The Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General visited five Border Patrol facilities in South Texas last month and found “dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults.”
Immigration
In-depth reporting on border issues, policies, communities, and the impact of immigration across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Members of Congress visit migrant detention centers in Texas hours after report revealed offensive comments by Border Patrol agents
More than a dozen U.S. House members visited migrant detention centers in Texas on Monday on the heels of a report revealing current and former Border Patrol agents joking on Facebook about throwing burritos at the visiting officials.
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Watch: Inside a Mexican shelter where migrants wait months for a chance to enter America
The Texas Tribune visited a migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, to investigate another aspect of the ongoing border crisis: migrants from around the world crowding into Mexican border towns as they wait for a chance to claim asylum in the U.S.
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At a crowded Mexican shelter, migrants wait months to claim asylum. Some opt to cross the river instead.
The Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa is over capacity, filled with migrants and refugees from around the world. U.S. officials will only let a handful at a time cross the border.
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Analysis: The family separation crisis peaked more than a year ago. Conditions at the border are still terrible.
Last summer, public attention and outrage prompted the Trump administration to back off its zero-tolerance immigration policy. Attention waned, but the federal government’s ineffective border policies have drawn the public eye once again.
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After debate, O’Rourke scrambles to shore up immigration credentials
The Democratic presidential candidate, sharply challenged on his signature issue Wednesday night, spent the next few days working to show his bona fides.
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Texas lawmaker files bill to allow donations of diapers, other goods to migrant kids in Border Patrol facilities
A bill filed Friday by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, would allow Border Patrol to accept donations from those wanting to give to children at stations in Texas.
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No toothbrushes or showers, kids coughing all night: Migrants describe conditions inside border facilities
The Tribune interviewed more than a dozen migrants after their release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities. The conditions they described ranged from livable to horrible.
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Supreme Court to review DACA program protecting young undocumented immigrants
The Supreme Court would likely render its verdict during the 2020 presidential election year.
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Broken Border
June has been a deadly month for migrants crossing the border into Texas
As migrants continue arriving at the Texas-Mexico border, drownings have spiked in recent weeks, with nine people dying in El Paso-area canals this month alone. Border Patrol and soldiers have rescued others.