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Taking Children From Immigrant Parents Is ‘Brutal, Offensive,’ Federal Judge Rules

Jun 7, 2018 — By Robert Moore

A ruling allows a woman featured on our site, who was reunited with her son after months of separation, to sue federal government to stop the practice.

Mother and Son Are Reunited After Months of Separation by Immigration Authorities

Jun 5, 2018 — By Robert Moore

They had entered the U.S. illegally, seeking asylum from an abusive home, and were completely unaware they would be separated.

The Confrontation on the Bridge, and a New Tactic in the War Against Immigrants

Jun 5, 2018 — By Carlos Sanchez

Last weekend, border agents turned away legal asylum-seekers on the U.S.-Mexico border. In a 'Texas Monthly Reporter' podcast, reporter Robert Moore discusses this tactic and its effect on those being turned away.

In the Bin

Dec 1, 1976 — By Edward Snow

A schizophrenic’s own story of his tour through asylums from Bellevue to Texas.

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