JUST IN: ICE didn’t say how much migrants would get or when the offer would take effect, but The AP obtained an email to migrant shelters saying children 14 years of age and older would get $2,500 each. Children were given 24 hours to respond.

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Update: DHS shared a response to today’s decision from Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee.

For context, the government initially claimed Guatemalan parents asked for their kids back to be reunited, but they retracted that last week following contradictory evidence.

Legal advocates with Kids in Need of Defense visited Honduras last week and found government officials and nongovernmental organizations working “furiously” to receive as many as 400 children back from the United States.

New: Judge grants preliminary injunction to block Trump admin from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home country.

BUT, he did not expand class to cover Honduran children who attorneys believe are targeted next.

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New: Bottled water sold for $1.21, dismissed medical pleas and faith tested at family detention facility in Dilley, TX

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A week after the U.S. attempted to remove about 80 Guatemalan children in the middle of the night, advocates began hearing they were preparing to do the same this weekend with Honduran children and preemptively sued to block it.

Story ✍️ Leah Willingham

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NEW: Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push.

✍️with @ruskygal and Sonia Pérez D.

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NEW: Two internal emails obtained by AP indicate a policy shift that now allows ICE to show up, interview, and arrest some parents trying to reunite with their children.

Advocates say it’s using kids as bait; the government says it’s necessary vetting.

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Breaking: Judge denied the Trump administration’s request to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement which protects immigrant children in federal custody.

The judge noted the government made improvements, but attributed them to the agreement.

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NEW: A fed judge weighing Trump administration's request to end protections for immigrant children asked the government why time in custody is high despite low crossings.

“It seems counterintuitive that should happen unless it’s willful,” the judge asked.
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As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in the RGV for decades — are unwilling to leave their homes, even for necessary medical care.

✍️: AP’s Amanda Seitz/Jacquelyn Martin

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NEW: Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

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NEW: Immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit to stop ICE officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts for previously scheduled hearings and placing them on a fast-track to deportation.

via AP's Martha Bellisle

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Some tragic news: BP agent from the Rio Grande Valley drowned after saving his children caught in a rip current at SPI.

Update: Hours before the shooting at the McAllen border patrol station, police in Weslaco stopped the gunman’s father who was concerned and looking for his son. He told police he psychological issues and had weapons in his car.

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An apparent immigration enforcement operation at a Laredo warehouse construction site led to chaos Thursday morning, sending people running from the area and crossing a busy highway.

Via @kgnsnews.bsky.social

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The 16 year old is an English speaking Valley resident and cheerleader at her high school before she was arrested at a BP checkpoint during a family spring break roadtrip. She told legal advocates she is trying to keep it together under immense pressure like Luisa from Encanto.

This is the first insight into conditions at these detention centers since they started taking families in March.

One 16 year old from Donna, TX held with her mom and two siblings said an adult pushed her 12 year old sister to try to get bottled water first.

NEW: Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam - these first-hand accounts from immigrant families are offering a glimpse at conditions in TX detention centers. according to court filing.

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Just in: Immigration advocates filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday over the Trump administration’s use of a proclamation that effectively put an end to being able to seek asylum at ports of entry to the United States.

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New: Trump administration investigates border shelters for smuggling, then sends them more immigrants. This time, ICE is releasing adults and families, mostly from internal operations, to shelters in Phoenix, Laredo, & El Paso.

Reporting with @elliotspagat.bsky.social

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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 The Trump Administration just filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, a 1997 landmark court order that protects children in immigration detention. An end to Flores would put kids in danger of indefinite detention and subject them to cruel & inhumane treatment.

Breaking: Federal government just filed to end Flores Settlement Agreement, a policy that has assured migrant children in federal custody are kept in safe conditions since the 90s.

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BREAKING: Moody's strips the U.S. government of top credit rating, saying presidents and lawmakers have failed to reverse rising debts.