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Rosia Ramirez Penaloza and her children fled gang violence in southern Mexico. They're staying in a makeshift tent in San Luis Río Colorado as they wait for a chance to apply for asylum at the port of entry.

Behind The Border 'Crisis': More Migrant Families Risk Dangerous Remote Crossings

7:30pm February 15, 2019

by Joel Rose

Large groups of migrants are crossing isolated parts of the Southwest border. Border Patrol agents call it a crisis, and advocates say immigration officials underestimate the migrants' desperation.

President Trump delivers remarks about border security in the Rose Garden at the White House on Friday.

As Trump Declares National Emergency To Fund Border Wall, Democrats Promise A Fight

6:43pm February 15, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

The president invoked emergency powers to free up more money than Congress had allowed in its spending deal. House Democrats are launching an investigation into his decision.

Trump's National Emergency Declaration Is Likely To Face Constitutionality Challenges

6:34pm February 15, 2019

by Nina Totenberg

When President Trump declared a national emergency for border wall funding Friday, he said he expected legal challenges. The central question will likely revolve around constitutionality.

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Gracie Garcia poses for a photo in her backyard in Los Indios, near San Benito, Texas. The border wall was built about 10 years ago on Garcia's property, and she says she has not been paid for it.

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In The Rio Grande Valley, Residents Prepare For Construction Of A New Border Wall

6:16pm February 15, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

With President Trump's emergency declaration, residents of the Rio Grande Valley know that a new border wall is coming to their region. Some welcome the construction, while others say it's not needed.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday that it was implementing new guidelines to identify minors in spousal and fiancée visas.

U.S. Agency Tightens Immigration Rules To Spotlight Child Marriage

6:07pm February 15, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released new rules for officers to identify visa petitions in which spouses are minors. No minimum age requirement for such requests currently exists.

Roger Stone leaves federal court on Feb. 1. The judge in his case has imposed a gag order on attorneys and others.

Federal Judge Imposes Gag Order In Roger Stone Case

5:57pm February 15, 2019

by Philip Ewing

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that lawyers and others in the case must refrain from statements that risk creating "material prejudice" but neither they nor Stone must keep completely silent.

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Iraqi Nationals See Immigration Cases Expedited Under Trump Administration

5:29pm February 15, 2019

by Chas Sisk

Immigration enforcement has increased under President Trump. As the pace of deportations has quickened, Iraqi nationals have seen their cases expedited even as their immigration status remains murky.

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Iran Intelligence Expert Discusses Iran's Efforts To Spy On The U.S.

5:29pm February 15, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Heather Williams, an Iran intelligence expert at the Rand Corporation, about the former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer charged with spying for Iran.

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Newly sworn-in U.S. citizens rise from their seats during a 2018 naturalization ceremony in Alexandria, Va.

Supreme Court To Decide Whether 2020 Census Will Include Citizenship Question

5:04pm February 15, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The high court agreed to a speedy review of a lower court's ruling that stopped Trump administration plans to use the census to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen.

Voting results are displayed on a whiteboard just after midnight on Nov. 8, 2016, in Dixville Notch, N.H., the first polling place in the country to vote since 1960.

'First In The Nation' Voting Site Under Scrutiny For Alleged Election Law Violations

4:54pm February 15, 2019

by Casey McDermott

Since 1960, citizens in a tiny New Hampshire hamlet have gathered at midnight to cast the first official ballots in the presidential race under the gaze of TV cameras.