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July 9, 2021

ICE will now avoid arresting pregnant or nursing migrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer detain most pregnant, nursing, and postpartum women for deportation, reversing a Trump-era directive Friday

May 11, 2021

Biden administration holds migrant children in shelters by the tens of thousands with little oversight

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside.

April 29, 2021

Unusual Supreme Court vote rules illegal immigrant can avoid deportation on technicality

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of an illegal immigrant who was facing deportation, stating that they are entitled to discretionary relief because the government did not follow the rules.

April 29, 2021

Stephen Miller slams Biden’s ‘sheer recklessness’ on border and immigration policy

Former White House Speechwriter Director Stephen Miller said on Thursday that the Biden administration's "sheer recklessness" over his immigration policy is "striking."

April 9, 2021

Psaki: 'No basis’ for calls to shut down Texas child migrant facility

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that there is “no basis” for calls to shut down a Texas child migrant facility where sexual assault has been alleged, but the allegations will be taken “seriously.” 

April 7, 2021

Biden task force has not reunited any families separated at border

None of the hundreds of families separated as part of former President Trump’s zero-tolerance policy have been reunited by the Biden administration yet, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials told reporters on a call Wednesday. 

March 29, 2021

Migrant children in Biden's packed border facilities not being COVID-tested, can't social distance

The Biden administration is not testing children in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities for the coronavirus as tens of thousands remain in government custody amid a migrant surge on the southern border

March 29, 2021

Dan Bongino slams Biden admin on migrant facilities: 'Why are you treating people like animals?'

On Monday, Fox News contributor Dan Bongino slammed the Biden administration for treating migrants housed within border detention facilities like “animals,” and blocking Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., from filming the conditions.

March 23, 2021

Biden admin releases photos of crowded migrant processing center at border amid transparency criticism

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday released photos of the temporary facilities being used to process migrant children who are found crossing the U.S. southern border. 

March 22, 2021

Border crisis: Biden now tells migrants 'Don't come' but had a different message in a 2019 debate

President Biden, during a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate, said that the United States is a country that tells people struggling under oppression or poor conditions that "you should come," as he argued for a more open asylum policy.