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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause
By VALERIE GONZALEZUpdated 6:24 PM CDT, March 12, 2025
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration resumed family detention of immigrants last week in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause, a legal nonprofit group providing services to migrant families said Wednesday.
Fourteen immigrant families with children as young as one year old were in the detention facility in Karnes County, Texas, about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) southeast of San Antonio, according to RAICES, which provides services to families at the center. The families are originally from Colombia, Romania, Iran, Angola, Russia, Armenia, Turkey and Brazil.
Faisal Al-Juburi, the organization’s chief external affairs officer, said the families had been detained in the U.S. near the Mexican and Canadian borders. Some were in the U.S. for as little as 20 days and others for as long as about 10 years, Al-Juburi said. The nonprofit provided service to adult detainees at the center prior to last week’s shift in the center’s detention population when the adult detainees were moved out.
Both the Obama administration and Trump’s first administration detained families until their immigration cases played out. Trump severely curbed asylum and forcibly separated children from their parents at the border in a policy widely denounced as inhumane.
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It used to sound like a joke when President Donald Trump talked about making Canada the 51st US state, but to Canadian leaders it sounds like an increasingly serious threat and part of a plan.
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President Trump vows to counter European Union's retaliatory tariffs, escalating trade war
Escalating a trade war with Europe, President Donald Trump said his administration will counter the European Union's new tariffs on the US.
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How Mahmoud Khalil became the face of Trump's crackdown on campus protests
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became an outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S. colleges.
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Canada hits U.S. with $21B in retaliatory tariffs as global trade war heats up
Canada’s announcement comes even though a détente was reached Tuesday over the threat of a 25% surcharge on U.S. electricity consumers.
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DOGE cancels 200K government credit cards amid federal spending limits
DOGE is going after federal government credit cards in its widespread spending slashing mission. It has canceled more than 200,000 cards amid $1 caps.
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FEMA launches review of migrant shelter aid, suggesting smuggling laws were violated
The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants, suggesting they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers.
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