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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Immigration courts are speeding up hearings for the tens of thousands of Central American children caught on the U.S. border after criticism that the backlogged system is letting immigrants stay in the country for years while waiting for their cases to be heard.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is summoning Central American leaders to the White House to discuss the influx of young immigrants from their countries to the U.S., hoping to show presidential action even as Congress remains deeply split over proposals to stem the crisis on the border.

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The tens of thousands of Central American children entering the U.S. illegally is both a humanitarian crisis and a national security one, Texas Gov. Rick Perry testified Thursday at a congressional field hearing in South Texas.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Homeland Security buses carrying migrant children and families were rerouted Tuesday to a facility in San Diego after American flag-waving protesters blocked the group from reaching a suburban processing center.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border that she holds little hope that Congress will pass comprehensive immigration reform this year.

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) -- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has made his first visit to the Arizona facility holding hundreds of mostly Central American children caught crossing the border illegally and says he will continue to discourage parents from sending their kids to the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has released into the U.S. an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months - and although the government knows how many it's released, it won't say publicly.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Friday it will open new detention facilities to house immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally, amid a surge from Central America.

New Jersey's largest city will become home to one of the newest immigrant detention centers in the nation.