Mexican journalist and son released from ICE custody
Emilio Gutierrez doubts it was a sudden change of heart that prompted the United States government to release him from detention.
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Government hasn't answered key questions on family separations
It's been more than a week since a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to reunite the families it separated at the border.
Revised HHS estimate: Nearly 3,000 kids separated from parents
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar now estimates that under 3,000 kids who may have been separated from their parents are in government custody -- a figure far higher than his department released just nine days ago.
The movement to 'Abolish ICE' is heating up -- and going mainstream
Calls to eliminate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, for years relegated to the far-left corners of progressive activism, have been thrust this week into the mainstream of Democratic politics.
Government never had specific plan to reunify families
In recent weeks, the government has stumbled trying to explain its plan for reunifying families in the wake of its much-criticized family separations policy at the border.
Mattis: DHS wants to house immigrants on US bases
Defense Secretary James Mattis said the Pentagon is in "close alignment" with the Department of Homeland Security with efforts to utilize military bases to house undocumented immigrants along the southern US border.
Detained mom has no idea where her son is, so she wrote this letter to him
The rainbows and stars on the mother's handwritten letter belie her agony and fear.
Government details how separated families will be reunited -- eventually
The Trump administration is releasing its plan for putting back together the thousands of families it separated at the border -- but the reunions won't happen quickly.
DHS employees warned about safety amid family separations backlash
Amid the furor over the policy that resulted in thousands of families separated at the border, Department of Homeland Security employees have been warned about threats to their personal safety, according to a department-wide email obtained by CNN.
DHS stands by DACA rescission in court-requested filing
The Department of Homeland Security stood by the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program last September in a court filing Friday evening -- setting up a potential court duel over the future of the program this summer.
Sen. Merkley: DHS chief Nielsen should 'absolutely' resign
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley called for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign Monday after accusing her of telling "a lot of whoppers" at a contentious White House press briefing where she defended the Trump administration's practice of separating children from their parents at the border.
White House scrambles to contain immigration fallout
The White House, facing mounting outcry and contradictory statements about President Donald Trump's practice of separating children from their parents at the US border, entered damage control mode on Monday.
DHS Secretary Nielsen denies separation amounts to 'child abuse'
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted conditions at the detention facilities are up to par, when asked by reporters if the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border amounts to "child abuse."
Kamala Harris calls for DHS secretary to resign
California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday called for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as a result of immigration policy that has resulted in family separations at the US border.
'We will not apologize': Trump DHS chief defends immigration policy
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump administration's highly scrutinized immigration policy Monday while at the same time calling on Congress to change the law.
Democratic lawmakers visiting immigration centers in South Texas
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley returned to the South Texas border on Sunday with a group of Democratic colleagues to tour the Customs and Border Protection processing centers in the Rio Grande Valley.
DHS: 2,000 children separated at border
The US government has separated at least 2,000 children from parents at the border since implementing a policy that results in such family separations, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday.
US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children
The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500 of them.
US government proposes removal of 'startup visa'
The Department of Homeland Security has formally proposed to rescind the so-called startup visa, a program that was enacted by the Obama administration.
DHS secretary pushes back on assessment that Russia meddled to help Trump
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen pushed back Tuesday on the intelligence community's January 2017 assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 US election in an attempt to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton's campaign.
DHS to prosecute all illegal border crossings
The Trump administration has decided to refer every person caught crossing the border illegally for federal prosecution, a policy that could result in the separation of far more parents from their children at the border.
DHS ends protections for nearly 90,000 Central Americans
Nearly 90,000 Hondurans who have lived in the US at least two decades could be forced to leave the country after the Trump administration decided Friday to end protections for the immigrants that go back to the 1990s.
Plan to end rule that allows spouses of H-1B holders to work is delayed
Plans to rescind an Obama-era rule that allows spouses of thousands of H-1B visa holders to work in the United States has been delayed until June, according to a court filing from the Department of Homeland Security.
DHS Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke leaving Trump administration
Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke will leave the Trump administration in April after serving a year in the department that included a stint as acting secretary.
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