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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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"We're Not Dogs": Migrant Anger Boils After Mexico-US Border Tragedy
Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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SmartLink Smartphone App Helps Deportation Agents Monitor Immigrants at US-Mexico Border
US authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from detention will attend deportation hearings, a requirement that advocates say violates their privacy and makes them feel they're not free.
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US Border Detentions Plunge In July After Mexico Deal
US southern border detentions plunged for the second straight month in July after a deal with Mexico to block Central American migrants, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
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"Taliban Gave Me Toothpaste": Ex-Captives Compare US Handling Of Migrants
The federal government told a panel of Ninth Circuit appellate judges last week that U.S. border detention facilities are "safe and sanitary," as required by law, even though migrant children are denied soap, toothbrushes and dark places to sleep.
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US Border Chief Quits Amid Outcry Over Child Detainees
The acting commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a public outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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How A Mother's Tough Choice Gave Her Son A Potential US Asylum Advantage
For two months in detention after being separated from her 14-year old son by US border officials, Catalina Sales worried about how he was doing and when she would see him again.
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Migrants In US Custody Describe Life In 'Ice Boxes' And 'Dog Pounds'
During their detention last month in a US Customs and Border Protection facility in Laredo, Texas, Karen and her two young sons were constantly cold. The family, which fled violence in Honduras, slept on a hard floor in a holding cell without mattresses, she said, their clothes still wet from crossing the Rio Grande.
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French Teen Who Accidentally Crossed Canada-US Border Held For 2 Weeks: Report
A young French woman who was visiting her mother in western Canada spent two weeks in a US detention center after inadvertently crossing the border while jogging along the beach, a report said Friday.
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Trump, US Republicans To Meet Amid Furor Over Immigrant Children
President Donald Trump, facing a blast of criticism for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, was slated to meet with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday ahead of votes on immigration legislation.
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Seven Decades Of Danger And Detente Between North and South Korea
The North's leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with the South's President Moon Jae-in on the southern side of the border truce village of Panmunjom, ahead of a summit with US President Donald Trump expected in the coming weeks.
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US to Open Immigrant Family Detention Centres
The Obama administration is actively looking for additional space to house families caught crossing the border with Mexico illegally, primarily for mothers with young children, officials said.
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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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"We're Not Dogs": Migrant Anger Boils After Mexico-US Border Tragedy
Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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SmartLink Smartphone App Helps Deportation Agents Monitor Immigrants at US-Mexico Border
US authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from detention will attend deportation hearings, a requirement that advocates say violates their privacy and makes them feel they're not free.
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US Border Detentions Plunge In July After Mexico Deal
US southern border detentions plunged for the second straight month in July after a deal with Mexico to block Central American migrants, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
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"Taliban Gave Me Toothpaste": Ex-Captives Compare US Handling Of Migrants
The federal government told a panel of Ninth Circuit appellate judges last week that U.S. border detention facilities are "safe and sanitary," as required by law, even though migrant children are denied soap, toothbrushes and dark places to sleep.
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US Border Chief Quits Amid Outcry Over Child Detainees
The acting commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a public outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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How A Mother's Tough Choice Gave Her Son A Potential US Asylum Advantage
For two months in detention after being separated from her 14-year old son by US border officials, Catalina Sales worried about how he was doing and when she would see him again.
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Migrants In US Custody Describe Life In 'Ice Boxes' And 'Dog Pounds'
During their detention last month in a US Customs and Border Protection facility in Laredo, Texas, Karen and her two young sons were constantly cold. The family, which fled violence in Honduras, slept on a hard floor in a holding cell without mattresses, she said, their clothes still wet from crossing the Rio Grande.
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French Teen Who Accidentally Crossed Canada-US Border Held For 2 Weeks: Report
A young French woman who was visiting her mother in western Canada spent two weeks in a US detention center after inadvertently crossing the border while jogging along the beach, a report said Friday.
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Trump, US Republicans To Meet Amid Furor Over Immigrant Children
President Donald Trump, facing a blast of criticism for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, was slated to meet with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday ahead of votes on immigration legislation.
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Seven Decades Of Danger And Detente Between North and South Korea
The North's leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with the South's President Moon Jae-in on the southern side of the border truce village of Panmunjom, ahead of a summit with US President Donald Trump expected in the coming weeks.
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US to Open Immigrant Family Detention Centres
The Obama administration is actively looking for additional space to house families caught crossing the border with Mexico illegally, primarily for mothers with young children, officials said.
