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Ever Reyes Mejia, of Honduras, carries his son to a vehicle after being reunited and released by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

Judge To Hear Update On Effort To Find Parents Already Deported Or Released

A federal judge in San Diego Friday will hear an update on the government's effort to find parents who have been deported or released back into the United States after being separated from their children at the border as part of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy on illegal immigration.

In mentioning voting in her Democratic response to the State of the Union, Stacey Abrams, pictured on election night in 2018, voiced what was already becoming increasingly clear: Elections will be a key part of Democratic messaging in the coming years.

Ahead Of 2020 Election, Voting Rights Becomes A Key Issue For Democrats

Whether the party's focus on voting issues has an effect on the nuts and bolts of the next presidential election remains to be seen.

President Trump in January 2018. On Friday, a federal judge ruled the administration has not provided adequate justification for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Fully Restore DACA

It's the third federal court to rule that the government had failed to justify its decision to end the program. The administration has 20 days to appeal, before immigrant protections are reinstated.

A group of civil rights and faith leaders sent a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray asking him to take seriously the threat of white nationalism.

Civil Rights And Faith Leaders To FBI: Take White Nationalist Violence Seriously

Civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with the FBI director. The message: time to prioritize white nationalist violence.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg stands for a portrait in Washington D.C.

Buttigieg Proposes Broad Plan To Counter Racial Inequality

Struggling to resolve racial tensions in South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg exclusively shared with NPR his "Douglass Plan," named for the famed abolitionist. He compares it to the Marshall Plan.

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, a GPS bracelet is seen on the ankle of an inmate attending a discussion about living in sobriety at the Male Community Re-entry Program in Oroville, Calif. California's attempt to ease prison inmates transition back into the community is coming at a price, as an increasing number of prisoners simply walk away. Facilities like the one in Butte County, and in similar programs elsewhere are lightly guarded and inmates wear GPS bracelets that show their locations.

Community Programs For California Inmates Bring More Escapes

California's attempt to ease inmates back into the community is coming at a price: more prisoners, some with violent convictions, walking away before their time is up.

A member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo, Texas, in this 2011 photo. President Trump is calling for troops on the southern border, something the last five presidents have all done.

California Guard Says Federal Funding Approved Even As Trump Tweets Criticism

Just hours after President Donald Trump vowed not to pay for the California National Guard deployment that Gov. Jerry Brown announced this week, the Guard said it’s received written confirmation of federal funding from the Pentagon.

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Deportation Of 1,400 Iraqis Nationwide

An order that initially covered Iraqi nationals with criminal convictions in the Detroit area now applies to the U.S. The judge said they could face "grave consequences" if returned to Iraq.

Grounded Gol Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft at Boeing facilities in Moses Lake, Wash., last month

Safety Experts Slam Boeing And FAA For Design And Approval Of 737 Max Jets

Two of the planes crashed, killing hundreds. The review panel finds that Boeing withheld critical details about a flawed new automated system, and the regulators lacked expertise to find the problem.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Executive Associate Director of Enforcement And Removal Operations Matthew Albence, testifies as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts, on Capitol Hill on July 31, 2018.

Lawmakers Question Trump Officials On Family Separation Policy

As the federal government tries to undo its migrant family separation policy, Trump administration officials faced tough questioning Tuesday from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

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