John Burnett
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National
New Emergency Shelter For Migrant Children Opens In Carrizo Springs, Texas
A new emergency shelter opening in Texas means fewer migrant children will be held in squalid Border Patrol holding cells. But there is growing opposition to what critics are calling "child camps."
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National
DHS Says Migrant Crossings At Southwest Border Dropped 28% From May To June
The Department of Homeland Security announced that about 104,000 migrants were taken into custody after crossing the Southwest border in June, a 28% drop from May.
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National
DHS Inspector General Finds 'Dangerous Overcrowding' In Border Patrol Facilities
The inspector general's office visited Customs and Border Protection sites across the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. They found migrants penned in overcrowded Border Patrol facilities.
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Politics
Trump Administration To Put $3 Billion Into Network Of Shelters For Migrant Children
The Trump administration is pumping $3 billion into shelter network for migrant children after reports of kids held in squalid Border Patrol cells. But critics don't want these kids confined at all.
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Politics
Acting Commissioner Of Customs And Border Protection Announces He Will Resign
John Sanders, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, plans to step down. The agency has come under fire for about 300 migrant children detained in unsanitary conditions.
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National
Acting Head Of Customs And Border Protection Plans To Step Down
John Sanders is expected to make his resignation effective July 5, two officials said. The move comes after hundreds of children were removed from a facility without adequate food and sanitation.
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National
ICE Plans Large-Scale Raids
Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan defended his plan to arrest and deport thousands of migrant families in an interview with NPR.
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Politics
How The Trump Administration's 'Zero Tolerance' Policy Changed The Immigration Debate
A year has passed since the Trump administration's family separation policy was rescinded. It sparked a national outcry and changed the immigration debate in America.
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Music
Encore: New Orleans Music Legend Dr. John Dies At 77
Malcolm John Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died Thursday at age 77. He was a giant of New Orleans rhythm & blues in the 1950s and 1960s.
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National
As The Line Into America Slows, Communities Form, And Wait, On The Mexican Side
U.S. border officials strictly limit the number of asylum seekers they allow to legally cross ports of entry every day, creating an enormous backlog of migrants in places like Matamoros.