Federal judge denies Texas' request to halt DACA — for now
But the judge said Texas and the other states suing could likely prove that DACA causes the states irreparable harm. Full Story
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U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question
The Trump administration is accusing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hispanics along the U.S.-Mexican border of using fraudulent birth certificates. Full Story
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Across the country, basements, offices and hotels play short-term host to people in ICE custody
The temporary holding facilities often come as a surprise to the unsuspecting civilians who work or live nearby. Full Story
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ICE arrests more than 100 workers at north Texas plant
An agency official called it one of its biggest workplace raids in a decade. Full Story
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ACLU claims ICE still detaining some asylum-seekers for no reason despite court order
A U.S. district judge last month granted a preliminary injunction preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from denying parole to asylum-seekers without an individual determination as to why. On Tuesday, the ACLU said it's still happening. Full Story
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Report: Toddler died after contracting infection at ICE family detention facility
The toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Dilley. She had not yet turned two years old. Full Story
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TribCast: A new name in the speaker's race, an ouster at Texas Tech
On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Dave about Travis Clardy's addition to the House Speaker's race, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, Chancellor Robert Duncan's surprise ouster from the Texas Tech University System and the Tribune's latest coverage of families divided at the border. Full Story
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Gallery: This Guatemalan family hasn't seen their 8-year-old in months
A collection of photos by Carlos Sebastián for Nómada and Michael Stravato for the Tribune shows David Xol and Florinda Bol in Guatemala and the Texas facility where their son has been held since late May. Full Story
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"Where is my son?": A migrant father was deported in May. His son is still in a Texas shelter.
David Xol and his 7-year-old son, Byron, spent three days in a wooden crate on their way to the U.S. in May. After being separated from his son at the border, Xol was sent back to a remote village in the highlands of Guatemala. He has no idea when Byron is coming home. Full Story
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![David Xol and his wife Florinda at their home in Alta Verapaz. Xol made his way across Mexico with his 7-year-old son, Byron. Xol was deported back to Guatemala; Byron remains in a detention center in Baytown.]()
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Border lawyers still dealing with fallout from family separations
One attorney who has been helping immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley says it's like "being in a MASH unit." More than 500 children are still separated from their parents. Full Story
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Judge says reunited migrant families can now face a choice: Stay locked up together, or separate again
The Justice Department asked for the order to ensure that migrant parents who would otherwise have been detained can’t “bootstrap a right to release” just because they’re reunited with their children. Full Story
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After "disturbance" at immigrant detention center, 16 migrant fathers taken away overnight
Federal officials have given few details. Activists have called it a "horrifying scene." Full Story
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Asylum-seekers say they cross the border illegally because they don’t think they have other options
Asylum-seekers start on the path to an illegal crossing long before they actually reach the banks of the Rio Grande, relying on advice from an informal network of well-meaning friends and often-unscrupulous smugglers. Full Story
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TribCast: Slow family reunifications, Cruz-O'Rourke TV ads
On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Marissa and Emma about moldy, rat-infested state office buildings, family reunifications at the border, TV ads in the U.S. Senate race and a Republican state lawmaker's tough words for the Texas governor. Full Story
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Immigration judges are expected to be impartial. But they report to Jeff Sessions.
The structure of immigration courts, unique in the federal government, has long been criticized for its potential for conflicts of interest. Full Story
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Thousands of children still live in Texas shelters after end of "zero tolerance"
Even after the Trump administration said it would reunify families separated under the now-paused “zero tolerance” immigration policy, new data shows the number of children held in privately run shelters in Texas is still high. Full Story
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Detention center for immigrant children in West Texas will remain open through mid-September
The immigration detention facility for undocumented immigrant minors in Tornillo will remain open another month, officials confirmed Friday. Full Story
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"It's humiliating": Released immigrants describe life with ankle monitors
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. Full Story
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Hours after deadline, federal government lays out plan for reuniting kids with deported parents
The plan places a heavy burden on the American Civil Liberties Union, the advocacy group that successfully took the government to court this year to order the reunifications. Full Story
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At prison reform meeting, Trump praises Texas’ “very successful” DACA challenge
The Trump administration has promised to phase out the Obama-era immigration program. But the president himself has also expressed sympathy for "Dreamers." Full Story
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