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Ex-ICE director on family separation: “You could be creating thousands of immigrant orphans”Ex-ICE director on family separation: “You could be creating thousands of immigrant orphans”
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The Trump administration has said separation is temporary.

By Jen Kirby
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Trump’s administration keeps changing its excuse for separating familiesTrump’s administration keeps changing its excuse for separating families
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From Democrats to deterrence, the White House can’t come up with one coherent explanation.

By Jen Kirby
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The governors of Maryland, Virginia, and other states are pulling National Guard troops from the borderThe governors of Maryland, Virginia, and other states are pulling National Guard troops from the border
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They won’t comply with Trump’s request for assistance while the White House continues to separate families.

By Jen Kirby
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Congressional Democrats are calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resignCongressional Democrats are calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign
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“We have zero tolerance ... for your policy.”

By Li Zhou
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Jeff Sessions could be expelled from the Methodist Church over migrant policiesJeff Sessions could be expelled from the Methodist Church over migrant policies
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More than 600 United Methodist Church clergy and members have brought up charges against the attorney general.

By Tara Isabella Burton
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A Republican senator scolded journalists for focusing on family separation instead of spending cutsA Republican senator scolded journalists for focusing on family separation instead of spending cuts
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Georgia Sen. David Perdue described the border crisis as the “shiny object of the day.”

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
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New statistics: the government is separating 65 children a day from parents at the borderNew statistics: the government is separating 65 children a day from parents at the border
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Government officials aren’t sure how many families have been reunited: “We are still working through the process.”

By Dara Lind
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Trump is repeating his explosive immigration rhetoric during the family separation crisisTrump is repeating his explosive immigration rhetoric during the family separation crisis
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“Turned out I was 100 percent right. That’s why I got elected.”

By Dylan Scott
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All 4 living former first ladies have now condemned family separationAll 4 living former first ladies have now condemned family separation
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“Horrific.” “Cruel.” “Disgraceful.”

By Jennie Neufeld
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Republicans are starting to worry that voters will punish them for family separationsRepublicans are starting to worry that voters will punish them for family separations
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Yet congressional Republicans still haven’t come together to fix the issue.

By Li Zhou
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The research on race that helps explain Trump’s use of family separation at the borderThe research on race that helps explain Trump’s use of family separation at the border
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The dehumanization of people of other races makes it easier to carry out atrocities.

By German Lopez
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Stephen Miller believes in controversy as political strategy, even if it means jailing childrenStephen Miller believes in controversy as political strategy, even if it means jailing children
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But it’s starting to fail with conservatives.

By Jane Coaston
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Ted Cruz says he’s going to introduce “emergency” legislation to stop family separationTed Cruz says he’s going to introduce “emergency” legislation to stop family separation
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Immigration lawyers aren’t so sure it’s the right solution.

By Jane Coaston
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The Democratic Senate bill that would stop family separations, explainedThe Democratic Senate bill that would stop family separations, explained
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It has the support of all Democrats and no Republicans.

By Ella Nilsen
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75 former US attorneys to Jeff Sessions: family separation makes the US less safe75 former US attorneys to Jeff Sessions: family separation makes the US less safe
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The US attorneys join a long list of officials and public figures who have condemned the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.

By Jennie Neufeld
The family separation crisis at the US border
Trump’s separation of families at the border: a visual explainerTrump’s separation of families at the border: a visual explainer
The family separation crisis at the US border

How family separation became a Trump administration strategy.

By Alvin Chang
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Exclusive: how asylum officers are being told to implement Sessions’s new rulesExclusive: how asylum officers are being told to implement Sessions’s new rules
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A leaked memo isn’t the radical change that many human rights advocates feared — at least not yet.

By Dara Lind
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DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s defense of separation of families at the border: it’s not a “policy”DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s defense of separation of families at the border: it’s not a “policy”
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Her tweet is accurate in the narrowest sense. But her department is still choosing to separate kids from their parents.

By Dara Lind
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House Republicans are having a bad-faith immigration debateHouse Republicans are having a bad-faith immigration debate
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Why the House immigration fight is one major contradiction.

By Tara Golshan
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Jeff Sessions tries to beat back Nazi comparisons, gets literally everything wrongJeff Sessions tries to beat back Nazi comparisons, gets literally everything wrong
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The attorney general accidentally compared family separations to an actual Nazi policy.

By Zack Beauchamp
Kids who cross the border meet with social workers. What they say can be used against them.
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How the Trump administration is using undocumented kids’ confidential health information to lock them up.

By Ella Nilsen
The family separation crisis at the US border
It’s not just cruel to separate a breastfeeding baby from a mom. It’s medically dangerous.It’s not just cruel to separate a breastfeeding baby from a mom. It’s medically dangerous.
The family separation crisis at the US border

The powerful “oxytocin reflex” helps explain why.

By Julia Belluz
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Kirstjen Nielsen says it’s “offensive” to suggest the Trump administration is purposely separating familiesKirstjen Nielsen says it’s “offensive” to suggest the Trump administration is purposely separating families
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But that’s exactly what the homeland security secretary and other officials are directing border agents to do.

By Jen Kirby
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White House says separating migrant families is “biblical.” Prominent Christians disagree.White House says separating migrant families is “biblical.” Prominent Christians disagree.
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Longtime Trump ally Franklin Graham just slammed the policy.

By Tara Isabella Burton
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Listen: children sob at US border facility after being separated from their familiesListen: children sob at US border facility after being separated from their families
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For eight minutes, children cry for their parents while one federal agent cracks jokes.

By Dylan Scott