family separations

A year after a federal judge ordered an end to family separations, the ACLU says the practice continues. The government says it is allowed to consider a parent's health or criminal history.

The government lost track of thousands of kids it had separated from families trying to cross at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now the administration has six months to find them.

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's ruling expanded the number of families potentially eligible for relief under a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

With government shelters across the country nearing capacity, officials are considering a range of options from releasing the children more quickly to building more tent cities.

The Department of Defense plans to start building tent encampments on two military bases in Texas to house migrant families apprehended at the border.