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Immigration

New Trump Policy Would Permit Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Families, Children

Brian Naylor, NPR

Posted on August 21, 2019 · The new policy would end the Flores Settlement and allow the government to hold families with children without a deadline, in a change from the way cases are handled today.

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People Are Trying To Donate To Detained Migrants. Border Patrol Won’t Accept It

Ryan Poppe, TPR

Posted on June 27, 2019 · After hearing claims that detention centers are housing migrant children in unsanitary conditions, people are attempting to provide them with supplies.

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The Federal Government Considers Houston For Additional Migrant Children Shelters

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on April 11, 2019 · Since the start of this fiscal year, Health and Human Services has received some 32,000 unaccompanied minors. If numbers stay consistent, the agency is on track to shelter the largest number of migrant children in the program's history.

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Several Thousand Migrant Children In U.S. Custody Could Be Released Before Christmas

John Burnett, NPR

Posted on December 19, 2018 · In a surprise policy change, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the vetting of sponsors so that more migrant children can be released from custody.

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HHS Inspector General Examining Migrant Shelters

Associated Press

Posted on June 27, 2018 · A judge has ordered those children reunited with their parents.

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Biden Administration Threatens To Sue After Texas Officials Say They’ll Yank Licenses From Facilities Housing Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 8, 2021 · A federal attorney claims an order from Gov. Greg Abbott violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause and said legal action could follow if the state carries through with plans to pull licenses from the federally contracted facilities.

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More Migrant Kids Are In Federal Care Than Ever. Many Will Head To Houston

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on April 22, 2021 · The federal government is overseeing the care of record numbers of migrant children and teens. Over the next several weeks, hundreds of them will likely end up in Houston, where many have strong family ties. 

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Almost 19,000 Migrant Children Stopped At U.S. Border in March, Most Ever In A Month

FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, NPR

Posted on April 8, 2021 · U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents encountered nearly 172,000 migrants at the border in March, up 71% from February. The increase included a record number of unaccompanied minors.

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The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations Of Migrant Children During Coronavirus

Lomi Kriel, Texas Tribune

Posted on May 19, 2020 · Their father was missing. Their mother was miles away in Houston. Two sisters, ages 8 and 11, were survivors of sexual assault and at risk of deportation. With the nation focused on COVID-19, the U.S. government is rushing the deportations of migrant children.

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