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Immigration

• 'We are Americans': Somali refugee family reflects on making a life in the U.S.
  Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.July 5, 2019
• In Minneapolis, hundreds protest 'cruel' immigration holding facilities
  A crowd gathered outside the downtown Minneapolis office of DFL U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar Tuesday afternoon to protest conditions at some U.S. immigration holding facilities on the southern border.July 2, 2019
• Trump country farmers feel the heat as feds intensify immigration crackdown
  Morrison County is overwhelmingly Trump country. It's also a place where small farmers rely on Hispanic immigrants for labor, and the president's national push to catch unauthorized workers has started to bite. A rise in farm worker arrests has Little Falls on edge.July 2, 2019
• Supreme Court takes up DACA appeal
  The Obama-era program will get a one-hour hearing before the high court next term. The court said it would consolidate three appeals into one argument.June 28, 2019
• Fact check: Dems on migrant kids, the rich and climate
  A fired-up field of Democrats stumbled on some facts at the most visceral turns in their debate Thursday as they took on and sometimes sparred over race, the treatment of migrant children, the climate and the super-rich.June 28, 2019
• House sends Trump $4.6B border bill, yielding to Senate
  Congress is at a standoff over a $4.6 billion aid package for the southern border as House Democrats say a Senate-passed measure doesn't go far enough to care for thousands of migrant families and children.June 27, 2019
• People are trying to donate to detained migrants. Border Patrol won't accept it
  After hearing claims that detention centers are housing migrant children in unsanitary conditions, people are attempting to provide them with supplies.June 26, 2019
• A grim border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants
  The man reportedly set his nearly 2-year-old daughter on the bank of the Rio Grande river and started back for his wife. But seeing him move away, the girl threw herself into the waters. The man returned and was able to grab his daughter, but the current swept them both away.June 26, 2019
• Time running short, showdown looms over border aid package
  It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.June 26, 2019
• Acting head of Customs and Border Protection plans to step down
  John Sanders is expected to make his resignation effective July 5, two officials said. The move comes after hundreds of children were removed from a facility without adequate food and sanitation.June 25, 2019
• More than 100 migrant kids moved back to troubled facility
  U.S. government officials say they've moved more than 100 kids back to a remote border facility where lawyers reported detained children were caring for each other and had inadequate food, water, and sanitation.June 25, 2019
• Government moves migrant kids after poor conditions exposed
  The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.June 24, 2019
• Sorting the reality from the rhetoric about deportation
  President Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. But is that even possible?June 24, 2019
• Trump threatens to deport 'millions,' as he kicks off campaign for reelection
  The administration is seeking to ramp up deportation, focusing on those who have skipped court hearings.June 18, 2019
• Driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants may improve road safety
  Four years after implementing a policy to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, Connecticut has seen a reduction in hit-and-run crashes and a steep decline in the number of people found guilty of unlicensed driving.May 24, 2019

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