CAITLIN DICKERSON | The Seattle Times

FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer gives instructions to migrants who are on their way to apply for asylum in the United States, on International Bridge 1 as they depart Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The Trump administration on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, proposed empowering border authorities to deny asylum to people from countries with widespread, deadly communicable disease, its latest in a string of regulations before the November elections to dramatically raise the bar on who qualifies for humanitarian protections. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

October 30, 2020 at 3:15 pm

Migrant children from other countries are being expelled into Mexico

U.S. border authorities have been expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico, violating a diplomatic agreement with Mexico and testing the limits of immigration...

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August 16, 2020 at 5:09 pm

A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels

The Trump administration has been using major hotel chains to detain children and families taken into custody at the border, creating a largely unregulated shadow...

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August 10, 2020 at 7:14 pm

Trump Considers Banning Re-entry by Citizens Who May Have Coronavirus

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering new immigration rules that would allow border officials to temporarily block an American citizen or legal permanent resident...

July 19, 2020 at 1:52 pm

Vulnerable Border Community Battles Virus on ‘A Straight Up Trajectory’

As the coronavirus expands its destructive path across the United States, it is bearing down on some of the places most vulnerable to its devastation...

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June 18, 2020 at 6:22 pm

Q&A: What DACA is, and why it ended up in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration Thursday from going ahead with its plan, announced in 2017, to end a program called DACA that protects...

April 18, 2020 at 12:56 pm

U.S. deported thousands amid COVID-19 outbreak; some turned out to be sick

In the scramble to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the Trump administration has been pushing forward with its aggressive immigration enforcement...

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April 15, 2020 at 5:54 pm

South Dakota meat plant is a coronavirus hot spot

An immigrant from El Salvador bought a three-bedroom home with a basement for her family. A single mother from Ethiopia sent her daughters to college....

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April 9, 2020 at 12:32 pm

Poultry worker’s death highlights spread of coronavirus in meat plants

Annie Grant, 55, had been feverish for two nights. Worried about the coronavirus outbreak, her adult children had begged her to stay home rather than...

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February 14, 2020 at 1:27 pm

Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities

The move reflects President Donald Trump’s persistence in cracking down on sanctuary cities, localities that have refused to cooperate in handing over immigrants targeted for...

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January 21, 2020 at 12:21 pm

Iranian student blocked from U.S. despite court order, sparking outrage

An Iranian student was turned away from Boston’s Logan International Airport on Monday despite a federal court order that he be allowed to remain in...

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