Families separated by the Trump-era zero tolerance policy at the U.S.-Mexico border will receive money in a new settlement agreement.
It’s the latest in a years-long legal saga for the families. Under zero tolerance, border officers were charge adult migrants criminally and take their children to separate facilities. About 5,000 kids were separated between 2017 and 2018. About 1,400 are still not reunited with their parents today, according to reporting from the AP.
This week, a California district court approved a $6 million settlement for families part of a class action lawsuit. Some funds will go directly to them and a large portion will go to the ACLU and other groups representing them.
Some families are together now and in the U.S. on temporary status. But that may be in jeopardy under a new Trump administration’s mass deportation scheme.
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Threats of mass deportations have dominated the runup to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration so far. But this weekend, Trump told "Meet the Press" he wanted to help DACA recipients stay in the U.S. -
Immigration has often been a political football. Elvia Díaz says some Democrats are trying to score points with the issue as they prepare for another Trump administration. -
In a late night social media post, President-elect Donald Trump announced former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott would lead Customs and Border Protection come January. -
Under a policy blueprint crafted by allies of President-elect Donald Trump, that in-state tuition policy could mean an end to federal student loans for 67,000 undergraduates just in Arizona – most of them American citizens. -
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials say they’ve made headway on a processing backlog that reached a high point in 2020.
