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Mexico Detains Nearly 800 Migrants, Including 368 Children Under Eight
A total of 791 Central American migrants, including 368 children under the age of eight, have been detained in the Mexican state of Veracruz, officials said Sunday.
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Migrant Parents Separated From Children Return To US, Plead To Be Reunited
A large group of Central American migrants who U.S. authorities separated from their children last year when they crossed the Mexican border entered the United States again on Saturday asking for refuge and to be reunited with their kids.
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"You Want A Cookie?": US Border Agents Offer Snacks, Medical Checks
The deaths of two Guatemalan children in December and the massive groups of Central American families crossing the border are increasingly transforming the Border Patrol's role from national security to humanitarian relief.
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Honduran Migrant Clutches 2 Children, Flees Tear Gas At US-Mexico Border
After nearly two weeks of documenting the harrowing journey of a caravan of mostly Central American migrants headed towards the U.S.-Mexican border, I snapped a picture I will never forget.
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Scenes Of Children Choking On Tear Gas As US Migrant Crisis Escalates
US authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the US border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.
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Deported After Trump's Order, Central Americans Grieve For Lost Children
Before deporting him in shackles last week, U.S. immigration agents handed Honduran asylum-seeker Melvin Garcia his few possessions and a small blue wallet belonging to Daylin, the 12-year-old daughter they had taken from him.
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Deported Migrant Parents Grieve As Opposition In US Steps Up Pressure
Central American migrants deported from the US without their children spoke of their anguish at seeing their families split under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" approach Saturday, as protesters kept up the pressure against the "barbaric" policy.
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Asylum Seekers' Hope Shatters With US Top Court Ruling
The US Supreme Court sidestepped a turbulent debate over illegal immigration on Monday, turning away an appeal by a group of asylum-seeking Central American women and their children who aimed to clarify the constitutional rights of people who the government has prioritized for deportation.
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Thousands Of Central American Children Seek To Enter United States: United Nations
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year - and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the UN children's agency said in a report released late Monday.
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Republicans Scrap House Vote On US Border Crisis
US Republicans on Thursday scrapped a congressional vote on a measure to deal with an influx of thousands of Central American children, but could reverse that decision before departing for a five-week break.
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Barack Obama to Meet Central American Leaders on Child Migrants
President Barack Obama will meet three Central American leaders on Friday to discuss the surge of children crossing the southern US border without parents or papers, in flight from violence and poverty.
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Barack Obama Seeks Governors' Support on Immigrant Kids
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met privately with dozens of governors Sunday as the Obama administration tried to get support from the leaders of states that will host thousands of the Central American children who have crossed the Mexican border on their own since Oct. 1.
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United States Homeland Chief Visits Immigrant Holding Center
US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson visited a New Mexico detention facility housing 400 Central American women and children Friday and warned immigrants that "we will send you back" if they try crossing into the country.
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Guatemala Says US Agreed to Suspend Child Deportations
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Fernando Carrera said on Tuesday the United States had agreed to temporarily suspend deportation of Central American children caught while attempting to cross the border illegally.
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Kerry Warns U.S. Will Deport Undocumented Central American Children
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Washington would work with Central America to address the root causes of an immigration crisis, but kept up the Obama administration's tough message that undocumented children would be deported.
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Mexico Detains Nearly 800 Migrants, Including 368 Children Under Eight
A total of 791 Central American migrants, including 368 children under the age of eight, have been detained in the Mexican state of Veracruz, officials said Sunday.
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Migrant Parents Separated From Children Return To US, Plead To Be Reunited
A large group of Central American migrants who U.S. authorities separated from their children last year when they crossed the Mexican border entered the United States again on Saturday asking for refuge and to be reunited with their kids.
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"You Want A Cookie?": US Border Agents Offer Snacks, Medical Checks
The deaths of two Guatemalan children in December and the massive groups of Central American families crossing the border are increasingly transforming the Border Patrol's role from national security to humanitarian relief.
-
Honduran Migrant Clutches 2 Children, Flees Tear Gas At US-Mexico Border
After nearly two weeks of documenting the harrowing journey of a caravan of mostly Central American migrants headed towards the U.S.-Mexican border, I snapped a picture I will never forget.
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Scenes Of Children Choking On Tear Gas As US Migrant Crisis Escalates
US authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the US border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.
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Deported After Trump's Order, Central Americans Grieve For Lost Children
Before deporting him in shackles last week, U.S. immigration agents handed Honduran asylum-seeker Melvin Garcia his few possessions and a small blue wallet belonging to Daylin, the 12-year-old daughter they had taken from him.
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Deported Migrant Parents Grieve As Opposition In US Steps Up Pressure
Central American migrants deported from the US without their children spoke of their anguish at seeing their families split under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" approach Saturday, as protesters kept up the pressure against the "barbaric" policy.
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Asylum Seekers' Hope Shatters With US Top Court Ruling
The US Supreme Court sidestepped a turbulent debate over illegal immigration on Monday, turning away an appeal by a group of asylum-seeking Central American women and their children who aimed to clarify the constitutional rights of people who the government has prioritized for deportation.
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Thousands Of Central American Children Seek To Enter United States: United Nations
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year - and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the UN children's agency said in a report released late Monday.
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Republicans Scrap House Vote On US Border Crisis
US Republicans on Thursday scrapped a congressional vote on a measure to deal with an influx of thousands of Central American children, but could reverse that decision before departing for a five-week break.
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Barack Obama to Meet Central American Leaders on Child Migrants
President Barack Obama will meet three Central American leaders on Friday to discuss the surge of children crossing the southern US border without parents or papers, in flight from violence and poverty.
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Barack Obama Seeks Governors' Support on Immigrant Kids
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met privately with dozens of governors Sunday as the Obama administration tried to get support from the leaders of states that will host thousands of the Central American children who have crossed the Mexican border on their own since Oct. 1.
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United States Homeland Chief Visits Immigrant Holding Center
US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson visited a New Mexico detention facility housing 400 Central American women and children Friday and warned immigrants that "we will send you back" if they try crossing into the country.
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Guatemala Says US Agreed to Suspend Child Deportations
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Fernando Carrera said on Tuesday the United States had agreed to temporarily suspend deportation of Central American children caught while attempting to cross the border illegally.
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Kerry Warns U.S. Will Deport Undocumented Central American Children
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Washington would work with Central America to address the root causes of an immigration crisis, but kept up the Obama administration's tough message that undocumented children would be deported.
