Garance’s Recent Stories
Nation Sep 04
Separated migrant children suffered trauma, watchdog report findsThe children showed more fear, feelings of abandonment and post-traumatic stress symptoms than children who were not separated.
Nation Aug 16
Migrant kids separated at border faced abuse in foster homesDozens of families are now preparing to sue the federal government, including several who say their young children were sexually, physically or emotionally abused in federally funded foster care.
Nation Jun 21
Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facilityLawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there's inadequate food, water and sanitation for the 250 infants, children and teens at the Border Patrol station.
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.
