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29m ago
- How will Trump's order affect separated children?
  The Trump administration says the more than 2,300 children who have been separated from their families since May will not be immediately reunited.
  
  29m ago
55m ago
- US mayors rally at border town against President Trump's immigrant family separation policy
  Mayors from across the nation will converge on the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday morning to protest President Donald Trump's family separation policy.
  
  55m ago
3h ago
- What's next for children already separated from their families?
  It's unclear how parents and children will be reunited.
  
  3h ago
Jun 21
- Reaction to Trump's order ending family separations
  ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams and ABC News contributor Tom Bossert discuss President Trump's executive order after his administration called for Congress to act.
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- Some GOP Senate hopefuls betting on Trump's immigration gamble
  GOP candidates from West Virginia to Wisconsin are pinning blame on Democrats.
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- Trump says 'We're sending them the hell back' as supporters repeat his false claims on immigration
  The president is doubling down on his hardline immigration approach.
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- How European countries deal with the detention of migrant children
  Some EU countries detain children, but they don't separate migrant families.
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- President Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together
  Under growing pressure to address the immigration crisis, Trump signed the order saying, "It's about keeping families together ... while ensuring we have a powerful, very strong border."
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together
  The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action.
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- Colbert calls out Trump for 'falsely insisting' he couldn't help immigrant children
  Trump said he was confident that the order would make "a lot of happy people."
  
  Jun 21
Jun 21
- Republican lawmaker heckled over border crisis: 'What are you going to do for these babies?'
  "Tents and Walmarts?" a heckler yelled. "They're babies!"
  
  Jun 21
Jun 20
- Congressional panel responds to Trump's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy
  “I wish it was a panel we didn't have to convene.”
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Lawmakers struggle to agree on immigration fix ahead of House votes Thursday
  House votes are expected on two measures while Senate talks continue.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- What are 'tender age' shelters?
  Trump has announced that he will sign "something" to keep families together.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Trump supporters glad at Trump's tough stand on immigration
  Families along the Texas border spoke to ABC News about the President's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- 10-year-old Guatemalan boy reunited with his family
  The boy had been living in foster care after being separated from his father at the U.S. border.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Guatemalan child separated from father at border reunited with family after 8 months in US
  When the 9-year-old Guatemalan boy arrived at a Michigan foster care home, he was so afraid he couldn't eat.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Immigration debate continues over children separated from their parents
  GOP lawmakers speak out against the "zero-tolerance" immigration policy as border patrol continues detaining parents.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Trump signs executive order to end policy of separating children from parents
  President Donald Trump signed the order after defending his zero-tolerance policy despite condemnation from GOP lawmakers.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Facebook campaign tops $13 million to reunite immigrant families separated at border
  A Facebook campaign has raised more than $13 million to help separated immigrant families.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Airlines ask US not to put migrant children on flights
  American Airlines and United Airlines say they have asked the US not to use their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their parents
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Trump signs executive order ending family separation policy at US-Mexico border
  "It's about keeping families together," Trump said.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Heartbreaking stories of children impacted by border crisis
  Comes as controversy over the "zero-tolerance" policy rages on.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- 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.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Simple ways moms are helping families torn apart at the border
  "Everyone can do something."
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Pope Francis criticizes Trump's family separation immigration policy
  The pontiff took to Twitter, writing, "Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity."
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Immigration backlog exceeds 700,000 cases and rising
  One thing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and immigration activists can agree on is that there is a huge backlog of immigration court cases at the southern border.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- George and Amal Clooney donate $100,000 to support immigrant children
  The donation was made to the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Russian trolls are meddling in US immigration controversy, a top GOP senator says
  Russia trolls and bots are at it again, this time taking advantage of a roiling controversy around immigration and family separation at the U.S. border.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Pope Francis criticizes Trump's policy of separating families at the border
  The pontiff said that populists were "creating psychosis" about immigration.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- House GOP voting Thursday to end family separation
  Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy
  British Prime Minister Theresa May, who will welcome President Trump next month on his first visit to the United Kingdom as president, blasted the administration Wednesday.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy
  The president said Wednesday that he would act to end the family separations.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Trump says he will sign 'something' soon to keep immigrant families together
  The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Republicans aim to stop family separation with immigration votes Thursday
  Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Photographer details the emotional moment that created viral border photo of crying toddler
  "I knew what would happen afterward," photographer John Moore said.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- SPECIAL REPORT: Trump says he will act to keep families together
  The president's move comes amid growing outrage over the practice and on the eve of House votes Thursday to address the immigration problem.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Children separated from families get better care than a lot of American kids do: Sessions
  The attorney general made the comments in an op-ed responding to crtitics.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen heckled at Mexican restaurant over immigration
  Nielsen has fiercely defended the Trump administration's policy.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Debate over 'zero-tolerance' policy intensifies
  There are signs Republicans may stray and pass legislation to stop separating families.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Trump doubles down amid immigration policy backlash
  President Trump is repeating a false claim that only Democrats can fix his administration's family separation policy as protests grow and Republicans also decry the policy.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Meet the young girl heard sobbing for separated family
  Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid, 6, fled from gang violence in El Salvador with her mother, a family member told ProPublica.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- US immigration and child separation policy continues to spark backlash
  The Trump administration insists that separating families is not a policy, but a requirement of enforcing the law to prosecute adults who cross the border illegally.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Uproar grows as administration digs in on child separation policy
  Trump and his secretary of Homeland Security dug in on Monday.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 20
- Homeland Security secretary heckled at Mexican restaurant
  Kirstjen Nielsen, a fierce defender of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy faced chanting protesters at dinner Tuesday.
  
  Jun 20
Jun 19
- Trump charts immigration strategy with House GOP amid family separation uproar
  President Donald Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol Tuesday.
  
  Jun 19
Jun 19
- First ladies issue 'damning' denunciation of Trump separation policy: COLUMN
  We’ve never seen the likes of this before.
  
  Jun 19
Jun 19
- Crisis at the border
  Nearly 12,000 children are in U.S. government custody because of the "zero tolerance" policy.
  
  Jun 19
Jun 19
- Debate over Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy heats up
  ABC News' political analysts break down the latest on the immigration policy.
  
  Jun 19
Jun 19
- Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS
  Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS
  
  Jun 19

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How will Trump's order affect separated children? The Trump administration says the more than 2,300 children who have been separated from their families since May will not be immediately reunited. 29m ago

US mayors rally at border town against President Trump's immigrant family separation policy Mayors from across the nation will converge on the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday morning to protest President Donald Trump's family separation policy. 55m ago

What's next for children already separated from their families? It's unclear how parents and children will be reunited. 3h ago

Reaction to Trump's order ending family separations ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams and ABC News contributor Tom Bossert discuss President Trump's executive order after his administration called for Congress to act. Jun 21

Some GOP Senate hopefuls betting on Trump's immigration gamble GOP candidates from West Virginia to Wisconsin are pinning blame on Democrats. Jun 21

Trump says 'We're sending them the hell back' as supporters repeat his false claims on immigration The president is doubling down on his hardline immigration approach. Jun 21

How European countries deal with the detention of migrant children Some EU countries detain children, but they don't separate migrant families. Jun 21

President Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together Under growing pressure to address the immigration crisis, Trump signed the order saying, "It's about keeping families together ... while ensuring we have a powerful, very strong border." Jun 21

Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action. Jun 21

Colbert calls out Trump for 'falsely insisting' he couldn't help immigrant children Trump said he was confident that the order would make "a lot of happy people." Jun 21

Republican lawmaker heckled over border crisis: 'What are you going to do for these babies?' "Tents and Walmarts?" a heckler yelled. "They're babies!" Jun 21

Congressional panel responds to Trump's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy “I wish it was a panel we didn't have to convene.” Jun 20

Lawmakers struggle to agree on immigration fix ahead of House votes Thursday House votes are expected on two measures while Senate talks continue. Jun 20

What are 'tender age' shelters? Trump has announced that he will sign "something" to keep families together. Jun 20

Trump supporters glad at Trump's tough stand on immigration Families along the Texas border spoke to ABC News about the President's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. Jun 20

10-year-old Guatemalan boy reunited with his family The boy had been living in foster care after being separated from his father at the U.S. border. Jun 20

Guatemalan child separated from father at border reunited with family after 8 months in US When the 9-year-old Guatemalan boy arrived at a Michigan foster care home, he was so afraid he couldn't eat. Jun 20

Immigration debate continues over children separated from their parents GOP lawmakers speak out against the "zero-tolerance" immigration policy as border patrol continues detaining parents. Jun 20

Trump signs executive order to end policy of separating children from parents President Donald Trump signed the order after defending his zero-tolerance policy despite condemnation from GOP lawmakers. Jun 20

Facebook campaign tops $13 million to reunite immigrant families separated at border A Facebook campaign has raised more than $13 million to help separated immigrant families. Jun 20

Airlines ask US not to put migrant children on flights American Airlines and United Airlines say they have asked the US not to use their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their parents Jun 20

Trump signs executive order ending family separation policy at US-Mexico border "It's about keeping families together," Trump said. Jun 20

Heartbreaking stories of children impacted by border crisis Comes as controversy over the "zero-tolerance" policy rages on. Jun 20

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. Jun 20

Simple ways moms are helping families torn apart at the border "Everyone can do something." Jun 20

Pope Francis criticizes Trump's family separation immigration policy The pontiff took to Twitter, writing, "Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity." Jun 20

Immigration backlog exceeds 700,000 cases and rising One thing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and immigration activists can agree on is that there is a huge backlog of immigration court cases at the southern border. Jun 20

George and Amal Clooney donate $100,000 to support immigrant children The donation was made to the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights. Jun 20

Russian trolls are meddling in US immigration controversy, a top GOP senator says Russia trolls and bots are at it again, this time taking advantage of a roiling controversy around immigration and family separation at the U.S. border. Jun 20

Pope Francis criticizes Trump's policy of separating families at the border The pontiff said that populists were "creating psychosis" about immigration. Jun 20

House GOP voting Thursday to end family separation Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes. Jun 20

Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy British Prime Minister Theresa May, who will welcome President Trump next month on his first visit to the United Kingdom as president, blasted the administration Wednesday. Jun 20

Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy The president said Wednesday that he would act to end the family separations. Jun 20

Trump says he will sign 'something' soon to keep immigrant families together The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action. Jun 20

Republicans aim to stop family separation with immigration votes Thursday Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes. Jun 20

Photographer details the emotional moment that created viral border photo of crying toddler "I knew what would happen afterward," photographer John Moore said. Jun 20

SPECIAL REPORT: Trump says he will act to keep families together The president's move comes amid growing outrage over the practice and on the eve of House votes Thursday to address the immigration problem. Jun 20

Children separated from families get better care than a lot of American kids do: Sessions The attorney general made the comments in an op-ed responding to crtitics. Jun 20

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen heckled at Mexican restaurant over immigration Nielsen has fiercely defended the Trump administration's policy. Jun 20

Debate over 'zero-tolerance' policy intensifies There are signs Republicans may stray and pass legislation to stop separating families. Jun 20

Trump doubles down amid immigration policy backlash President Trump is repeating a false claim that only Democrats can fix his administration's family separation policy as protests grow and Republicans also decry the policy. Jun 20

Meet the young girl heard sobbing for separated family Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid, 6, fled from gang violence in El Salvador with her mother, a family member told ProPublica. Jun 20

US immigration and child separation policy continues to spark backlash The Trump administration insists that separating families is not a policy, but a requirement of enforcing the law to prosecute adults who cross the border illegally. Jun 20

Uproar grows as administration digs in on child separation policy Trump and his secretary of Homeland Security dug in on Monday. Jun 20

Homeland Security secretary heckled at Mexican restaurant Kirstjen Nielsen, a fierce defender of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy faced chanting protesters at dinner Tuesday. Jun 20

Trump charts immigration strategy with House GOP amid family separation uproar President Donald Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol Tuesday. Jun 19

First ladies issue 'damning' denunciation of Trump separation policy: COLUMN We’ve never seen the likes of this before. Jun 19

Crisis at the border Nearly 12,000 children are in U.S. government custody because of the "zero tolerance" policy. Jun 19

Debate over Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy heats up ABC News' political analysts break down the latest on the immigration policy. Jun 19

Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS Jun 19

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How will Trump's order affect separated children?
The Trump administration says the more than 2,300 children who have been separated from their families since May will not be immediately reunited.

29m ago

US mayors rally at border town against President Trump's immigrant family separation policy
Mayors from across the nation will converge on the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday morning to protest President Donald Trump's family separation policy.

55m ago

What's next for children already separated from their families?
It's unclear how parents and children will be reunited.

3h ago

Reaction to Trump's order ending family separations
ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams and ABC News contributor Tom Bossert discuss President Trump's executive order after his administration called for Congress to act.

Jun 21

Some GOP Senate hopefuls betting on Trump's immigration gamble
GOP candidates from West Virginia to Wisconsin are pinning blame on Democrats.

Jun 21

Trump says 'We're sending them the hell back' as supporters repeat his false claims on immigration
The president is doubling down on his hardline immigration approach.

Jun 21

How European countries deal with the detention of migrant children
Some EU countries detain children, but they don't separate migrant families.

Jun 21

President Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together
Under growing pressure to address the immigration crisis, Trump signed the order saying, "It's about keeping families together ... while ensuring we have a powerful, very strong border."

Jun 21

Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together
The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action.

Jun 21

Colbert calls out Trump for 'falsely insisting' he couldn't help immigrant children
Trump said he was confident that the order would make "a lot of happy people."

Jun 21

Republican lawmaker heckled over border crisis: 'What are you going to do for these babies?'
"Tents and Walmarts?" a heckler yelled. "They're babies!"

Jun 21

Congressional panel responds to Trump's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy
“I wish it was a panel we didn't have to convene.”

Jun 20

Lawmakers struggle to agree on immigration fix ahead of House votes Thursday
House votes are expected on two measures while Senate talks continue.

Jun 20

What are 'tender age' shelters?
Trump has announced that he will sign "something" to keep families together.

Jun 20

Trump supporters glad at Trump's tough stand on immigration
Families along the Texas border spoke to ABC News about the President's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.

Jun 20

10-year-old Guatemalan boy reunited with his family
The boy had been living in foster care after being separated from his father at the U.S. border.

Jun 20

Guatemalan child separated from father at border reunited with family after 8 months in US
When the 9-year-old Guatemalan boy arrived at a Michigan foster care home, he was so afraid he couldn't eat.

Jun 20

Immigration debate continues over children separated from their parents
GOP lawmakers speak out against the "zero-tolerance" immigration policy as border patrol continues detaining parents.

Jun 20

Trump signs executive order to end policy of separating children from parents
President Donald Trump signed the order after defending his zero-tolerance policy despite condemnation from GOP lawmakers.

Jun 20

Facebook campaign tops $13 million to reunite immigrant families separated at border
A Facebook campaign has raised more than $13 million to help separated immigrant families.

Jun 20

Airlines ask US not to put migrant children on flights
American Airlines and United Airlines say they have asked the US not to use their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their parents

Jun 20

Trump signs executive order ending family separation policy at US-Mexico border
"It's about keeping families together," Trump said.

Jun 20

Heartbreaking stories of children impacted by border crisis
Comes as controversy over the "zero-tolerance" policy rages on.

Jun 20

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.

Jun 20

Simple ways moms are helping families torn apart at the border
"Everyone can do something."

Jun 20

Pope Francis criticizes Trump's family separation immigration policy
The pontiff took to Twitter, writing, "Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity."

Jun 20

Immigration backlog exceeds 700,000 cases and rising
One thing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and immigration activists can agree on is that there is a huge backlog of immigration court cases at the southern border.

Jun 20

George and Amal Clooney donate $100,000 to support immigrant children
The donation was made to the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.

Jun 20

Russian trolls are meddling in US immigration controversy, a top GOP senator says
Russia trolls and bots are at it again, this time taking advantage of a roiling controversy around immigration and family separation at the U.S. border.

Jun 20

Pope Francis criticizes Trump's policy of separating families at the border
The pontiff said that populists were "creating psychosis" about immigration.

Jun 20

House GOP voting Thursday to end family separation
Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes.

Jun 20

Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy
British Prime Minister Theresa May, who will welcome President Trump next month on his first visit to the United Kingdom as president, blasted the administration Wednesday.

Jun 20

Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy
The president said Wednesday that he would act to end the family separations.

Jun 20

Trump says he will sign 'something' soon to keep immigrant families together
The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action.

Jun 20

Republicans aim to stop family separation with immigration votes Thursday
Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes.

Jun 20

Photographer details the emotional moment that created viral border photo of crying toddler
"I knew what would happen afterward," photographer John Moore said.

Jun 20

SPECIAL REPORT: Trump says he will act to keep families together
The president's move comes amid growing outrage over the practice and on the eve of House votes Thursday to address the immigration problem.

Jun 20

Children separated from families get better care than a lot of American kids do: Sessions
The attorney general made the comments in an op-ed responding to crtitics.

Jun 20

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen heckled at Mexican restaurant over immigration
Nielsen has fiercely defended the Trump administration's policy.

Jun 20

Debate over 'zero-tolerance' policy intensifies
There are signs Republicans may stray and pass legislation to stop separating families.

Jun 20

Trump doubles down amid immigration policy backlash
President Trump is repeating a false claim that only Democrats can fix his administration's family separation policy as protests grow and Republicans also decry the policy.

Jun 20

Meet the young girl heard sobbing for separated family
Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid, 6, fled from gang violence in El Salvador with her mother, a family member told ProPublica.

Jun 20

US immigration and child separation policy continues to spark backlash
The Trump administration insists that separating families is not a policy, but a requirement of enforcing the law to prosecute adults who cross the border illegally.

Jun 20

Uproar grows as administration digs in on child separation policy
Trump and his secretary of Homeland Security dug in on Monday.

Jun 20

Homeland Security secretary heckled at Mexican restaurant
Kirstjen Nielsen, a fierce defender of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy faced chanting protesters at dinner Tuesday.

Jun 20

Trump charts immigration strategy with House GOP amid family separation uproar
President Donald Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol Tuesday.

Jun 19

First ladies issue 'damning' denunciation of Trump separation policy: COLUMN
We’ve never seen the likes of this before.

Jun 19

Crisis at the border
Nearly 12,000 children are in U.S. government custody because of the "zero tolerance" policy.

Jun 19

Debate over Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy heats up
ABC News' political analysts break down the latest on the immigration policy.

Jun 19

Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS
Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS

Jun 19