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Hundreds gather at New York's LaGuardia Airport as separated migrant children arrive

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Hundreds of New Yorkers went to LaGuardia Airport to show support for migrant children flown in under the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" border policy. Earlier on Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order to stop more children being separated from their parents at the Mexican border.

See images from the overnight protest at LaGuardia Airport, where hundreds turned out after reports that migrant children were still arriving on flights from Texas

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Happening NOW at LaGuardia Airport in NYC: citizens gathering to greet kids separated from their parents by the Trump administration

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Why would we be bringing children hundreds of miles away from where there parents were detained???? Come to LGA now - terminal B Arrivals near Door 4A. Bear witness and let these kids know we are fighting for them.

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Terminals are packed with HUNDREDS of NYers who showed up in solidarity for children, with messages of love, singing in Spanish, “Cielito Lindo”.

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HAPPENING NOW: Children being flown thousands of miles away from their families & parents into NY's Laguardia Airport. So many questions. Why? Where are they coming from? What airline is flying them in? Where will they be taken? How old are they? Who will take care of them? Why?

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Scene at Terminal B Arrivals at LGA as NYers prepare to welcome any additional immigrant children who may arrive at this airport tonight. Incredibly rapid response from

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Welcoming committee for migrant kids in NYC sings "Nosotros venceremos/We shall overcome"

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Growing group of New Yorkers at LaGuardia Terminal B to show support for children separated from their parents by the Trump Administration.

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terminal B we are on our way now to terminal D

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New Yorkers get over to La Guardia, Terminal B (Southwest Airlines) together

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Organizer at LaGuardia airport solidarity protest says they hear some flights are being rerouted to Newark, NJ. No more flights with children coming to LGA Terminal B. Some may be in terminal D

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Am at LaGuardia airport with fellow New Yorkers to greet and witness immigrant children arrivals.

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It's now 1:53am here in NYC and the crowd at LaGuardia is standing strong to say

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Several dozen activists are at Terminal C at Laguardia awaiting the rumored arrival of minors on a flight out of Houston, TX

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Looks like no kids on that flight, but activists pledge to return to LGA as long as migrant childr n separated from their families are brought to New York

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Exclusive: 17 children separated from parents are being housed at NY facility, where they "just want to know their parents are OK"

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"We want to keep families together," President Trump said when announcing he's going to sign an order to end family separation at the US-Mexico border.

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Update: According to government officials, President Trump's order will not reunite the estimated 2,300 already-separated migrant children with their families.

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"We can enforce our immigration laws without breaking families apart."— House Speaker Paul Ryan during a press conference. The House is expected to vote on a bill that addresses family separations at the Mexican border.

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