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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, immigration advocates hold a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, denied the Trump administration's unusual request to overrule a judge who kept alive a program that shields young immigrants from deportation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The DACA deadline that wasn't

It was supposed to be a make-or-break moment. But DACA's official end date has become little more than a symbolic marker.
In this photo taken April 28, 2011, Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant and student at Kennesaw State University, is seen during a media interview at her lawyer's office in Atlanta. Colotl was arrested last year after a traffic stop and threatened with deportation only to have her case deferred for a year to allow her to finish her coursework. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Face of 'Dreamers' wins temporary protection

Jessica Colotl says her life flew into turmoil after US officials revoked her protection from deportation last month. She couldn't work. She was scared to drive. And at any moment she feared she could be deported to Mexico.
Miriam, 39, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, poses for a portrait at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Miriam, a housekeeper and cook with three children, recently filed paperwork giving her oldest son guardian wrights over the other children in case something happens and she is detained or deported. Mike Belleme for CNN

'Folks don't feel safe'

In this city, people on both sides of the immigration debate have one thing in common: fear.
At the US-Canada border, there's no fencing and little police attention.

The other border

Pass through the pews of Our Lady of Guadalupe church and you'll get a glimpse of this country's newest immigrants.
LUMPKIN, GA - MAY 4: The Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Immigrant detainee dies in ICE custody

Federal authorities are investigating after an immigrant who was facing possible deportation apparently committed suicide in his cell at a Georgia detention center.
FILE - In this Monday, April 17, 2017 file photo, state Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow is pictured on the House floor in Oklahoma City. Ritze told News9 in an interview that the newly created Republican Platform Caucus believes the state could save $60 million if it would identify what the caucus believes is 82,000 non-English speaking students "and then turn them over" to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to determine if they are citizens. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Oklahoma rep's proposal: Turn kids over to ICE

Fellow Republicans are distancing themselves from an Oklahoma lawmaker's proposed solution to state budget problems: turning kids who are learning English over to immigration authorities.

Trump's speech disheartens deported mom's kids

The two teenagers listened warily from their seats in gallery 3, row D of the House chamber as US President Donald Trump boasted of his administration's progress in cracking down on illegal immigration.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order for border security and immigration enforcement improvements, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at the Homeland Security Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Key points in Trump's immigration executive orders

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders on immigration and border security, which included his campaign promises of building a wall and substantially stepping up deportations and immigration enforcement.
EL PASO, TEXAS - May 25, 2016: "When she gave me the bear, she told me she would always be with me," Yadira Lozano Odio, 31, said, her eyes welling up with tears as she described the moment she said goodbye to her best friend in Santiago de Cuba. Lozano keeps a necklace wrapped around the small stuffed panda — a gift from another close friend. The necklace, she said, was blessed by a priest in her friend's church. At the Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care, CEO, Pastor and Director Rev. Karl Heimer, welcomes Cubans to stay in his shelter. "These are people who are professionals and they will add to our society," Rev. Heimer, a Cuban himself, said. Hundreds of Cuban refugees have been pouring into El Paso, Tex. daily, arriving by plane into Juarez, Mexico and walking across the border to El Paso. The flights began on May 9, and ceased on May 25, 2016. Ilana Panich-Linsman for CNN.com

Last flight, first steps

Rubén Lorenzo Peláez circles the chair like a ninja, silently shifting from one foot to the other.
Fourteen-year-old Jesús and his mother, Angelica, will travel through 10 cities and six states to reunite with the boy's father. Their family has been separated for more than 12 years.

Getting there

It is a powerful need: to see the man who shaped your life from afar for almost 13 years. For 14-year-old Jesús and his mother, it was enough to propel them on a dangerous and illegal journey. They made it to America. But what happens next?
Jesús worries about immigration raids after he read a story on a computer he has at home on January 12, 2016.

Beyond the border: Life in limbo

Jesús sits beside his parents, staring at the walls of the packed waiting room as he searches for hints of what the future holds.
Children who arrive at the bus station receive donated toys that they take with them on their journeys.

Crossroads of hope and fear

A mother and daughter lean against the bus station wall, huddled together under a cream-colored blanket. Their eyes droop as exhaustion sets in.

'The mayor for everybody'

Paul Bridges leans toward his desk, picks up the phone and punches in a number with the fast, laser focus of a man on a mission.

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