Category: Immigration
The chaos behind Donald Trump’s policy of family separation at the border
More than 14,000 immigrant children are in U.S. custody, an all-time high
It continues tax an already overburdened system, with no slowdown in sight:
AP fact check: Trump’s fabrications on Medicare, immigrants
Trump administration weighs new family separation effort at border
‘The Trump administration is considering a new family separation policy. Stephen Miller is determined to act, arguing that separating kids from their parents deters illegal border crossings.’
‘One option under consideration is for the government to detain asylum-seeking families together for up to 20 days, then give parents a choice — stay in family detention with their child for months or years as their immigration case proceeds, or allow children to be taken to a government shelter so other relatives or guardians can seek custody.’
AP investigation: Deported parents may lose kids to adoption
It had been 10 weeks since Ramos had last held her 2-year-old, Alexa. Ten weeks since she was arrested crossing the border into Texas and U.S. immigration authorities seized her daughter and told her she would never see the girl again.’
Exclusive: With more immigrant children in detention, HHS cuts funds for other programs — like cancer research
U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find
German top spy forced out in migrant row
‘Germany’s domestic intelligence chief, Hans-Georg Maassen, has been told to quit and move to a senior post at the interior ministry.
The government’s decision came amid a furore over Mr Maassen’s response to recent far-right unrest in Chemnitz.’
U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019
US refugee cap:
2017: 110,000
2018: 45,000 (previous record low)
2019: 30,000 (new record low)