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Trump Plan Junked, Obama-Era Shield On Immigrants Back; Indians Benefit
Reversing the decision of the outgoing Trump administration, a federal court has ordered full reinstatement of an Obama-era programme that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors from deportation, a ruling that will help a large number of Indian migrants.
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US Separated "Thousands" More Immigrant Children Than Known: Report
The US government may have separated "thousands" more immigrant children from their parents than previously known but inadequate record-keeping means the exact number is still unclear, an internal watchdog said on Thursday.
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US To Take 'Extraordinary' Measures To Deal With Immigrant Children
The United States will take "extraordinary" protective measures to deal with a surge of immigrant children in custody; Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday after a second Guatemalan child died in custody.
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Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a court on Friday.
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US Government Holds 565 Immigrant Children 3 Week's Past Court Deadline
The US government continues to hold 565 illegal immigrant children in custody, three weeks after a court deadline to reunite them with parents or guardians, a court filing showed Friday.
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Immigrant Children Held In US Shelters: "They Told Us To Behave, Or..."
When the 8-year-old stepped off a plane here earlier this month with freshly cut bangs and a shelter-issued sweatsuit, she was met by crowds and television cameras and finally, in a carpeted airport conference room, by the mother who had been taken from her two months earlier at the border.
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Immigrant Children, Parents Reunited Faster Under New Court Order
When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier.
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8 Drivers, 5 Days: A Migrant's Emotional Journey To Find Her Daughter
She was on the road for days, crying and praying and recounting her story to kind strangers who offered to drive and house and feed her.
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Trump's Request For Long-Term Detention Of Migrant Children Rejected
Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee dismissed as "dubious" and "unconvincing" the U.S. Justice Department's arguments to modify a 1997 settlement that says children can only be held in immigration detention for up to 20 days.
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US Using DNA Tests To Reunite Children With Migrant Parents
US officials have resorted to DNA testing on up to 3,000 detained children who remain separated from their migrant parents, a top official said Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration struggles to rapidly reunite families at the center of a border crisis.
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In US Immigration Jail, Mothers Count Days Since They Last Saw Kids
The list has 18 entries: 18 mothers, identified not by name but by numbers assigned to them by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Father Of Girl On Time Magazine Says She Wasn't Taken From Mother
The Honduran toddler pictured sobbing in a pink jacket before US President Donald Trump on an upcoming cover of Time magazine was not separated from her mother at the US border, according to a man who says he is the girl's father.
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Melania Trump's "Don't Care..." Jacket To Children Shelter Sparks Outrage
Melania Trump took a surprise trip to Texas to speak to children and officials at a shelter for migrant children. But her message and the carefully crafted visuals showing a first lady rushing to the scene of a crisis touching the lives of children were soon obliterated by other words and images.
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Immigrant Kids in US May Have Higher Obesity Risk
Immigrant children in the US are more likely to be sedentary than US-born white kids, which may put them at a higher risk of obesity, a new study suggests.
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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.
_625x300_1529320613559.jpg?downsize=260:195 "Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group")
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Trump Plan Junked, Obama-Era Shield On Immigrants Back; Indians Benefit
Reversing the decision of the outgoing Trump administration, a federal court has ordered full reinstatement of an Obama-era programme that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors from deportation, a ruling that will help a large number of Indian migrants.
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US Separated "Thousands" More Immigrant Children Than Known: Report
The US government may have separated "thousands" more immigrant children from their parents than previously known but inadequate record-keeping means the exact number is still unclear, an internal watchdog said on Thursday.
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US To Take 'Extraordinary' Measures To Deal With Immigrant Children
The United States will take "extraordinary" protective measures to deal with a surge of immigrant children in custody; Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday after a second Guatemalan child died in custody.
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Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a court on Friday.
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US Government Holds 565 Immigrant Children 3 Week's Past Court Deadline
The US government continues to hold 565 illegal immigrant children in custody, three weeks after a court deadline to reunite them with parents or guardians, a court filing showed Friday.
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Immigrant Children Held In US Shelters: "They Told Us To Behave, Or..."
When the 8-year-old stepped off a plane here earlier this month with freshly cut bangs and a shelter-issued sweatsuit, she was met by crowds and television cameras and finally, in a carpeted airport conference room, by the mother who had been taken from her two months earlier at the border.
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Immigrant Children, Parents Reunited Faster Under New Court Order
When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier.
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8 Drivers, 5 Days: A Migrant's Emotional Journey To Find Her Daughter
She was on the road for days, crying and praying and recounting her story to kind strangers who offered to drive and house and feed her.
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Trump's Request For Long-Term Detention Of Migrant Children Rejected
Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee dismissed as "dubious" and "unconvincing" the U.S. Justice Department's arguments to modify a 1997 settlement that says children can only be held in immigration detention for up to 20 days.
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US Using DNA Tests To Reunite Children With Migrant Parents
US officials have resorted to DNA testing on up to 3,000 detained children who remain separated from their migrant parents, a top official said Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration struggles to rapidly reunite families at the center of a border crisis.
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In US Immigration Jail, Mothers Count Days Since They Last Saw Kids
The list has 18 entries: 18 mothers, identified not by name but by numbers assigned to them by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Father Of Girl On Time Magazine Says She Wasn't Taken From Mother
The Honduran toddler pictured sobbing in a pink jacket before US President Donald Trump on an upcoming cover of Time magazine was not separated from her mother at the US border, according to a man who says he is the girl's father.
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Melania Trump's "Don't Care..." Jacket To Children Shelter Sparks Outrage
Melania Trump took a surprise trip to Texas to speak to children and officials at a shelter for migrant children. But her message and the carefully crafted visuals showing a first lady rushing to the scene of a crisis touching the lives of children were soon obliterated by other words and images.
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Immigrant Kids in US May Have Higher Obesity Risk
Immigrant children in the US are more likely to be sedentary than US-born white kids, which may put them at a higher risk of obesity, a new study suggests.
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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.
