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Tag: immigrant families

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Border Official Says Agency Isn’t Referring Immigrant Families For Prosecution

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune / Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 25, 2018 · Another federal official did say, however, that two Texas military bases will be used to house migrants.

Tags border families divided immigrant families immigration Texas military bases

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Confusion, Tension Roil Texas-Mexico Border As Federal Government Attempts To Reunify Immigrant Families

Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune / Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 25, 2018 · As an El Paso shelter prepared to take in undocumented immigrants separated from their children, President Trump's tweets calling for deportations without due process drew rebukes.

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Fearing Deportation, Some Immigrants Opt Out Of Health Benefits For Their Kids

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on June 22, 2018 · A growing number of American children are losing out on Medicaid — and other programs — because their parents are undocumented immigrants and fear detainment and deportation.

Tags immigrant families immigrant health immigrants medicaid

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Doctors Say Kids Separated From Parents At Border Face ‘Toxic Stress,’ Serious Health Risks

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on June 8, 2018 · "When kids are going through stressful situations, being kept together with their parents or their caregivers is actually critically important to prevent these long-term health problems," Dr. Nadine Burke Harris says

Tags border immigrant families immigration separation of families U.S.-Mexico border

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Immigrant Families Separated At The Border Are Struggling To Find Each Other After Detention

Jill Ament, Texas Standard

Posted on May 29, 2018 · In the past, parents with children were not routinely prosecuted for illegally crossing the border – but that’s changed

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ACLU Files Lawsuit Claiming The U.S. Broadly Separates Immigrant Families Seeking Asylum

Associated Press / PBS NewsHour

Posted on March 9, 2018 · The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not announced a formal policy to hold adult asylum seekers separately from their children

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Protests planned as NRA convention arrives in Houston (May 27, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 27, 2022 · On Friday's show: Protests are planned this weekend as the National Rifle Association's annual convention takes place in Houston just days after the school shooting in Uvalde. We learn who's speaking at this year's event and what to expect from activists outside the George R. Brown Convention Center.

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Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border

Associated Press

Posted on May 20, 2022 · The provision denies migrants a chance to request asylum under U.S. law and international treaty on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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Texas congressional Democrats ask Biden administration to review Operation Lone Star funding

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 11, 2022 · The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission.

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Posted on April 15, 2022 · Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in national and local politics.

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