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Immigration

• After two 'needless' migrant deaths, pediatricians voice concerns about care
  The deaths of two migrant children raise new questions about the quality of medical care at Border Patrol facilities. But pediatricians at the border have been raising these concerns for years.December 28, 2018
• 2018 was a year of drastic cuts to U.S. refugee admissions
  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.December 28, 2018
• CBP orders medical checks after second child's death
  The boy had been in custody with U.S. Customs and Border Protection with his father since Dec. 18.December 26, 2018
• Migrant child in U.S. custody died in New Mexico, officials said
  Officials said an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died Tuesday in U.S. custody, the second in a month.December 25, 2018
• Book 'without borders' by 80+ artists lets kids color outside the lines
  Children are invited to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks in "Coloring Without Borders." The bilingual book was created to help immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.December 24, 2018
• Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban
  The Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.December 21, 2018
• Judge blocks restrictions on who can apply for asylum
  A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Trump administration policies that prevented immigrants who suffered gang violence or domestic abuse in their home countries from seeking asylum.December 19, 2018
• AP investigation: Migrant kids held in mass shelters
  As the year draws to a close, some 5,400 detained migrant children in the U.S. are sleeping in shelters with more than 1,000 other children. Some 9,800 are in facilities with 100-plus total kids, according to confidential government data obtained and cross-checked by The Associated Press.December 19, 2018
• Child's death highlights communication barriers on border
  Shortly before a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died in U.S. custody, her father signed a form stating that his daughter was in good health. But it's unclear how much the man understood on the form, which was written in English and read to him in Spanish by Border Patrol agents.December 17, 2018
• Trump administration looks to deport Vietnamese immigrants
  The Trump administration is seeking to deport an estimated 9,000 Vietnamese refugees who've been protected from deportation.December 14, 2018
• 7-year-old migrant girl dies of dehydration and shock in U.S. Border Patrol custody
  The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.December 14, 2018
• Almost 15,000 migrant children now held at nearly full shelters
  With government shelters across the country nearing capacity, officials are considering a range of options from releasing the children more quickly to building more tent cities.December 13, 2018
• Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses
  Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.December 12, 2018
• Poll: Americans want Trump to compromise on border wall amid possible shutdown
  Fifty-seven percent don't think demanding funding for the wall is worth the gridlock, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds. Many do not consider the wall a top priority for the next Congress, either.December 11, 2018
• Green cards are fine; that blue passport is better
  More and more people with permanent resident status are opting to apply for U.S. citizenship.December 3, 2018

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