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UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 7: Revelers celebrate Joe Biden becoming the 46th president of the United States on Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street, NW, after news outlets declared victory for Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Saturday, November 7, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 7: Revelers celebrate Joe Biden becoming the 46th president of the United States on Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street, NW, after news outlets declared victory for Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Saturday, November 7, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Biden Will Move Quickly To Dismantle Some Of Trump’s Signature Immigration Initiatives
11.11.20 | 3:05 pm
FEDERAL COURT HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/03/01: Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty in protest of the Trump administration's immigration policy, today appeared in court after her arrest in Austin, Texas last month where she climbed on a building which houses immigrant children separated from their parents. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ruled that Okoumou has to wear an ankle monitor and also ordered home detention until her sentencing date on March 19. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) FEDERAL COURT HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/03/01: Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty in protest of the Trump administration's immigration policy, today appeared in court after her arrest in Austin, Texas last month where she climbed on a building which houses immigrant children separated from their parents. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ruled that Okoumou has to wear an ankle monitor and also ordered home detention until her sentencing date on March 19. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NEWS
Federal Judge Expands Ruling, Orders All Children Separated After July 2017 Be Reunited
03.09.19 | 9:22 am
NEWS
Memos Instruct Agents To Target Spanish Speakers At The Border
03.07.19 | 7:00 am
on September 9, 2018 in Oakland, California. on September 9, 2018 in Oakland, California.
NEWS
Gov’t: Reuniting Kids Separated From Parents Presents ‘Child Welfare Concerns’
02.03.19 | 9:50 am
NEWS
Trump Admin Will Force Asylum Seekers In San Diego To Wait In Mexico
01.24.19 | 4:45 pm
on March 1, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. on March 1, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona.
NEWS
US Considers Limit On Green Cards For Immigrants On Benefits
09.23.18 | 9:37 am
NEWS
Obama To Voters: Step Up Or ‘Things Can Get Worse’
09.09.18 | 9:03 am
NEW YORK, June 30, 2018 -- People march across the Brooklyn Bridge during the "Families Belong Together" rally in New York, the United States, on June 30, 2018. Tens of thousands of Americans marched and rallied across the United States to protest the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy resulting in over 2,000 children separated from their families who crossed the border illegally. (Xinhua/Li Muzi) NEW YORK, June 30, 2018 -- People march across the Brooklyn Bridge during the "Families Belong Together" rally in New York, the United States, on June 30, 2018. Tens of thousands of Americans marched and rallied across the United States to protest the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy resulting in over 2,000 children separated from their families who crossed the border illegally. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
NEWS
Clock Ticks As Trump Admin Is Forced To Reunite Families Separated At Border
07.26.18 | 8:36 am
on June 21, 2018 in El Paso, Texas. on June 21, 2018 in El Paso, Texas.
NEWS
HHS: 1,200 Migrant Children Reunited With Families After Border Separation
07.24.18 | 9:40 am
NEWS
Judge: Gov’t Is Defying, Or Doesn’t Understand, Order On Family Separations
07.15.18 | 12:27 pm
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