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Border Patrol apprehended record number of migrant families in May as Trump threatens Mexico
U.S. Border Patrolapprehended in May 84,542 members of family units crossing the southwest border with Mexico,according to data released Wednesday.
Mexico has tried to keep Trump happy and stop migrants, it hasn’t worked
President Trump will impose tariffs on Mexico if it doesn’t stop migrants, but experts question whether Mexico can ever satisfy the president.
‘Dangerous overcrowding’: 900 migrants cram into Border Patrol center designed for 125 people
Some migrants stood “for days or weeks” because there wasn’t enough room to sit, a report found. Some stood on toilets for “breathing space.”
Democratic candidates shying away from immigration in early stages of 2020 campaign
President Trump is already making immigration a central theme of his 2020 campaign, but his Democratic challengers aren’t jumping in just yet.
Trump administration prepares to release Central American migrants ‘across the entire nation’
With more than 4,500 people being caught each day crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, the agency has run out of room in the four border states.
Trump administration to release some migrants caught along southern border into South Florida
Broward County Mayor Bogen called the plan “irresponsible” and warned that it would create a “homeless encampment” in his South Florida county.
TSA sending up to 400 workers to southern border, but says it won’t slow air travel
The TSA is identifying up to 400 people to send to the border to help process migrants; an official says it won’t include airport security screeners.
Donald Trump wants to charge asylum seekers to process applications as migrants seek U.S. entry
Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications.
Where are the noncitizens? Trump administration wants to know down to the block level
The Trump administration wants a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census, but critics say it could hurt minority communities such as Doral, Fla.