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- About 14 percent of children aged 5-17 reunited, US says
  The Trump administration said it's reunited 364 of 2,551 migrant children.
  
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Jul 19
- More than 300 older children split at border are reunited
  The Trump administration says it has reunified 364 children ages 5 and older with the parents after they were separated at the border, still leaving hundreds before a court-imposed deadline of next Thursday
  
  Jul 19
Jul 19
- Nannies, children protest family separation and detention outside ICE offices
  Dozens of people protested in Manhattan Wednesday.
  
  Jul 19
Jul 18
- GOP forces House Democrats into 'gotcha vote' supporting ICE
  House Republicans force Democrats to take position on embattled ICE agency.
  
  Jul 18
Jul 16
- Judge temporarily halts deportation of reunified families
  A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families who are reunited after being separated at the border
  
  Jul 16
Jul 16
- The Latest: Texas shelter: US flying kids for reunifications
  A shelter for immigrants in El Paso, Texas, says the U.S. government has begun transporting children in a "tremendous amount of airline flights" to be reunited with their parents in some cities
  
  Jul 16
Jul 15
- US judge criticizes plan to reunify families split at border
  A U.S. judge says he is having second thoughts about his belief that the Trump administration is acting in good faith to comply with his orders to reunify families separated at the border
  
  Jul 15
Jul 15
- Government defends 'truncating' vetting process to reunite immigrant families
  A senior government official defended a less-stringent vetting process Saturday.
  
  Jul 15
Jul 14
- Some children separated at the border from their parents have been reunited
  The government claims that so far it has returned 57 of 103 young children to their parents.
  
  Jul 14
Jul 14
- Border measures part of Trump's bigger immigration crackdown
  The separation of families at the U.S. border caught the attention of the world and prompted mass outrage, but it's wasn't the end game for the Trump administration
  
  Jul 14
Jul 14
- Man nabbed in wife's chain saw attack was deported 11 times
  Officials say a man accused of attacking his wife with a chain saw in front of their children at their Los Angeles-area home had been previously deported from the U.S. 11 times since 2005
  
  Jul 14
Jul 14
- 6-year-old girl heard crying on viral tape reunited with mother
  The little girl whose cries on a ProPublica audio tape helped ignite national outrage over the separation of families at the US border is back with her mother.
  
  Jul 14
Jul 13
- 6-year-old girl heard asking through tears to call family is reunited with mother
  A 6-year-old girl whose voice was captured in an audio recording asking to contact her relatives has been reunited with her mother.
  
  Jul 13
Jul 13
- Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry
  Detaining immigrant children is a growing business for private contractors, who stand to earn $1 billion this year _ a tenfold increase from 2007
  
  Jul 13
Jul 13
- US: Nearly half of youngest children not rejoining families
  Nearly half of the children under 5 who were separated from their families at the southern border aren't being reunited with them because of safety concerns and other issues
  
  Jul 13
Jul 12
- Progressive Democrats introduce bill to abolish ICE
  A long-shot bill introduced in the House today by Reps. Pocan, Jayapal and Espaillat aims to shut down U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
  
  Jul 12
Jul 12
- Dems introduce bill to abolish ICE; Ryan calls it crazy
  Democrats in Congress are introducing legislation to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency
  
  Jul 12
Jul 12
- Trump administration misses court deadline to reunite separated children with their parents
  The Trump administration missed its first deadline to reunite migrant families.
  
  Jul 12
Jul 12
- 'Where are the children?': Protester demands answers from Vice President Pence at Kansas City event
  The vice president assured supporters that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will “never” be abolished under the Trump administration.
  
  Jul 12
Jul 11
- 8 protesters arrested at ICE facility in Portland, Oregon
  Federal officers made 8 arrested after protesters blocked a driveway at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon
  
  Jul 11
Jul 11
- Asylum seekers bring evidence to show the dangers of home
  Voicemails, photos, police reports: Asylum seekers bring evidence to show the dangers of home
  
  Jul 11
Jul 10
- The latest on the immigration reunion deadline
  The government saying only 38 kids out of the 102 will be reunited by today's deadline.
  
  Jul 10
Jul 10
- Trump admin fails to meet deadline to reunite immigrant children with their parents
  A federal judge has asked the government to provide information on who can't be reunited yet and why.
  
  Jul 10
Jul 9
- Roughly half of separated children under 5 will not be reunited by court deadline
  Court will reconvene on Tuesday to determine the process for reuniting the remaining children.
  
  Jul 9
Jul 9
- The deadline to reunite immigrant children edging closer
  Government attorneys say out of the 102 children, roughly half of them will be reunited with their parents in ICE custody.
  
  Jul 9
Jul 9
- 12-year-old sent to migrant shelter 900 miles from family: 'He didn't know what was happening'
  The 12-year-old boy is one of about 2,000 migrant kids separated from parents.
  
  Jul 9
Jul 9
- US, Europe clamp down on migration even as arrivals drop
  Immigration has soared to the top of the political agenda in both the U.S. and Europe even though illegal border crossings are decreasing on both sides of the Atlantic
  
  Jul 9
Jul 8
- California, long a holdout, adopts mass immigration hearings
  After years of holding out, California introduces group hearings for people charged with entering US illegally
  
  Jul 8
Jul 8
- More South Texas land owners getting letters on border wall
  More property owners along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas say they've received notices from the federal government asking to review their land, which could be used for border wall construction
  
  Jul 8
Jul 7
- Deadline looms for reuniting families separated by Trump's 'zero tolerance' policy
  Trump is also set to announce his SCOTUS pick, and his lawyers set new demands regarding possible interview with special counsel Mueller.
  
  Jul 7
Jul 7
- Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge
  Enlisted PhD candidate caught up in spate of military discharges of immigrant recruits says he went from "heaven to hell" when commander told him after two years of delays that he was inexplicably being booted out of US Army.
  
  Jul 7
Jul 7
- Woman ran school as front for foreign athletes to avoid ICE
  A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to falsely enrolling foreign teens sought by basketball recruiters and coaches in her small private school
  
  Jul 7
Jul 7
- Judge requests list of migrant children who remain separated from their families by Saturday
  The Department of Justice on Friday asked a federal judge for more time to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
  Jul 7
Jul 7
- Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border
  Judge refuses to grant blanket deadline extension to reunite families
  
  Jul 7
Jul 6
- 'We will never abolish ICE': Pence says to staff at ICE HQ
  Vice President Mike Pence vowed on Friday "We will never abolish ICE".
  
  Jul 6
Jul 6
- 'We will never abolish ICE': Pence
  "These threats against ICE officers and their families must stop," Vice President Mike Pence said at ICE headquarters today.
  
  Jul 6
Jul 6
- Trump using kids as 'bargaining chips': Sen. Cortez Masto on Powerhouse Politics
  The Nevada politician voiced her frustration with the White House to ABC News' Rick Klein and Ali Rogin on the Powerhouse Politics podcast.
  
  Jul 6
Jul 6
- Deadline approaches on migrant parent, children reunions
  Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declined to give a specific number of minors separated from their families but the figure is thought to be under 3,000.
  
  Jul 6
Jul 5
- Caravan of migrants reaches US border, temporarily turned away by Border Patrol
  The busiest border in the U.S. became a flashpoint Sunday when Central Americans attempting to cross were told the station was at max capacity.
  
  Jul 5
Jul 5
- What is the status of migrant family reunification?
  Last week that a court ordered that children separated from their parents, as a result of the administration's zero-tolerance policy must be reunited.
  
  Jul 5
Jul 4
- A 'shocking increase' in citizenship application backlog, new report finds amid immigration crisis and upcoming midterms
  A July 2 report from the National Partnership for New Americans found a “shocking” 88 percent increase in citizenship application processing backlog since 2015.
  
  Jul 4
Jul 3
- Pentagon to house migrants on two Texas military bases, as more are under consideration
  Migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border will soon be housed at U.S. military bases in Texas, Pentagon officials said.
  
  Jul 3
Jul 3
- #AbolishICE movement gains support in Congress after Tuesday primaries
  The effort in the House is in its early stages.
  
  Jul 3
Jul 2
- US travel ban leaves far-flung Syrian family in limbo
  Supreme Court's upholding of President Trump's travel ban creates yet another obstacle for Syrians scattered by war
  
  Jul 2
Jul 2
- Nearly 600 protesters at Women's March arrested on Capitol Hill
  Hundreds of women, men, and children descended on the nation’s capital Thursday to call for an end to family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
  Jul 2
Jul 2
- APNewsBreak: Border Patrol arrests drop sharply in June
  APNewsBreak: Border Patrol arrests drop sharply in June to lowest since February, ending 4 months of increases
  
  Jul 2
Jul 2
- In the footsteps of refugees crossing the border
  The power of VR can enable one to walk in another’s shoes. “Carne y Arena" puts the user in the experience of immigrants and refugees crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
  Jul 2
Jul 1
- Zero tolerance sowed confusion from start
  Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy at the border sowed confusion from the start
  
  Jul 1
Jul 1
- Trump is not backing down from his tough stance on migrants at the border
  The president says a call by some Democrats to abolish ICE could cost that party big in the midterm elections.
  
  Jul 1
Jul 1
- Massive crowds march against Trump administration's immigration policy
  Tens of thousands protest against the zero-tolerance immigration policy and the separation of migrant children from their parents.
  
  Jul 1

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