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CLINT, TX - JULY 01: Rep.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) addresses the media after touring the Clint, TX Border Patrol Facility housing  children on July 1, 2019 in Clint, Texas. Reports of inhumane conditions have plagued the facility where migrant children are being held. (Photo by Christ Chavez/Getty Images) CLINT, TX - JULY 01: Rep.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) addresses the media after touring the Clint, TX Border Patrol Facility housing  children on July 1, 2019 in Clint, Texas. Reports of inhumane conditions have plagued the facility where migrant children are being held. (Photo by Christ Chavez/Getty Images)
‘Haunting’: Dems Describe Horrific Conditions At Border Facilities After Visit
By Cristina Cabrera
07.02.19 | 11:47 am
Cartoonist Loses Gig After Drawing Of Trump Golfing Over Drowned Migrants Goes Viral
By Cristina Cabrera
07.01.19 | 11:18 am
Julián Castro Says Trump Likes To ‘Terrorize’ Migrant Families
By Cristina Cabrera
06.30.19 | 12:35 pm
Supreme Court Takes Up Case Blocking Trump Bid To End DACA
By Tierney Sneed
06.28.19 | 10:44 am
Reporters Forbidden From Bringing Cams, Talking To Kids At Child Migrant Center
By Cristina Cabrera
06.27.19 | 4:57 pm
With Call For Decriminalization, Castro Nudges Dem Field Left On Immigration
By Matt Shuham
06.26.19 | 11:47 pm
Kids’ Magazine ‘Highlights’ Blasts Trump Admin’s Treatment Of Child Migrants
By Cristina Cabrera
06.26.19 | 3:34 pm
Confronted About Photo Of Migrants Who Drowned At Border, Trump Blames Dems
By Cristina Cabrera
06.26.19 | 3:16 pm
In Case You Missed It
By David Kurtz
06.26.19 | 11:40 am

TPM’s Matt Shuham obtained internal emails among law enforcement in New Mexico earlier this year as officials grappled with how to respond to reports that a right-wing so-called “militia” was taking it upon itself to detain border crossers. “In any other circumstance this could/or would likely be a crime,” the head of New Mexico State Police wrote in one thread.

Trump Acknowledges Turnover Among Immigration Officials: ‘I Do Burn Out On People’
By Nicole LaFond
06.26.19 | 8:05 am
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