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Leaders from 6 Western states speak: Fix broken immigration system

Leaders in six Western states, including Utah, conducted simultaneous news conferences Tuesday afternoon. Ref. Source 9

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US alarm at growing number of illegal child migrants:

President Barack Obama has described the growing influx of unaccompanied children migrating to the United States as an "Urgent humanitarian situation". Latest estimates say as many as 60,000 children, mostly from Central America and Mexico, will enter the US illegally this year. Ref. Source 9

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Immigrant Children Raped, Punched, Kicked in US Border Patrol Custody:

Children say they have been punched, kicked and raped while in custody, in a complaint with more than 100 allegations. Others say they were fed only frozen sandwiches, forced to drink toilet tank water or forced to use toilets in front of other detainees. Ref. Source 9

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President says Republicans will "Block a vote" On immigration bill for the rest of the year, so he is vowing to take new executive actions on his own to address immigration issues. In a Rose Garden statement Monday, Obama said he will move federal resources to the border and take other unilateral steps this year. "The only thing I can't do is stand by and do nothing," He said. Ref. USAToday

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U.S. Weighs refugee status for youth from Honduras

Plan would involve screening youth in Honduras to see if they qualify for refugee status. Ref. Source 1

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Where unaccompanied migrant minors find homes

An interactive graphic shows where unaccompanied immigrant minors find a home Ref. Source 5

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House Republican leaders canceled a vote on the Republican border funding bill today after failing to muster enough GOP support to pass it.

This ensures that Congress will go on its five-week recess without sending the President legislation to address what both parties agree is a humanitarian crisis along the southern border.

The House GOP bill would have approved $659 million for the border crisis - already dramatically cut back from the Obama administration's $3.7 billion request - and it would have added policy provisions strongly opposed by Democrats.

Facing a wall of Democratic opposition to the measure, GOP leaders were relying on Republicans for approval. But many in their caucus, mostly conservatives, argued against approving any new money and said they believe the measure didn't go far enough in putting restrictions on the President from using his executive authority to allow illegal immigrants to stay. Ref. CNN

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A $2.7 billion Democratic plan to respond to the immigrant influx from Central America failed in a Senate procedural vote.

The Senate vote follows House GOP leaders' earlier decision to postpone the start of their August break to see if they could get support for their own border bill.

The Senate has no plans to stay, meaning Congress would go on recess for five weeks without sending the President legislation to address what both parties say is a humanitarian crisis. Ref. CNN