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Father says little Honduran girl on Time cover was not taken from mother
The Honduran toddler pictured sobbing in a pink jacket before U.S. President Donald Trump on an upcoming cover of Time magazine was not separated from her mother at the U.S. border, according to a man who says he is the girl's father. The powerful original photograph, taken at the scene of a border detention by photographer John Moore, became one of the iconic images in the flurry of media coverage about the separation of families by the Trump administration. Dozens of newspapers and magazines around the globe published the picture, swelling the tide of outrage that pushed Trump to back down Wednesday and say families would no longer be separated. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:43:29 -0400
U.S. military may house immigrant children as Trump policy beset by confusion
By Idrees Ali, Richard Cowan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, officials said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's efforts to roll back a widely condemned policy of separating children from their parents were beset by confusion. While no decision has been made, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has already assessed three military bases in Texas and would review another in Arkansas, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:03:22 -0400
Melania Trump's jacket mixes message during visit to detained immigrant children
By Steve Holland and Jonathan Allen MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - First Lady Melania Trump's visit on Thursday to a Texas shelter housing migrant children separated from their parents was overshadowed by a jacket she wore with the words: "I really don't care, do u?" scrawled in white brush strokes on the back. Melania Trump was shown in photos wearing the hooded green khaki jacket designed by fashion chain Zara as she boarded a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to the border facility in McAllen, Texas. "It's a jacket," Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's spokeswoman, told reporters. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:59:49 -0400
'Are you the mother?' A woman's search for baby taken by U.S. immigration
It took 85 days for Olivia Caceres to retrieve her baby boy, pulled from his father's arms at the U.S. border, a traumatic experience many more parents face to reunite with children separated under President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Now nearly 20 months old, Mateo was returned to his family on Feb. 8 after a battle across borders, officialdom and languages. Months later, the boy still screeches even as Caceres rocks him on her chest, sometimes until dawn. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:51:45 -0400
U.S. House Republicans delay immigration vote until next week
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday delayed at least until next week votes on an immigration bill that was painstakingly negotiated over the last several weeks but has failed to attract enough support for passage. While Republicans called the measure a compromise, it has been crafted without any Democratic input and was supposed to be a compromise between warring conservatives and moderates in the party. Meanwhile, it remained unclear how and when more than 2,300 children who have been separated from their parents under President Donald Trump's immigration policy would be reunited. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:30:19 -0400
U.S. State Department imposes visa ban on several DRCongo officials
The United States said on Thursday it had imposed visa bans on several senior officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo for corruption tied to the country's electoral process to send a "strong signal" about the need for a peaceful transfer of power. "Today's actions send a strong signal that the U.S. government is committed to fighting corruption, to supporting credible elections that lead to DRC's first peaceful and democratic transfer of power," the State Department said. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:45:32 -0400
Conservative U.S. commentator Charles Krauthammer dies![Conservative U.S. commentator Charles Krauthammer dies](http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/MM6QqaqU2QPL55rb5bIlOw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2018-06-21T233729Z_1_LYNXMPEE5K2T3_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-CHARLESKRAUTHAMMER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Conservative U.S. commentator Charles Krauthammer dies)
By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer, who gave up a psychiatric career to become one of the leading conservative political commentators in the U.S. media, died on Thursday at the age of 68, the Washington Post and Fox News said. Krauthammer was a fixture on the Fox News Channel as well as on editorial pages of the Washington Post and other U.S. newspapers. "My fight is over." Less than a month earlier, Krauthammer had told a Fox colleague that the worst appeared to be behind him. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:49:03 -0400
U.S. House again postpones vote on Republican immigration bill![U.S. House again postpones vote on Republican immigration bill](http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/9sdgWNN0aKCAqKIlXB37MA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/https://slick-prod.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/slick_thumb/giraffe-186002-1529612516367.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. House again postpones vote on Republican immigration bill)
By Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives delayed for a second time - likely to next week - a vote on an immigration bill they had originally planned to take up on Thursday. The vote on the so-called compromise Republican plan had earlier been delayed to Friday to allow members additional time to review it. The Republican-controlled House earlier on Thursday defeated another, more conservative immigration bill designed to significantly reduce visas for legal immigration to the United States and to temporarily protect from deportation young "Dreamers" brought to the country illegally as children. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:16:26 -0400
Same court, different outcomes in Texas after Trump order on families
What a difference a day seemed to make for immigrants suspected of illegal border crossing. Some 19 people, many of whom had been separated from their children, had charges of illegally entering the United States dismissed on Thursday at a federal court hearing in the Texas border city of El Paso, said Vivek Grover, a lawyer for immigrants. The action came hours after the White House order against separating adults and children went into effect in the immigration crisis. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:11:41 -0400
'Are you the mother?' A woman's search for baby taken by U.S. immigration
Now nearly 20 months old, Mateo was returned to his family on Feb. 8 after a battle across borders, officialdom and languages. Months later, the boy still screeches even as Caceres rocks him on her chest, sometimes until dawn. The Salvadoran family's story of struggle in U.S. immigration detention presaged what was to come: Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that led to more than 2,300 migrant children being separated from parents in recent weeks. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:04:47 -0400