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Verify: Fact From Fiction Regarding Families Being Separated at Border

Verify: Fact From Fiction Regarding Families Being Separated at Border

About 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the U.S. – Mexico border between April 19 and May 31.

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House set to vote Thursday on immigration bills

Speaker Paul Ryan says the compromise immigration bill negotiated between Republican conservatives and moderates 'is Plan B.'

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After crossing the border, this father and daughter weren't separated. Here's why

The father said he realizes that other families that arrived at the same time weren't so fortunate.

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VERIFY: Families Separated. Facts & Rumors

Reporters were invited to tour the busiest detention facility in McAllen and question border patrol officials over the weekend.

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It looks like your local Walmart. Now it's a facility for immigrant boys

The former supercenter in Brownsville sits just off a busy intersection and is now home to hundreds of immigrant boys, most of whom crossed the border on their own.

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American Flags Must be '100 Percent' Made in the USA: Proposed Bill

A bill introduced by an Ohio senator would require flags purchased by the federal government to be bought with only American-made materials.

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After crossing the border, this father and daughter weren't separated. Here's why

An at-capacity border detention facility was a blessing for a Honduran father and his one-year-old daughter.

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Triad Mom Recalls Her Close Call With Deportation

Last year, Garcia went into hiding after ICE agents came for her over her immigration status. She spent 3 months in a Greensboro church with her sons

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Photographer Describes Poignant Picture of Crying Child at Border

"As a father myself, it was very difficult for me to see these families detained, knowing that they would soon be split up"

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Sessions: 'We Will Not Encourage People To Bring Their Children' To The Border Illegally

Sessions spoke on law enforcement, border security and stricter sentencing.

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Willie Nelson on immigrant separation at the border: ‘Christians everywhere should be up in arms’

"What's going on at our southern border is outrageous," Nelson said in a statement Thursday, first reported by Rolling Stone Country. "Christians everywhere should be up in arms. What happened to 'Bring us your tired and weak and we will make them strong?' This is still the promise land," Nelson said.

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Democratic lawmakers descend on border seeking answers about conditions

The recent and continued practice of separating children from undocumented parents who cross the border illegally has angered many Americans, prompting a group of Democratic senators and house members to come to the border.

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