Troops To Be Deployed To Border To Build And Upgrade 160 Miles Of Fencing
The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to provide additional active-duty troops to work on barriers in Arizona and California.
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U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants Trying To Cross Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities say they fired tear gas to deter about 150 Central American migrants from climbing over or under the U.S.-Mexico border fence into California.
Doctors With Criminal Records Examined Immigrants, Report Says
Internal investigators at DHS said 132 doctors employed to examine immigrants could pose health or safety risks. Before he was hired, one physician tried to recruit a hit man to kill a patient.
Parents Were 'Coerced' To Waive Reunification Rights With Children, Complaint Says
Lawyers for immigrants filed a complaint on Thursday with Homeland Security. They contend that parents, amid cruel treatment, did not understand the forms they were being forced to sign.
Judge Orders Trump Administration To Fully Restore DACA
It's the third federal court to rule that the government had failed to justify its decision to end the program. The administration has 20 days to appeal, before immigrant protections are reinstated.
U.S. Can't Issue Blanket Denial To Asylum-Seeking Iranians, Judge Rules
Nearly 90 Iranians expecting to be resettled in the U.S. have been stranded in Vienna. Their asylum requests were denied en masse, and now a judge says the government must give each person a reason.
Trump Administration Renews Temporary Protected Status For Some Yemenis
The move, which gives another 18 months of protection from deportation, comes after the Department of Homeland Security declined to do so for nationals from several other countries in the past year.
Trump Administration: Migrant Families Can Be Detained For More Than 20 Days
Now that a judge has ordered a stop to separating families, the Justice Department says it can hold families caught illegally crossing the border until their immigration proceedings are resolved.
Department Of Homeland Security Releases Plan To Reunify Families
Administration officials unveiled the plan to reunify families separated under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, but offered few details on how and when reunifications would happen.
DHS: Nearly 2,000 Children Separated From Adults At Border In 6 Weeks
The government says the Office of Refugee Resettlement, charged with finding homes for solo children or those who have been separated from their families, has more than 10,000 children in shelters.