Thousands more could be included in lawsuit over family separations
Potentially thousands more parents and children the US government split up at the southern border will now be included in a lawsuit over family separations, a judge ruled Friday.
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Nadler slams Trump administration over family separation
The former head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency tasked with caring for unaccompanied migrant children, appeared to concede he didn't raise concerns shared by colleagues about the controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy with superiors.
House committee to subpoena HHS, DHS DOJ for family separation documents
The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to subpoena the departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services for documents related to family separation at the southern border.
Federal judge presses administration on family separations
A federal judge pressed government lawyers Thursday over whether the administration should be required to identify the thousands of children and parents who were separated at the southern border and released from government custody before June 26, 2018.
Top immigration official: Family detention centers 'like summer camp'
A top immigration official on Tuesday said family detention centers are "more like summer camp" than a jail during a congressional hearing on the administration's efforts to reunite thousands of immigrant families separated as a result of its zero-tolerance immigration policy.
DHS watchdog to investigate family separations
The Department of Homeland Security's watchdog will investigate its practices regarding families that were separated on the border, the inspector general confirmed to members of Congress Thursday.
Trump administration separated families - reuniting them is a giant mess
The family separations saga has revealed failures of governance, competence and humanity and made one thing clear: President Donald Trump doesn't believe Harry S. Truman's famous mantra, "The buck stops here."
Dem lawmakers rip HHS secretary call on family separations as 'weak'
Democratic lawmakers tweeted harsh criticism of a call with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Friday that was meant to discuss the Trump administration's practice of family separation at the border.
17 states sue over family separations
A coalition of 18 attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Trump administration's separation of undocumented children and parents at the border.
Here's what's going on with the children separated at the border
If this saga over families separated at the border seems highly confusing, that's because it is.
Trump's family separation policy has GOP panicking about 2018
Just five months before the midterm elections, Republicans are scrambling to distance themselves from the Trump administration's widely panned "zero tolerance" immigration policy that has resulted in the separation of children from their families at the southern border.
Dem congressman: Trump executive order 'unconstitutional'
President Donald Trump's executive order to keep undocumented immigrant parents and children together is "unconstitutional" and did not solve the family separation issue, Rep. David Cicilline said Friday.
Navy memo outlines potential military housing for thousands of migrants
An internal draft US Navy planning document has identified potential housing locations for tens of thousands of immigrants at military sites in California, Arizona and Alabama, a US official confirms.
Pope criticizes Trump administration over migrant family separations
Pope Francis has added his voice to those criticizing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy that has resulted in the separation of families at the Mexican border.
Democratic lawmakers visiting immigration centers in South Texas
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley returned to the South Texas border on Sunday with a group of Democratic colleagues to tour the Customs and Border Protection processing centers in the Rio Grande Valley.
Democratic congressman: Family separation 'on all of us'
Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke on Sunday railed against the Trump administration separating children from parents at the border, but said responsibility for what is happening is on everyone.
Cardinal Dolan: There is no Bible passage to justify family separation
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent Catholic leader in the United States, said Friday there is no biblical defense for separating families, condemning the practice as "unjust" and "un-American."
Texas Republican Rep. on family separation: 'That's nuts'
Texas Rep. Will Hurd said Saturday that the use of detained children, such as those being separated from their parents at the southern border, as a deterrent policy is "unacceptable."
DHS: 2,000 children separated at border
The US government has separated at least 2,000 children from parents at the border since implementing a policy that results in such family separations, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday.
