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Trump Says ‘No Problem’ With Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding
By: Scott Horsley | Brian Naylor | NPR
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Joined by Italy’s prime minister, the president took questions from reporters Monday. He discussed border security and said he would be willing to meet with Iran’s leaders with “no preconditions.”
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Amid A Hispanic Boom, Conflicting Feelings On Immigration
By: Melissa Block | NPR
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In southwest Virginia, Galax was once a traditional small-town mountain community. It now has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state.
![Dozens of migrant women and their children arrive at a bus station in McAllen, Texas, following their release by Customs and Border Protection last month.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-981572276-38a74b8390479058ee96adf84e56c753212eff1b-e1531242587343-900x422.jpg)
Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Bid To Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely
By: Colin Dwyer | NPR
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The Justice Department had requested changes to a settlement that bars the detention of children for more than 20 days. But a judge dismissed the move as a “cynical attempt” to shift responsibility.
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Hunger, Fear, Desperation: What Came Of An Ordinary ICE Raid In Kentucky
By: Nomaan Merchant | Associated Press
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It had taken a decade for Brandon Tomas Tomas to establish a life in America: a wife, a steady job and five American-born children. It took 20 seconds for that… Read More
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Immigrant Activist Protest Shuts Down Street In Ohio Capital
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A protest against U.S. immigration policy and recent deportations temporarily shut down a street in Ohio’s capital, resulting in 12 arrests. Protesters blocked the street across… Read More
![A protester outside a closed gate at the Port of Entry facility in Fabens, Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ap_18172633536363-423e7d25057bc67d10c5b4f5141affcd8049c523-e1530905558498-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Seeks More Time To Reunify Migrant Families
By: Richard Gonzales | NPR
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Facing a court deadline to reunify separated families, the government says it needs more time to identify parents and reunite them with their children.
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Far From Southwest, Children Of Workplace Raids Await Fate
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NORWALK, Ohio (AP) — Two of the largest workplace immigration raids yet under the Trump administration, carried out just weeks apart in Ohio, have upended the lives of hundreds of… Read More
![Central American immigrants depart ICE custody, pending future immigration court hearings, on June 11 in McAllen, Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gettyimages-971859412-2d3cb772f2903eb75d933e1033f7e1a927611bf0-e1529682633185-900x422.jpg)
Trump’s Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts
By: Richard Gonzales | NPR
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At issue: How should cases proceed and what should happen to the more than 2,000 immigrant minors already detained in light of the president’s executive order?
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Trump’s Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn’t Do
By: Richard Gonzales | NPR
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The president ended a policy that sent children to government-run facilities away from their parents, but critics say he created new problems, and kids already held may be there indefinitely.
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Trump Weighs In On IG Report, North Korea, Immigration In Impromptu News Conference
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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Trump held a wide-ranging news conference on the White House lawn Friday morning, saying the threat of nuclear war with North Korea is “largely solved.”
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Uncertain Status: Immigration Changes Leave Some In Limbo
By: Nicole Erwin | Ohio Valley ReSource
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With Congress in a heated immigration debate, the Ohio Valley region is adding to its immigration courts. Sources within the Justice Department say Kentucky will have a new immigration court… Read More
![A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on this site in Conroe, Texas, will house up to 1,000 immigrants at a cost of $44 million a year to U.S. taxpayers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4574-23281391b65b65b29738467968ebc90ab53bcf6d-900x422.jpg)
Big Money As Private Immigrant Jails Boom
By: John Burnett | NPR
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The Trump administration called for five new detention facilities to be built and operated by private prison corporations. Just one facility in Texas will cost taxpayers $44 million per year.
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Woman Moves To Church, Hoping To Avoid Deportation To Mexico
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A woman trying to avoid being deported to Mexico and separated from her U.S.-citizen children has moved into an Ohio church offering her sanctuary in a… Read More
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Ohio Clergy Call For Withdrawal From Immigration Lawsuit
More than 200 Ohio clergy members are calling on Attorney General Mike DeWine to withdraw Ohio from a lawsuit attempting to block President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. These… Read More