Separated immigrant families won't be reunited immediately, government official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The more than 2,300 children separated from their parents at the border as a result of President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings won't be reunited with their families immediately, a Department of Health and Human Services official said Wednesday.Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the department's Administration for Children and Families, says their cases will proceed through the system.The children who are separated from their families are turned over to HHS within 72 hours and are then categorized as unaccompanied minors who are eventually placed with sponsors.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The more than 2,300 children separated from their parents at the border as a result of President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings won't be reunited with their families immediately, a Department of Health and Human Services official said Wednesday.Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the department's Administration for Children and Families, says their cases will proceed through the system.The children who are separated from their families are turned over to HHS within 72 hours and are then categorized as unaccompanied minors who are eventually placed with sponsors.
Gov. Inslee announce boost to immigrant legal aid funding
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced additional emergency funding to support civil legal aid services for immigrant families.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced additional emergency funding to support civil legal aid services for immigrant families.
Trump says he'll be 'signing something' on detained children
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump said he would be signing an executive order later Wednesday that would end the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the border illegally."We want to keep families together.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump said he would be signing an executive order later Wednesday that would end the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the border illegally."We want to keep families together.
Homeland Security drafts plan to end family separation at border
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is drafting an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together in detention after they are detained crossing the border illegally, according to two people familiar with her thinking.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is drafting an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together in detention after they are detained crossing the border illegally, according to two people familiar with her thinking.
Lewandowski on immigrant girl with Down syndrome taken from parents: 'Wah wah'
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Durkan to travel to border to join other mayors protesting family separations
SEATTLE -- Mayor Jenny Durkan will leave Wednesday for the U.S.-Mexico border to join a bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors group calling for the Trump administration "to reverse its inhumane treatment of immigrant families," the mayor's office said Tuesday.President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy separates children from parents after illegal border crossings and puts the children in holding centers, where they have no communication with their parents or even other siblings.“As a mother, it is unconscionable that our country is allowing children to be literally torn out of the arms of their mothers,” Durkan said in a news release. “There is no way to justify the policies and actions of this administration -- they continue to misrepresent the law, leaving families devastated and children traumatized.
SEATTLE -- Mayor Jenny Durkan will leave Wednesday for the U.S.-Mexico border to join a bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors group calling for the Trump administration "to reverse its inhumane treatment of immigrant families," the mayor's office said Tuesday.President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy separates children from parents after illegal border crossings and puts the children in holding centers, where they have no communication with their parents or even other siblings.“As a mother, it is unconscionable that our country is allowing children to be literally torn out of the arms of their mothers,” Durkan said in a news release. “There is no way to justify the policies and actions of this administration -- they continue to misrepresent the law, leaving families devastated and children traumatized.
Youngest migrants held in 'tender age' shelters
Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three "tender age" shelters in South Texas, The Associated Press has learned.Lawyers and medical providers who have visited the Rio Grande Valley shelters described play rooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis.
Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three "tender age" shelters in South Texas, The Associated Press has learned.Lawyers and medical providers who have visited the Rio Grande Valley shelters described play rooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis.
Trump, GOP congressional leaders meet amid migrant-kids outcry
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday told House Republicans he is "1,000 percent" behind their rival immigration bills, providing no clear path as party leaders searched for a way defuse the escalating controversy over family separations at the southern border.And it's uncertain if Trump's support will be enough to push any legislation through the divided GOP majority.GOP lawmakers, increasingly fearful of a voter backlash in November, met with Trump for about an hour at the Capitol to try to work out a resolution.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday told House Republicans he is "1,000 percent" behind their rival immigration bills, providing no clear path as party leaders searched for a way defuse the escalating controversy over family separations at the southern border.And it's uncertain if Trump's support will be enough to push any legislation through the divided GOP majority.GOP lawmakers, increasingly fearful of a voter backlash in November, met with Trump for about an hour at the Capitol to try to work out a resolution.
About 50 immigrants in SeaTac federal detention center separated from children
SEATAC, Wash. -- Local immigration attorneys say about 50 immigrants among the 200 being detained at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in SeaTac have been separated from their children.Attorneys say many of them haven't known for weeks now where their children are being held.In a joint letter, Gov.
SEATAC, Wash. -- Local immigration attorneys say about 50 immigrants among the 200 being detained at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in SeaTac have been separated from their children.Attorneys say many of them haven't known for weeks now where their children are being held.In a joint letter, Gov.
'Don't leave me, Mom:' Detainee in SeaTac tells of separation from son
SEATTLE -- The call came at mealtime — an anonymous threat demanding $5,000 or her son's life.So Blanca Orantes-Lopez, her 8-year-old boy and his father packed up and left the Pacific surfing town of Puerto La Libertad in El Salvador and headed for the United States.Two months later, she sits in a federal prison south of Seattle.
SEATTLE -- The call came at mealtime — an anonymous threat demanding $5,000 or her son's life.So Blanca Orantes-Lopez, her 8-year-old boy and his father packed up and left the Pacific surfing town of Puerto La Libertad in El Salvador and headed for the United States.Two months later, she sits in a federal prison south of Seattle.
Answering commonly asked questions about the immigration detention controversy
Q13 News has received quite a few questions surrounding the recent controversy over immigrants being separated from their children at the U.S./Mexico border.
Q13 News has received quite a few questions surrounding the recent controversy over immigrants being separated from their children at the U.S./Mexico border.
Washington attorney general seeks information on separated children
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants Washington residents to let his office know if they are asked to host immigrant children separated from their family.Ferguson's request Tuesday was made amid widespread uproar over the U.S. Department of Justice's new "zero tolerance" immigration crackdown, in which children have been taken from their parents.Ferguson had said his staff is studying whether the state might have grounds to challenge the Trump administration's new policy in court, The Seattle Times reports .Federal officials are using a federal detention center in SeaTac to hold some immigrant adults, including women who don't know where their children are or when they'll reunite.
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants Washington residents to let his office know if they are asked to host immigrant children separated from their family.Ferguson's request Tuesday was made amid widespread uproar over the U.S. Department of Justice's new "zero tolerance" immigration crackdown, in which children have been taken from their parents.Ferguson had said his staff is studying whether the state might have grounds to challenge the Trump administration's new policy in court, The Seattle Times reports .Federal officials are using a federal detention center in SeaTac to hold some immigrant adults, including women who don't know where their children are or when they'll reunite.
Border family separations ripple through midterm campaigns
Wrenching scenes of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border are roiling campaigns ahead of midterm elections, emboldening Democrats on the often-fraught issue of immigration while forcing an increasing number of Republicans to break from President Donald Trump on a matter that animates the GOP's most ardent supporters.Dr.
Wrenching scenes of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border are roiling campaigns ahead of midterm elections, emboldening Democrats on the often-fraught issue of immigration while forcing an increasing number of Republicans to break from President Donald Trump on a matter that animates the GOP's most ardent supporters.Dr.
More than 300 gather to show support for immigrant detainees held at federal prison in SeaTac
NORMANDY PARK, Wash. -- An interfaith service in Normandy Park on Monday night brought together more than 300 people from all backgrounds to show solidarity and support for more than 200 immigrant detainees being held at the federal prison in SeaTac.“We just believe in supporting things like this.
NORMANDY PARK, Wash. -- An interfaith service in Normandy Park on Monday night brought together more than 300 people from all backgrounds to show solidarity and support for more than 200 immigrant detainees being held at the federal prison in SeaTac.“We just believe in supporting things like this.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz promises bill to keep immigrant families together
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Trump defiant despite rising outrage over border separations
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents.
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Temporary OK for travel ban puts focus on Wednesday hearing
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing President Donald Trump's third travel ban to take effect — at least for now — has intensified the attention on a legal showdown Wednesday afternoon before three judges in Seattle who have previously been cool to the administration's efforts.Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Ronald Gould, Richard Paez and Michael Hawkins are scheduled to hear arguments in Hawaii's challenge to the ban, which restricts travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries and has been reviled by critics as discriminatory.The same panel unanimously ruled against Trump's second travel ban, saying the president had not made a showing that allowing travelers from the listed nations would harm American interests.While courts in Hawaii and Maryland had partially blocked the third ban, the Supreme Court on Monday stepped in and lifted those orders pending the outcome of legal challenges in the 9th as well as the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit, which is scheduled to hear arguments Friday.
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing President Donald Trump's third travel ban to take effect — at least for now — has intensified the attention on a legal showdown Wednesday afternoon before three judges in Seattle who have previously been cool to the administration's efforts.Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Ronald Gould, Richard Paez and Michael Hawkins are scheduled to hear arguments in Hawaii's challenge to the ban, which restricts travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries and has been reviled by critics as discriminatory.The same panel unanimously ruled against Trump's second travel ban, saying the president had not made a showing that allowing travelers from the listed nations would harm American interests.While courts in Hawaii and Maryland had partially blocked the third ban, the Supreme Court on Monday stepped in and lifted those orders pending the outcome of legal challenges in the 9th as well as the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit, which is scheduled to hear arguments Friday.
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.The justices, with two dissenting votes, said Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.The justices, with two dissenting votes, said Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts.
Fight over Trump travel restrictions back to appeals courts
For most of the time Syrian refugee Mohammad Al Zayed has been in the United States, judges have been wrestling with the Trump administration's efforts to impose travel restrictions that he says would keep him from seeing relatives who remain overseas.
For most of the time Syrian refugee Mohammad Al Zayed has been in the United States, judges have been wrestling with the Trump administration's efforts to impose travel restrictions that he says would keep him from seeing relatives who remain overseas.