Officials Say Illegal Pesticide Caused Deaths of 13 Bald Eagles In Maryland
Authorities said there is an “epidemic on the Eastern Shore” of wildlife-poisoning crimes because it’s “cheaper and easier” than trapping a nuisance animals or building a fence.
Remembering Rev. Ralph David Abernathy 50 Years After Resurrection City Came Down
Fifty years ago this month authorities took down a tent city on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that was part of a protest against poverty. One of the key organizers was the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, a leader of the civil rights movement.
Schools Are Out For The Summer, But The Debate On How To Make Them Safer Continues
The PROMISE program was designed as a way to offer troubled students an alternative to suspension or expulsion. Initiated by the Obama administration in 2014, the program is now under scrutiny following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in …
3 Charts That Show What’s Actually Happening Along The Southern Border
The number of people taken into custody at the southern U.S. border with Mexico has been decreasing since 2000. Economists say the reasons people choose to cross the border illegally are changing.
FACT CHECK: Trump, Illegal Immigration And Crime
In an effort to justify his get-tough policies at the southern border, President Trump met Friday with victims of crime committed by immigrants who entered the country illegally.
A Look At The Business Of Immigrant Detention
NPR’s Audie Cornish discusses the billion-dollar business of detaining immigrant children with New York Times reporter Katie Benner.
Baltimore Group Caring For Migrant Children, Working To Reunite Them With Parents
President Trump’s executive order ended family separation, but more than 2,000 children are still separated from their parents. Some of these children are under the care of groups like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, based in Baltimore.
Week In Politics: Discussing The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policy
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Politico reporter Eliana Johnson of Politico, and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution about the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
How Trump’s Reversal On Family Separation Is Changing Activity Along The Border
The Trump administration has backed off its policy of separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Maureen Meyer, director of the Mexico program at the Washington Office on Latin America, speaks with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly from Arizona to talk about…
The History Of The Flores Settlement And Its Effects On Immigration
President Trump has ordered the Justice Department to file a request to modify a court agreement known as the Flores settlement to allow for immigrant families to be detained together at the border. The settlement has governed the detention of immigran…
Fearing Deportation, Some Immigrants Opt Out Of Health Benefits For Their Kids
A growing number of American children are losing out on Medicaid — and other programs — because their parents are undocumented immigrants and fear detainment and deportation.
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