seek asylum. They asked him to turn back. (audio)
A native of Guatemala who is fleeing persecution struggles to reach his family in the U.S.
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More than 1,000 rally in Brownsville to protest family separations
Demonstrators from across Texas gathered in front of the federal courthouse in Brownsville on Thursday to protest the separation of undocumented children from their parents at the border.
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As San Angelo air base prepares to receive immigrant children, residents ask, “How can we help?”
Goodfellow Air Force Base is one of two Texas military bases chosen to house undocumented immigrants. Residents are already volunteering to help, but details are hard to come by so far.
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Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 years old are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
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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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“We live in fear”: Honduran family seeking asylum left stranded on a bridge
In a video from the border, immigrant Walter Vindel describes how he left Honduras with his wife and children to escape gangs that killed their relatives — and is praying for safe harbor into the U.S. “We are not bad people,” he says.
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Port Isabel detention center, where immigrants will be sent before reuniting with children, has long history of problems
Federal officials initially said the former naval base would be the main reunification center for separated families, then changed their wording and said children won’t go there “even for short periods.”