Immigrants
Speaking with Univision, the president said that the facility, designed to house up to 700 minors, was a temporary measure.
A survey of Latinx immigrants in several states last year found that two-thirds were unemployed at one point, and 1 in 6 had lost a family member to COVID-19.
People are heard screaming for help and saying they're running out of air in disturbing 911 calls received by authorities in Texas earlier this week.
Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants reside in the U.S., and hundreds of thousands of them work in essential services.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Rep. Joaquin Castro and Sen.-designate Alex Padilla want immigrants working on the front lines of COVID-19 to get the chance to become U.S. citizens.
More than 30 women say they were subject to non-consensual invasive medical procedures.
Millions of essential workers who are undocumented get no money from Congress’ COVID-19 bill, even as they work on the front lines in grocery stores, farm work and more.
The decision is not a final ruling on the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census.
Immigrant characters are still disproportionately shown in storylines involving crime, a study finds.
As COVID-19 spreads throughout ICE facilities nationwide, the public health crisis of the coronavirus has compromised the U.S. immigration detention system endangering medically vulnerable detained individuals and staff.