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Facebook Fundraiser For Immigrant Legal Fees Soars To $17 Million

5:14pm June 23, 2018

Dave and Charlotte Willner started a fundraiser to raise $1,500 for the nonprofit RAICES. They've now raised close to $20 million. Michel Martin asks them about how they far exceeded their original goal.

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Mexicans Protest U.S. Immigration Policy

7:18am June 22, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

As Mexico prepares for national elections, the Trump administration's migrant detention policy is fueling a debate about the future of the country's relationship with the U.S.

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Venezuela Tries To Convince Investors That It's The Land Of Opportunity

5:59am June 21, 2018

by John Otis

Venezuela is suffering hyperinflation, shortages of food and medicine and a mass exodus. But while the socialist government is trying to promote the country, it inadvertently highlights shortcomings.

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Hillary Clinton (from left), Michelle Obama, Melania Trump, Rosalynn Carter and Laura Bush all have expressed their concern about migrant children being torn from parents at the Mexico border.

First Ladies Unite Against Separating Children At Border

2:35pm June 19, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

All of the living former first ladies, and Melania Trump, have come out against the practice of placing children away from their parents at the border in an effort to curb illegal crossings.

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Central Americans React To Trump's Zero-Tolerance Border Policy

7:56am June 19, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

Central American leaders have been mostly quiet about the immigration policy of separating families on the U.S.-Mexico border. Central American citizens have been vocal in their opposition.

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Morning News Brief

5:44am June 19, 2018

The White House is using the separation of migrant children from their parents at the border to pressure Democrats on immigration legislation. The president threatens tariffs on more Chinese goods.

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Colombia's President-elect Ivan Duque celebrates his victory in the presidential runoff election, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday. Duque defeated Gustavo Petro, a former leftist rebel and ex-Bogota mayor.

Colombia Elects Right-Wing Populist Ivan Duque As President

3:02pm June 18, 2018

by Emma Bowman

The young former senator won the first election since a peace accord ended the country's 50-year-old rebel war. Duque, who defeated former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro, promised to overhaul the accord.

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Colombians Elect Right-Wing Populist Duque As President

11:41am June 18, 2018

by John Otis

Ivan Duque won the presidency of Colombia Sunday. The conservative campaigned against the peace process with the leftist FARC movement. Duque defeated former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro.

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Backlash Grows Against Trump Policy Of Separating Families At The Border

6:49am June 18, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Children are being taken from parents who have crossed illegally into the U.S. Republicans introduced a bill that would end the practice, but it would require Democrats to agree to fund a border wall.

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A relative of one of the victims of the nightclub waits outside the morgue in Caracas on Saturday.

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17 Die After Tear Gas Leads To Stampede In Caracas Nightclub

6:32am June 17, 2018

by James Doubek

The country's interior minister said someone set off a tear gas canister after a fight broke out inside the nightclub, where more than 500 people were gathered for a graduation celebration.