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• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers pulls National Guard from border, says 'no justification'
  "There is simply not ample evidence to support the president's contention of a national security crisis at our southwestern border," Evers said after issuing the order Monday.February 26, 2019
• Worker visas in doubt as Trump immigration crackdown widens
  Immigrants with specialized skills are being denied work visas or seeing applications get caught up in lengthy bureaucratic tangles under federal changes that some consider a contradiction to President Donald Trump's promise of a continued pathway to the U.S. for the most talented foreigners.February 25, 2019
• Migrant youth go from a children's shelter to adult detention on their 18th birthday
  In two-thirds of over 1,500 cases from April 2016 to February 2018, Immigration and Customs Enforcement put migrant youth into detention when they turned 18, according to government data.February 22, 2019
• House Dems introduce measure to revoke Trump border edict
  The move sets up a fight that could result in Trump's first veto. It starts the clock on a constitutional clash between Trump and Democrats and sets up a vote by the full House as soon as next week.February 22, 2019
• ICE halts force-feeding of detained hunger strikers in Texas
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement has come under pressure to explain why it was force-feeding detained asylum-seekers protesting their detention. Nine of the 12 hunger strikers are from India.February 15, 2019
• Trump to declare national emergency as well as sign spending bill, White House says
  President Trump will support a border security funding compromise reached by a group of bipartisan lawmakers, averting a partial government shutdown early Saturday — but he also will declare a national emergency in order to build the wall he's pushed for along the U.S.-Mexico border.February 14, 2019
• Border security brawl seems near a serene resolution
  With Trump's halfhearted signature widely expected but hardly guaranteed, congressional leaders planned votes Thursday on the sweeping package. Passage first by the Republican-led Senate, then the Democratic-controlled House, was virtually certain, with sizable numbers of both parties' members set to vote "yes."February 14, 2019
• Butterflies vs. border wall: National Butterfly Center seeks restraining order
  The center says government officials have already cut down trees on its private property in anticipation of a border wall. The planned wall would split its property in two.February 13, 2019
• Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall
  Republicans settled for a figure of nearly $1.4 billion, according to congressional aides. The funding measure is through the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30.February 12, 2019
• Trump casts doubt on seeing a budget deal that he'd accept
  President Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50."January 28, 2019
• Federal employees return to work, but fears of another shutdown loom
  While the reopening of the government is welcome news for many federal workers, some express trepidation that they'll face the same predicament after Feb. 15.January 28, 2019
• 7 takeaways from the longest shutdown in U.S. history
  President Trump was outmaneuvered by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and did damage with key constituencies. Meanwhile, Americans may be more aware of what government does.January 28, 2019
• Senate passes short-term deal to reopen government, with Trump's endorsement
  The deal, which the House plans to pass, would open the government through Feb. 15 and provide back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.January 25, 2019
• Lawsuits allege 'grave harm' to immigrant children in detention
  Over 10,000 immigrant children are in U.S. custody. In the past year, lawyers say at least 170 willing sponsors were arrested and put in deportation proceedings after coming forward for the child.January 24, 2019
• Poll: 6 in 10 Americans blame Trump for shutdown
  A strong majority of Americans blame President Trump for the record-long government shutdown and reject his primary rationale for a border wall, according to a new poll that shows the turmoil in Washington is dragging his approval rating to its lowest level in more than a year.January 24, 2019

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