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![Mirna Yolanda Contreras, 29 (left), and Paula Arita, 32, are both from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. "Since we met in Puebla [Mexico], we have never separated. We became very good friends; we slept in the same place the whole time," Contreras said.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/valabregaf_1244_15dec18_14-4483b2e25f69b96b079331de0ec9518b80015993-e1547771660330-900x422.jpg)
‘I’m A Survivor Of Violence’: Portraits Of Women Waiting In Mexico For U.S. Asylum
By: Federica Valabrega | NPR
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Photographer Federica Valabrega photographed Central American women who fled domestic violence and joined a migrant caravan to seek asylum in the U.S.
Federal Immigration Agents Separated More Migrant Children Than Previously Thought
By: John Burnett | NPR
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Before family separation became an official and controversial policy of the Trump administration, federal immigration agents separated “thousands” of migrant children from their parents.
Trump Gives First Oval Office Speech As Partial Shutdown Continues
By: Jessica Taylor | NPR
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Trump has said he won’t sign any bill to reopen the government unless Congress acquiesces to his request for $5.7 billion to build a southern border wall — something Democrats have staunchly opposed.
DOJ, Largely Shut Down, Nonetheless Issued Statements On Southern Border Cases
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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The department’s public affairs apparatus is mostly idle for lack of funding, but that didn’t stop it from making announcements in support of the administration’s messaging about immigrants.
Tent City Housing Migrant Children To Close As Kids Are Released To Sponsors
By: John Burnett | NPR
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The Department of Health and Human Services confirms the population at Tornillo, Texas, is down from nearly 3,000 adolescents last month to about 1,500. The camp is due to close at the end of January.
Troops To Be Deployed To Border To Build 160 Miles Of Fencing
By: Tom Bowman | NPR
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The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to provide additional active-duty troops on the Southern border. They will upgrade or add 160 miles of fencing in Arizona and California.
2018 Was A Year Of Drastic Cuts To U.S. Refugee Admissions
By: Deborah Amos | NPR
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America is rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before. Refugee advocates warn that President Trump’s aim is to dismantle the U.S. refugee resettlement program.
Despite Remaining ISIS Threats, Pompeo Says U.S. Made ‘Caliphate In Syria Go Away’
By: Peter Granitz | NPR
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In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had “won against ISIS” and would pull troops from Syria.
Trump Administration Will Send Asylum-Seekers To Mexico While Claims Are Processed
By: Camila Domonoske | Carrie Kahn | John Burnett | NPR
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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Thursday that migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico — regardless of country of origin — must wait in Mexico while their claims are heard.
FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn’t Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It
By: Tamara Keith | NPR
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With a proposed government funding bill not putting money into President Trump’s border wall, he’s now talking about different ways to complete his long-promised project.
Several Thousand Migrant Children In U.S. Custody Could Be Released Before Christmas
By: John Burnett | NPR
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The Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the release of several thousand migrant children from federally contracted shelters before Christmas, to relatives already living in the U.S.
FACT CHECK: What’s Happening On The U.S.-Mexico Border?
By: Camila Domonoske | Richard Gonzales | NPR
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On Sunday, U.S. agents fired tear gas at migrants trying to cross into San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants were protesting the slow pace with which the U.S. has been processing asylum claims.
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.”
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.
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.
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
Immigrant Activist Protest Shuts Down Street In Ohio Capital
By: Associated Press
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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
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.
Far From Southwest, Children Of Workplace Raids Await Fate
By: Associated Press
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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
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?
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.
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.”
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
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.
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