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A Honduran man walks with his daughter near Metropolitan Detention Center on October 2nd, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

News in Brief

ICE Libera por lo Menos 15 de los 17 Bebés Detenidos en Dilley, Texas

La medida se produce cinco días después que las organizaciones legales presentaran una queja ante el gobierno por un "aumento alarmante" en la detención de inmigrantes menores de un año.

Jack Herrera

News in Brief

ICE Has Released at Least 15 of the 17 Babies Detained in Dilley, Texas

The move comes five days after legal organizations filed a complaint with the government over an "alarming increase" in the detention of immigrants under the age of one.

Jack Herrera

An immigrant stands in a holding cell at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility for illegal immigrants on July 30th, 2010, in Florence, Arizona.

News in Brief

The Number of Babies In ICE Detention at the Border Has Shot Upward Since January

ICE reports there are 17 infants under one year old in a Texas facility—concerning pediatricians and immigration advocates.

Jack Herrera

A mother and child await transport to a processing center for undocumented immigrants on July 24th, 2014, in Mission, Texas.

House Democrats Subpoenaed Trump Officials Over Family Separation. Here’s What We Already Know.

Internal government investigations have revealed that the government was seriously unprepared to implement Trump's zero-tolerance policy.

Jack Herrera

A view of the border wall between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on January 19th, 2018.

Environment

The Little-Known Law That the Trump Administration Is Using to Build a Border Wall

Under the Real ID Act, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has the power to bypass environmental safeguards, rendering any ecological downside to a border wall a moot point.

Jimmy Tobias

A sign is displayed on a government building in Washington, D.C., that's closed because of the government shutdown, on December 22nd, 2018.

Economics

Federal Workers Are About to Miss Their First Paycheck

As stories about the shutdown's effects on the federal workforce stream in, it's worth considering just who these federal workers are, and how vulnerable many are to a missed paycheck.

Dwyer Gunn

Vietnamese Americans marching with the South Vietnamese flag during the Vietnamese New Year.

Social Justice

Does Trump’s Push to Deport Vietnamese Refugees Undermine the U.S. Corrections System?

The White House is expected to push to deport Vietnam War refugees with final removal orders, but immigration rights advocates argue they have already paid their debt to society.

Massoud Hayoun

The Cato Institute building in Washington, D.C.

Social Justice

How Do We Count Immigrants’ Use of Public Services?

As the Trump administration prepares to officialize a rule penalizing immigrants for using public services, debate emerges over how we look at the data.

Massoud Hayoun

Central American immigrant families depart ICE custody in McAllen, Texas, pending future immigration court hearings, in June of 2018.

As the Public Comment Period Ends, Advocacy Groups Mount One Last Push Against Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule

Monday marks the last day for public comment on the rule, which could make it harder for millions of immigrants who have used public services to acquire a green card or citizenship.

Jack Herrera