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Human-rights groups are urging the Biden administration to get children out of the makeshift Border Patrol facilities

Journalists haven't been allowed into holding facilities in Texas, but government-shared videos show large groups of children sleeping on thin mats on the floor. A temporary processing facility in Donna, Texas, seen on March 17, 2021. Jaim.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 23rd, 2021

The ACLU is running a two-page NYT ad on Mother"s Day urging the Biden administration to reunite migrant parents and children

Joe Biden promised to reunite separated families at the border. Today, there are still about 1,000 separated families, according to the ACLU. An ad from the ACLU slated to run in the New York Times on Sunday. Courtesy of.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 8th, 2021

Biden administration sanctions Chinese officials for "genocide" against Uighurs days after diplomatic spat in Alaska

Human rights groups say China has forced over a million Uighur Muslims and other minorities into detention camps in Xinjiang. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was involv.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 22nd, 2021

UN Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Separating Immigrant Children from Parents

The United Nations Human Rights Office asked U.S. authorities to “immediately halt” the practice of separating immigrant children from their parents on the southern U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday morning......»»

Category: topSource: newsweekJun 5th, 2018

Aviation groups urge Congress to finance sustainable jet fuel

They're asking for the federal government to give tax credits to biofuel blenders and to create a $400 million a year grant program to help build facilities or scale up operations as part of the Biden Administration's $2.3 trillion infrastructure package......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 20th, 2021

What happened to the "border crisis": Unaccompanied children are being released faster and detained less often

New figures show that the Biden administration has succeeded at speeding up the process for sheltering and releasing unaccompanied minors. Unacc.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 12th, 2021

New videos show crowded Border Patrol facilities in Texas housing migrant children with plastic enclosures and foil blankets

These new government-produced and -released videos are among the public's first glance into the ongoings inside the holding facilities. A temporary processing facility in Donna, Texas, seen on March 17, 2021. Jaime Rodriguez.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 23rd, 2021

Human Traffickers Made Up To $14 Million Per Day In February Border Rush: Report

Human Traffickers Made Up To $14 Million Per Day In February Border Rush: Report Human trafficking organizations sending men, women and children over the US-Mexico border to take advantage of President Biden's backfiring im.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMar 23rd, 2021

A growing number of migrant children are reaching the border. Here"s what experts say the Biden administration can do to address the situation.

The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained at the US Southern border has more than tripled in the past few weeks. Children play as families of asylum seekers wait outside the El Chaparral border crossing port as they wait to cross i.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 18th, 2021

A growing number of migrant children are reaching the border. Here"s what experts say the Biden Administration can do to address the situation.

The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained at the US Southern border has more than tripled in the past few weeks. Children play as families of asylum seekers wait outside the El Chaparral border crossing port as they wait to cross i.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 18th, 2021

The Biden administration is mobilizing FEMA amid record numbers of migrant children and teens at the border

FEMA will assist in a 90-day "gove.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytMar 13th, 2021

Record Number Of Migrant Children Sitting In Biden"s Border Patrol "Cages"

Record Number Of Migrant Children Sitting In Biden's Border Patrol 'Cages' A record number of migrant children are being kept in Border .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytMar 9th, 2021

Civil rights groups ask Biden administration to oppose facial recognition

The groups argue the software "would facilitate the mass tracking of each person’s movements in public space — something intolerable in a free and open society.".....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 17th, 2021

Border Patrol Disproves AOC"s "Toilet Water" Claim With Video Tour Of Migrant Detention Center

If AOC's claim that migrant children were forced to drink 'toilet water' at detention facilities along the border soun.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeJul 5th, 2019

The U.S. Should Have Left The U.N. Human Rights Council Years Ago | Opinion

The decision was marred by poor timing—as it was made following criticism of the Trump Administration for border separations......»»

Category: topSource: newsweekJun 21st, 2018

The Trump administration won"t reunite migrant children unless their parents get asylum or agree to be deported

Joe Raedle/Getty The Trump administration will not be reuniting migrant children with their parents being held in detention facilities. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar sa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJun 27th, 2018

U.S. Targets Myanmar Military Over Killings, Human-Rights Abuses

The U.S. announced sanctions on two Myanmar military units and four border guard and police commanders for their alleged roles in ethnic cleansing of religious minority groups, including Rohingya Muslims......»»

Category: topSource: wsjAug 17th, 2018

"We"ve seen this coming": Why migrant children are dying in Border Patrol custody

Catarina Gomez via Associated Press Two young Guatemalan children died in Border Patrol custody in December, prompting an uproar over the conditions of the facilities in which migrants are .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 28th, 2018

Biden Administration Announces $6.6 Billion for Made in America Microchips

The funds for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. mean the company can expand plans for two facilities in Phoenix and add a third. WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administrat.....»»

Category: topSource: timeApr 12th, 2024

The Biden administration moved more than $2 billion earmarked for COVID measures to deal with the influx of migrants at the border

Officials have struggled to respond to the surge of migrants, and this financial reshuffling is part of the White House's attempt to mitigate it. A Border Patro.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 15th, 2021

Israel"s bombing of Gaza apartment buildings could be a war crime, human rights groups warn

Human rights groups have also said Hamas firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel amounts to a war crime. Heavy smoke and fi.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 13th, 2021