Garance’s Recent Stories
Nation Jun 14
Premature baby and teenage mother held in immigration detention facilityImmigrant advocates say baby should not have been kept in the overcrowded McAllen, Texas processing facility and should have instead been in a neonatal unit.
Nation Jun 11
Prosecutors crack down on clergy abuse as bishops gather for conferenceFor decades, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were largely left to police their own. But now, as American bishops gather for a conference to confront the reignited sex-abuse crisis this week, they're facing the most scrutiny ever from secular…
Nation Jun 06
U.S. opens new mass shelter in Texas for migrant childrenThe federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military bases around the country, adding a total of 3,000 new beds to the already overtaxed system.
Nation Jan 31
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strikeFederal immigration officials are force-feeding six immigrants through plastic nasal tubes during a hunger strike that's gone on for a month inside a Texas detention facility, The Associated Press has learned.
Nation Dec 19
More migrant kids held in mass shelters, AP investigation findsDecades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed most of the 14,300 migrant children in its care in detention centers and facilities packed with hundreds,…
Politics Nov 29
Lawmakers call for greater protections for migrant teens in U.S. detention campMore than 2,300 teens are being held at the remote tent city in Tornillo, Texas, which opened in June. Lawmakers on Thursday called for stricter background checks, more mental health support and a public hearing to further investigate problems.
Nation Aug 09
For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruitsThe U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily.
Politics Jul 16
Jared Kushner’s family firm accused of pushing out tenantsMore than a dozen current and former residents of the building told The Associated Press that they believe the Kushner Cos.' relentless construction was part of a campaign to push tenants out of rent-stabilized apartments and bring high-paying condo buyers…
Nation Jul 05
AP Report: U.S. Army is quietly discharging immigrant recruitsThe AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose…
Nation Jun 21
Immigrant children allege abuse at Virginia detention centerMultiple detainees say guards at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center near Staunton, Virginia, stripped them of their clothes and strapped them to chairs with bags placed over their heads.
