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Running for Their Lives: The Child Migrant Crisis
US policies stoked the gang violence Central American kids are fleeing.
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Blowback on the Border: The United States’ Child Refugee Crisis
Decades of short-sighted, inhumane US policies have brought a child refugee crisis to the United States' door.
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Child Migrants Are Refugees the US Helped Create
Central American children fleeing poverty and gang violence are refugees - often from situations US policies have helped to create - and they should be treated as such.
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Love and Loathing in North Texas Amid Child Refugee Crisis
A Dallas judge and area charities are striving to house and provide social services to thousands of refugee children.
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US Turns Back on Child Migrants After Its Policies in Guatemala, Honduras Sowed Seeds of Crisis
As tens of thousands of children cross the US border fleeing violence in their native Central American home countries, the hosts look at the historical roots of the crisis.
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“Deporter-in-Chief” to Reach 2 Million Mark
Despite record numbers of immigrants deported, immigrant rights groups across the country have resisted draconian measures to destroy American families.
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The Latest Crack in Our Broken Immigration System
Undocumented immigrants who arrive as children may be well into their 40s before they get a green card.
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How Do We Define American? Jose Vargas, Symbol of Undocumented Immigrant Struggle, Detained in Texas
Vargas recently traveled to the Texas border to document the crisis of thousands of migrant children fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.
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The US’s “Rutterless” Immigration and Border Policies
In order to forge a more accurate rutter for immigration and border policies, political and military leaders, news pundits, talk-show hosts, even US citizens, will themselves have to travel …
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Border Wars in the Homeland: “Stop Stepping on the Pictures“
The usual rights meant to protect Americans from unreasonable search and seizure and unwarranted interrogation are up for grabs.