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Families are still being separated at the border, months after “zero tolerance” was reversed

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Immigration rally in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

For a 6-year-old snared in the immigration maze, a memorized phone number proves a lifeline

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A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (Getty/John Moore)

Listen: Border agent jokes as migrant children are separated from their parents

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In 2014, Mexican federal police fly over the Balsas River near the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Castillo)

Top lawmakers call for investigation of DEA-led unit in Mexico

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DEA operation played hidden role in the disappearance of five innocent Mexicans

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Trump’s plan gets worse: Deport to Mexico immigrants crossing border illegally, regardless of nationality

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