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Protesters, lawmakers call for immigrant families to be reunited

Protesters, lawmakers call for immigrant families to be reunited

Demonstrators led rallies and protests on Saturday to decry the separation of immigrant parents from their children by U.S. border authorities, while Democratic lawmakers said they aren't convinced the Trump administration has any real plan to reunite them.
by Associated Press

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A Latino nonprofit is holding separated kids. Is that care, complicity or both?

A Latino nonprofit is holding separated kids. Is that care, complicity or both?

Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work, and raised uncomfortable questions.

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Trump tells GOP to 'stop wasting their time' on immigration

Trump tells GOP to 'stop wasting their time' on immigration

President Trump on Friday told his fellow Republicans in Congress to "stop wasting their time" on immigration legislation until after November, dismissing his party's struggle to surmount internal divisions.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. population becoming older, and less white, than ever before

U.S. population becoming older, and less white, than ever before

White people remain the majority in the U.S. -- but the Census Bureau says non-Hispanic whites were the only racial group that didn't grow from 2016 to 2017.

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First Lady Melania Trump visits border detention facility in Texas

First Lady Melania Trump visits border detention facility in Texas

Mrs. Trump visited a children's shelter in McAllen, Texas. But much of the online chatter was about a jacket she wore -- with the president himself tweeting about the garment and its message.
by Miles Parks

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Separating kids from their parents can lead to long-term health problems

Separating kids from their parents can lead to long-term health problems

Though the federal government is changing its policy of separating immigrant children and parents, some children who were detained may suffer ongoing health consequences from the trauma.
by Alison Kodjak

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Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse

Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse

Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
by Associated Press

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