'I Know That They're Cared For." Why One Mom Has Chosen To Foster Migrant Children Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi. Sophia Alvarez Boyd
Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border. Carrie Kahn
Trump Administration Moves To Speed Up Deportations With Expedited Removal Expansion The changes will allow ICE officials to deport undocumented immigrants who can't prove they have been in the U.S. for more than two years, without a hearing before a judge. It takes effect Tuesday. Vanessa Romo
Opinion: Should Republicans Still Call Themselves The Party Of Lincoln? In defending the president's racist tweets, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy declared, "We are the party of Lincoln." NPR's Scott Simon contends President Lincoln would object. Scott Simon
Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico. Robert Moore
Do media images of dead bodies make it harder for you to care? Interrogating our media consumption of images of the dead – whose bodies are shown, whose aren’t, and what (if anything) that will change. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In 'Pilot' Phase "Although the new federal regulation allows us to apply that all 2,000 miles along the southwest border, we're not going to do that." Mark Morgan told NPR. Vanessa Romo Play AudioListen 9 mins
After a year living in a Seattle church for sanctuary, Jose Robles detained by ICE An audible gasp came first. Then tears, as Robles' family received news that Jose had been detained. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 2 mins
'No Meaningful Oversight': ICE Contractor Overlooked Problems At Detention Centers Public scrutiny of the health and safety conditions at immigration detention centers is growing. But the contractor ICE hired to inspect those conditions is accused of ignoring problems for years. Yuki Noguchi Play AudioListen 7 mins
'His heart was tender.' Daughter of antifa killed at Tacoma immigration jail reflects on his life On Saturday, a 69-year-old man named Willem van Spronsen, 69, of Vashon Island, was shot dead by police outside the Northwest Detention Center, a jail for immigrants in Tacoma. Esmy Jimenez
