Officials say that White House adviser Stephen Miller is advocating tough measures because he believes the springtime forced separations worked as a deterrent to illegal crossings, even though the number of families arrested is reaching record levels.
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Hundreds of migrant families released from ICE detention centers
Unable to process the families it has already detained, the agency is evicting them to make room for a sudden influx of Guatamalan families.
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Kristin Rocha holds yard sale featuring goods from over 60 Maine makers, retailers
Rocha wants to raise money for a group working to reunite immigrant families separated by the U.S. government.
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Immigration officials caught unprepared by Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy, watchdog says
The confusion helped fuel the debacle at the border, where nearly 3,000 children were removed from their parents.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Immigrant families suffering under President Trump’s policy of fear
Representatives in Congress should stop U.S. immigration officials from engaging in ethnic cleansing and ruining young lives.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: U.S. retreats amid misery of global refugee crisis
By continuing to slash the number of people we’ll take in, we’re abdicating our duty as a rich and powerful nation and a moral beacon.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: With migrants, Trump once again chooses cruelty
Detaining families indefinitely is no improvement over separating parents from children.
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Tent shelter for children to be expanded, extended
The Texas facility will stay open through the end of the year and add more than 3,200 beds.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: U.S. must speed up refugee reviews for Iraqis who aided our troops in war
A huge backlog is stalling Iraqis who risked their lives and those of their families to help Americans in a time of need.
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Mollie Tibbetts’ father tells politicians: Shut up
In an opinion column in the Des Moines Register, the father of the slain college student says not to ‘appropriate Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist.”