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Tag: southern border

Immigration

Judge Blocks Trump’s Rule For Asylum Seekers On Southern Border

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on September 9, 2019 · The rule would allow U.S. officials to deny asylum to immigrants who passed through another country before reaching the border. Monday’s ruling blocks the policy across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tags asylum southern border Trump immigration policy US-Mexico border

Immigration

‘Kill Me Here Because I Can’t Return To My Country’: Migrants Face Legal Limbo As Asylum Laws Change

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on July 22, 2019 · “It’s difficult to be in a situation where you’re looking for security for yourself and you’re still in the same difficult situation you were in back home."

Tags asylum seekers Immigration Policy Nuevo Laredo southern border US-Mexico border

Immigration

Trump Administration Implementing ‘3rd Country’ Rule On Migrants Seeking Asylum

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on July 15, 2019 · Immigrants who want to seek asylum at the U.S. southern border must first apply for refugee status in another country, according to a new rule that is set to take effect Tuesday.

Tags asylum seekers central american migrants southern border U.S.-Mexico border

Immigration

Migrants Apprehended At Southern Border Top 100,000 For Second Consecutive Month

Richard Gonzales NPR

Posted on May 9, 2019 · The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said her agents are spending more and more of their time dealing with families with children who need food and medical care.

Tags southern border U.S. Customs and Border Protection US-Mexico border

Immigration

16-Year-Old Migrant Boy Dies In Government Custody In Texas

Colleen Long, Associated Press

Posted on May 2, 2019 · It was the third death in government custody since December, as the U.S. deals with a surge of unaccompanied children and Central American families arriving at the southern border.

Tags southern border unaccompanied immigrant minors unaccompanied minors US Department of Hel US-Mexico border

Arts & Culture

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach In Shadow Of Border Crossing

NORMA MARTINEZ, TPR / Lauren Terrazas, TPR / Jack Morgan, TPR

Posted on April 15, 2019 · The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.

Tags classical music classical music activism Laredo southern border US-Mexico border Yo-Yo Ma

Immigration

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.

Tags border shelters for migrant children southern border unaccompanied minors

National

Trump Shakeup: Nielsen Goes, Then Secret Service Chief

Colleen Long, Associated Press / ZEKE MILLER, AP

Posted on April 8, 2019 · A day after resigning as Homeland Security secretary, Nielsen said she still shares Trump's goal of securing the Mexican border.

Tags Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen southern border U.S.-Mexico border

Immigration

Makeshift Volunteer Clinics Struggle To Meet Medical Needs At The Border

Anna Maria Barry-Jester, KHN

Posted on April 5, 2019 · As recent arrivals to the U.S. are released from detention with health problems ranging from diarrhea to gaping wounds, doctors who are trying to help, with little federal support, feel the strain.

Tags El Paso southern border U.S.-Mexico border

National

Trump Walks Back Threat To Close U.S. Border, Giving Mexico A ‘1-Year Warning’

AYESHA RASCOE, NPR

Posted on April 4, 2019 · President Trump is pushing Mexico to stem the flow of migrants and drugs into the United States. After a year, he said, he will consider tariffs on cars or a border shutdown.

Tags National Emergency southern border US-Mexico border

Houston Matters

Political Roundup: Ramifications Of Closing The Border, And Releasing The Mueller Report

Abner Fletcher

Posted on April 3, 2019 · We break down the week’s biggest political stories with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.

Tags craig cohen James Comey Jay Aiyer Mueller report Nancy Sims Party Politics podcast Political Roundup politics security clearance southern border

Texas

Rio Grande Valley Landowners Plan To Fight Border Wall Expansion

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on March 19, 2019 · A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

Tags Rio Grande Valley South Texas border wall southern border

Immigration

Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High

Joel Rose, NPR / John Burnett, NPR

Posted on March 5, 2019 · The immigration system is "overwhelmed," says Manuel Padilla, director of Joint Task Force-West in San Antonio. Since October, there has been a 90 percent jump in the number of people apprehended.

Tags Department of Homeland Security southern border US Border Patrol

Immigration

Tornillo Tent City For Youth Migrants Is Now Empty, Texas Congressman Says

Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 14, 2019 · "This tent city should never have stood in the first place," U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said Friday on Twitter.

Tags detention center Texas immigration detention center southern border Tornillo Will Hurd

Houston Matters

Coalition of Houston Pastors Renews Call To Secure Border

Houston Matters

Posted on January 10, 2019 · Their call comes as President Trump headed to Texas to visit officials at the Southern border.

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