4/ A temporary "tent city" opened Friday at the port of entry at Tornillo in Texas. The facility will hold 360 minors and could expand.
Photos and video by @i_p_a_1 for the @TexasTribune.
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15/ We've gotten this reader question a lot: What kind of conditions are the kids living in? There are doctors and caseworkers. Kids go to school for 6 hours a day and spend 2 hours outside. They are allowed to make two phone calls a week. More details: http://trib.it/hI pic.twitter.com/eA8eIBNEXb
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16/ More details: Yesterday,
@ProPublica obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in which children can be heard wailing as an agent jokes: “We have an orchestra here.” http://trib.it/hL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoncXfYBAVI …Show this thread -
17/ Watch an aerial view of the tent city near El Paso that’s holding immigrant children who have been separated from their parents. http://trib.it/hO Reminder: If you have questions, send them here: texplainer@texastribune.org.pic.twitter.com/lGGmvoR2sc
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18/ Reminder: We're building a Twitter list of journalists who are covering family separations. Follow this list and let us know who is missing. https://bit.ly/2JZV7TD pic.twitter.com/wwQe8mvjhM
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@SpeakerStraus has asked Donald Trump to end the policy of separating immigrant children from their parents: http://trib.it/hY pic.twitter.com/ZgUDIZv1Fe
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20/ We're keeping track of what all Texas lawmakers are saying here.https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1009086622447652864 …
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21/ Follow
@neenareports for updates today.https://twitter.com/neenareports/status/1009120036844339200 …
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22/ What about people who are claiming asylum? Over the past few weeks, asylum seekers have been turned away at ports of entry by border patrol officers, according to reports. Homeland Security Secretary says CBP is asking people come back later. http://trib.it/i0 pic.twitter.com/ADAhbHC1xa
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23/ Why aren't migrants turning back? Why are immigrants coming here?
@neenareports answers this —> "1 mom from Honduras told us gang members threatened to kill her 3-yo son if she didn’t sell drugs for them." http://trib.it/i0 https://twitter.com/neenareports/status/1009132322510262273 …Show this thread -
24/ Are any girls being separated? Photos released to media only show boys. On a call with reporters Tuesday, the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services said they are working to get photographs of girls and toddlers. http://trib.it/i0 pic.twitter.com/EHBtyuj05s
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25/ New investigation with
@reveal: Several companies that house migrant children have employed workers accused of sexual misconduct and abuse.http://trib.it/i4Show this thread -
26/ An update: More than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents under the Trump administration's policy of "zero-tolerance" for illegal border crossers.http://trib.it/i7
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27/ The youngest children separated from their parents at the border — some of them infants — are housed in three “tender age” shelters in South Texas. http://trib.it/i7 https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1008767410541924352 …
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28/ We're watching these developments from the
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29/ NEW: Donald Trump says he'll "sign something" to keep immigrant families together.http://trib.it/ie
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30/ Updating: President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he would sign an executive order to end family separations.http://trib.it/ie
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31/ We're still updating our explainer. What's happening at the border? Here's what we know about immigrant children being separated from their families.http://trib.it/ig
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32/ This thread has everything we know about Texas-regulated facilities holding migrant children — including violations, numbers and more.https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1009501723478691840 …
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33/ Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end the family separations, though he said the "zero-tolerance policy" will continue.http://trib.it/ii
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34/ For families who have already been separated, Donald Trump's executive order may not help. http://trib.it/ik https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1009605876607541250 …
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35/ A lot of people have asked us: Can I foster one of the unaccompanied immigrant children? The Office of Refugee Resettlement requires that all people who want to foster one of the unaccompanied immigrant children be fully licensed by their state. http://trib.it/in pic.twitter.com/nP3Ztrz3SR
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36/ We have polling out now about how Texans feel about the policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. Male Republicans support separating families trying to cross illegally into the U.S. from Mexico, but most other groups do not.http://trib.it/is
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37/ The First Lady is reportedly at the border.https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1009831677907161090 …
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38/ Federal authorities will no longer file criminal charges against migrant parents who cross into the United States illegally, reports the
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39/ UPDATE: Border Patrol will no longer refer parents who cross into the US illegally with children to federal courthouses to face charges, reports the
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40/ First Lady Melania Trump made an unannounced trip to the border on Thursday, visiting a children's shelter in McAllen. A spokesperson said she "supports family reunification," and wanted to meet separated children for herself.http://trib.it/ix
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41/ Southwest Key, a Texas-based company that houses nearly half of all undocumented children in federal custody, says it knows the locations of the parents of separated children in its care.http://trib.it/iA
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42/ The Trump administration is considering housing up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in coming months, reports the
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43/ Mayors from across the country tried to visit a tent city holding immigrant children in Texas. They had questions, but they didn't get answers. http://trib.it/iI pic.twitter.com/AUb1G0VnuZ
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44/ From
@reveal: Melania Trump visits shelters for immigrant children with history of delaying medical care for kids. http://trib.it/iKShow this thread - Show replies
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