Rebel Historian Who Reframes History Receives MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Kelly Lytle Hernández's work challenges the historical narratives surrounding mass incarceration and immigrant detention. The UCLA professor was named one of this year's 26 MacArthur Fellows. Audie Cornish Play AudioListen 5 mins
Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border. Carrie Kahn
Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico. Robert Moore
Lawmakers Respond To 'Vile,' Secret Facebook Group Created By Border Patrol Agents Among the group's most offensive posts were discussions of recent migrant deaths, jokes about throwing burritos at lawmakers and illustrations depicting sexually aggressive acts. Vanessa Romo
Scenes Of Tearful, Flu-Stricken And Underfed Migrant Kids Emerge In New Accounts Advocates described desperate and squalid scenes in detention facilities. Days later, reporters given a tour of a Border Patrol station at Clint, Texas, saw a clean, orderly facility. Bobby Allyn
A Father And Daughter, Drowned At The Border, Put Attention On Immigration Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S. Bill Chappell
House Passes $4.5 Billion In Emergency Border Aid President Trump has threatened to veto the measure in favor of a Senate Republican version of the bill that would include about $50 million more for immigration courts. Scott Neuman
Migrant Children Moved From Border Patrol Center After Outcry Reports of children detained in crowded and unsanitary conditions long beyond the maximum legal limit have created a new controversy over the administration's immigration policies. Richard Gonzales
Extending 'Zero Tolerance' To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border Scott Warren of the humanitarian group 'No More Deaths' faces three felony counts for harboring migrants. The number of U.S. citizens arrested for harboring is on the rise. Lorne Matalon Play AudioListen 4 mins
In Rural West Texas, Illegal Border Crossings Are Routine For U.S. Citizens In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It's a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges. Lorne Matalon Play AudioListen 4 mins
