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Immigration

• Behind the criminal immigration law: eugenics and white supremacy
  The history of the statute that can make it a felony to illegally enter the country involves some dark corners of U.S. history.June 20, 2018
• Trump signs order ending immigrant family separations
  The move comes after days of administration officials saying only Congress could fix the immigration situation. Trump's latest order continues the administration's "zero tolerance" prosecution policy.June 20, 2018
• Trump to face immigration protesters in Duluth
  The Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy has sown division in the president's party, including here in Minnesota. U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen said the policy is "just not what America is about" and called on the Justice and Homeland Security departments to reverse the policy.June 20, 2018
• At least 3 'tender age' shelters set up for child migrants
  The Trump administration has set up at least three "tender age" shelters to detain babies and other young children who have been forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, The Associated Press has learned.June 20, 2018
• Trump, GOP leaders strain for migrant-kids solution
  Republicans on Capitol Hill frantically searched on Tuesday for ways to end the Trump administration's policy of separating families after illegal border crossings, with the focus shifting on a new plan to keep children in detention longer than now permitted — but with their parents.June 19, 2018
• What we know: Family separation and 'zero tolerance' at the border
  The Trump administration has a policy of separating families at the border, which means children are detained at Border Patrol facilities for up to three days and then moved to shelters.June 19, 2018
• Congressional Republicans race to minimize damage from Trump family separation policy
  President Trump is meeting with House Republicans to discuss immigration votes later this week. But GOP lawmakers are facing increasing pressure to end the Administration's family separation policy.June 19, 2018
• Trump, GOP to huddle as outrage builds over border policy
  Calls are mounting on Capitol Hill for the Trump administration to end the separation of families at the southern border ahead of a visit from President Trump to discuss legislation.June 19, 2018
• 'It was hard to take these pictures, knowing what was coming next'
  John Moore describes photographing the distressed Honduran toddler, whose mother was being searched by U.S. Border Patrol. That moment, he says, "was just part of a very, very long journey."June 19, 2018
• 'Papa! Papa!' Audio of children stokes rage over separation
  An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents is taking center stage in the growing uproar over the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.June 19, 2018
• Former first lady Laura Bush calls Trump's zero tolerance policy 'cruel'
  "Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso," former first lady Laura Bush wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post.June 18, 2018
• Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
  Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets.June 18, 2018
• After traveling 2,000 miles for asylum, this family's journey halts at a bridge
  Nine family members--from 58 years to nine months-- make a fourth attempt to cross an international bridge between Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas.June 15, 2018
• Trump says he won't sign 'moderate' GOP immigration bill
  President Donald Trump said Friday he would not sign a "moderate" immigration bill being finalized by House Republicans, igniting confusion on Capitol Hill over a GOP bill that Trump's allies believed had his support.June 15, 2018
• House GOP immigration bill would end family separation at border
  The bill is an attempt by Republican leaders to find a compromise with moderate GOP lawmakers. The House will vote on two immigration bills next week, including another supported by conservatives.June 14, 2018

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