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We’re ramping up coverage of the family separation crisis. Can you help us raise $35,000 to staff a bureau in the Rio Grande Valley? Full Story
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Salvadoran mom gets her daughter back after almost two months apart
A Salvadoran mother and her 16-year-old daughter — separated by U.S. authorities in mid-May — were finally reunited in Corpus Christi Friday. Tears dissolved into smiles as the two walked out of the Bokenkamp Children's Shelter. Full Story
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![Mercedes (right), a Salvadoran asylum seeker, is reunited with her daughter, Maria, in Corpus Christi on July 13, 2018. The two were separated by U.S. authorities after crossing the Texas-Mexico border in mid-May.]()
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Brazilian asylum-seeker released after 11 months in detention and will soon see her grandson
Maria Vandelice de Bastos, who was detained and separated from her disabled grandson after they sought asylum at a port of entry last year, has been released from federal custody. But her ordeal is far from over after an immigration judge dismissed her asylum case. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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![Left to right: Director of the Annunciation House Ruben Garcia, Roger (only first names given), Pablo Ortiz and his 3-year-old son Andres (off frame) and 4-year-old Roger Jr. speak to the media during a press conference at the Annunciation House in El Paso on July 11, 2018. The fathers and sons were released the previous night by ICE.]()
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Federal judge wants to know if Mexican reporter and son were needlessly targeted by ICE
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto faced death threats for reporting on cartel crime and government corruption and fled to the U.S. with his son. A judge has set a hearing to determine whether the government has detained them in violation of the First Amendment. Full Story
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![Mexican reporter Emilio Gutiérrez has sought asylum in the United States since 2008.]()
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There are new, tougher guidelines for migrants seeking asylum in the United States
The federal agency that handles the first step in asylum claims sent a memo to all its officers Wednesday that tightens restrictions on migrants who are seeking asylum. Full Story
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![Immigrant families seeking asylum in the United States wait on the Mexican side of the international bridge connecting Brownsville to Matamoros, Mexico.]()
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TribCast: Democrats make it rain in some key races
On this week's TribCast, Patrick talks to Evan, Ross and Neena about Democrats' impressive fundraising in the U.S. Senate race and some congressional contests, as well as about the latest developments in the family separation crisis at the Texas-Mexico border. Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke also joins the show to discuss his second-quarter fundraising numbers. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D, El Paso (left), and U.S. Sen Ted Cruz.]()
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Trump administration reunites "eligible" immigrant children under 5, but lawyers complain about blunders
In one case, lawyers say, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers left a woman alone at a bus stop with her young kids and no bus ticket. In another, ICE officers were unable to affix a mother with an ankle monitor, so they sent her back to detention without her children. Full Story
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![Pablo Ortiz and his 3-year-old son Andres (left), and Roger and his 4-year-old Roger Jr. (first names only given), speak at a press conference at the Annunciation House immigrant shelter in El Paso on July 11, 2018.]()
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Trump officials want to give migrant families two options: Stay detained together or agree to separation
U.S. Department of Justice lawyers are seeking permission from a federal judge to offer separated immigrant families two options: remain together in family detention centers, or release kids while parents stay detained. Full Story
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![About 25 immigrant mothers and their children caught coming across the Texas-Mexico border are released at the McAllen bus station wearing ankle monitors, on June 22, 2018.]()
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From El Paso to Brownsville, the path to reunification isn't easy for immigrant parents
After he was separated from his 10-year-old daughter, Mario, an undocumented Honduran, was finally able to see her Tuesday. The reunion lasted for about an hour before the two were separated again. Full Story
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![Mario, who did not want to release his last name, outside the Casa Vides Annunciation House immigrant shelter in El Paso on Monday, June 25, 2018.]()
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Migrant mom makes difficult choice: Move farther from son for better chance at asylum
Claudia says she was one of several migrant women moved from an Austin-area detention facility to be closer to their children in South Texas. But Claudia wants to return to Central Texas, hundreds of miles from her 7-year-old son, where her lawyer thinks she has a better shot at being granted asylum. Full Story
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Immigrant fathers are reunited with their young children in El Paso
Young children separated from their parents under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy were reunited with their fathers late Tuesday in El Paso. Full Story
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![3-year-old Andres plays outside as his father Pablo Ortiz looks on outside the Annunciation House in El Paso on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Ortiz and his son were separated by ICE in April and were reunited and released late Tuesday night.]()
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U.S. and Mexico discussing a deal that could slash migration at the border
The two nations are weighing a proposal that could require asylum-seekers going through Mexico to apply for protection there rather than in the United States. Full Story
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As reunification deadline lands, dozens of immigrant children under 5 remain separated from their parents
At least 38 children will be reunified ahead of a Tuesday deadline, and a federal judge called on the government to speed up parental vetting processes to reunite 26 more with their parents by the end of the day. Full Story
![About 25 immigrant mothers and their children caught coming across the Texas-Mexico border are released at the McAllen bus station wearing ankle monitors, on June 22, 2018.]()
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“A very cruel punishment”: A family split by “zero tolerance” won’t try to cross again, mom says
Since they crossed the Rio Grande and requested asylum, a father has been held in a detention center near Houston while his 6-year-old daughter was shipped to an Arizona shelter. Back in Honduras, the girl's mother says she fears her daughter will be traumatized by the ordeal. Full Story
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![Six-year-old Heyli was separated from her father after crossing the U.S. border in late May. Her mother and aunt, who have spoken to her by phone, say she cries constantly and begs them to take her away from the Arizona facility where she is being held.
"There's nothing else I can say to say to make her stop crying," Heyli's mother said.]()
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While migrant families seek shelter from violence, Trump administration narrows path to asylum
Advocates for asylum-seekers at the border say a long difficult process has become increasingly unjust. And the Trump administration shows no signs of changing its tune. Full Story
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![Alisson Nicole, 7, from Chalatenango, El Salvador, in the Albergue Para Migrantes Chahuites in Chahuites, Mexico on April 25, 2016.]()
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A mother from Guatemala is supposed to see her 6-month-old Tuesday. Will it happen?
The clock is ticking for Sandy, a mother in immigration detention who was separated from her four kids — including her then 5-month-old son — earlier this summer. A federal judge has ordered that children under 5 be reunited with their parents by Tuesday. But it's hard to know if that will actually happen. Full Story
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Tornillo detention center for immigrant children will remain open at least another month
The immigration detention center, which held more than 300 minors two weeks ago, will remain open at least through Aug. 13, according to a federal agency. Full Story
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Facing a Tuesday deadline to reunite about 100 migrant toddlers with their parents, feds say they've reunited 2
At a federal court hearing in California on Monday, a government lawyer also said that nearly half of those children won't be reunited by the Tuesday deadline. Full Story
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![Javier Alejandro Vindel-Rodriguez (center) looks down at the Rio Grande with his siblings, Yenci (left) and Jesus Samuel on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Their family left Honduras in January, and have slowly made their way to Matamoros.]()
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Analysis: Do the feds have a plan to reunite migrant families? We’re about to find out.
U.S. immigration authorities are under court order to reunite migrant toddlers with their parents this week, and to reunite the rest of the separated immigrants before the end of the month. It's not going to be easy. Full Story
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![Immigrants who illegally crossed the Mexico-U.S. border are apprehended by the U.S. border patrol in the Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas, U.S., April 5, 2018.]()
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