The devices are a better option than detention, but they disrupt almost every aspect of daily life, from sleeping and exercising to buying groceries and getting a job, according to more than a dozen attorneys, immigrant advocates and Central American asylum-seekers.
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Separated migrant family of six faced one hurdle after another after immigration crackdown
A young Guatemalan slept on a bridge for at least three days and nights while attempting to seek asylum. His wife and children had been separated after crossing that bridge just weeks earlier. This is the story of a family that faced seemingly every possible hurdle under Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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Analysis: Completing reunifications without putting families back together
The federal government completed its first round of family reunifications, but 45 percent of the children involved were not reconnected with the adults who brought them into the U.S.
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TribCast: The latest on the shifting immigration crisis
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick, Marissa and Emma about the politics at play in the ongoing border crisis and how countries with striking similarities to Texas have brought down their maternal mortality rates.
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Families Divided
Analysis: What sees us through
In a steady rain of bad news — shootings, immigrant family separations, harsh political differences — one thing stands out. We’re tenacious.
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For Texas ranchers living along border fence, talk of an illegal crossing crisis is exaggerated
Many Rio Grande Valley residents have farmed land along the border fence for decades. On hot summer days, they mow their lawns and repair trucks, take care of ailing relatives and sip coffee at local convenience stores. What they don’t do, they say, is worry about a crisis at the border.
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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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Families Divided
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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No “zero tolerance” for migrant families released in McAllen
As confusion swirls about the president’s executive order to end family separations, undocumented immigrants with children continue to be apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley. But instead of being detained, some are being released from federal custody with ankle monitors.
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UT/TT Poll: Most Texas voters oppose family separation at the border, with greater support among men and Republicans
Male Republicans support separating families trying to cross illegally into the U.S. from Mexico, but most other groups — and Texas voters overall — do not, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
