217 days and counting: Trump's rules slow the release of migrant children to their families (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starterCedar Attanasio and Amanda Seitz | The Associated
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    Dressed in a pink pullover, the 17-year-old girl rested her head in her hands, weighing her bleak options from the empty room of a shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York.

    During a video call into an immigration courtroom in Manhattan, she listened as a lawyer explained to a judge how new regulations imposed by President Donald Trump's administration — for DNA testing, income verification and more — have hobbled efforts to reunite her with her parents in the U.S. for more than 70 days.

    As the administration’s aggressive efforts to curtail migration have...

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