A spokesperson for the US Customs and Border Protection told Insider in a statement that the 6-month-old baby girl who was in critical condition at a children’s hospital in Corpus Christi last week after being apprehended by US Border Patrol agents is now in stable condition. The baby girl has […]
The amount of arrests for illegal border crossings is expected to remain high for the month of May, Trump administration officials and Border Patrol agents told The Washington Post. The development shows that the Trump administration’s recent efforts to crack down on the border have not immediately produced the deterrent […]
The White House chief of staff, John Kelly, defended the practice of separating immigrant parents from their children at the border. Kelly told NPR that “the children will be taken care of – put into foster care or whatever.” He said the policy would act as a strong deterrent for […]
The Trump administration announced a new “zero tolerance” policy on people caught illegally crossing the border. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that 100% of border-crossing cases will be criminally prosecuted, thereby separating immigrant children from their parents. Top Trump officials have previously suggested separating families would deter illegal entries. […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to deploy the National Guard to reinforce the US-Mexico border. But government data show the number of people arrested while trying to illegally cross the border is hovering near the bottom of a decades-long downward trend. Small upticks have occurred month to month, and […]
