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An immigration activists hold signs against family separation during a rally to protest against the Trump Administration's...

Nation Aug 13

How a Trump-era policy that separated thousands of migrant families came to pass

Nation Mar 05

Watch 6:34
Why it was so difficult for HHS to reunite separated migrant families

A new watchdog report reveals troubling details about how the U.S. government handled the separation of migrant families as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. The litany of failures includes communication breakdown, lack of planning and insufficient…

Health Jan 28

Why family separation is growing into a ‘global crisis’

War, disasters, trafficking and immigration are tearing millions of children from their parents all around the world. A psychologist explores how to help them recover.

By Katherine Ellison, Knowable Magazine

World Oct 25

Watch 13:36
News Wrap: Federal judge orders Justice Department to turn over Mueller information

In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge in Washington ruled that the House impeachment inquiry is legal and ordered the Department of Justice to share secret grand jury testimony from the Mueller report with House investigators. Also, more children…

Nation Jul 30

Migrants wait to apply for asylum in the United States outside the El Chaparral border in Tijuana, Mexico July 24, 2019. Photo by: Carlos Jasso/Reuters
ACLU: Over 900 children were separated from their families after court order to stop

The group said 911 children had been separated from their families from June 28, 2018, to June 29 of this year.

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Apr 26

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ACLU calls six-month deadline for identifying separated families ‘absolutely critical’

A DHHS inspector general’s report found it likely thousands more children and parents were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border than previously thought. The Trump administration said it needed up to two years to identify the families, but a federal court…

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Feb 26

Watch 6:59
What we learned from congressional hearing on family separations

Tuesday’s hearing over child separations at the border, held in front of the House Judiciary Committee, elicited heated debates and strong public reactions, as representatives from several government agencies attempted to answer congressional inquiry over the controversial immigration policy. Amna…

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Jan 17

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Report: Number of families separated at the border unknown due to bad bookkeeping

The inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services paints the most detailed picture to date of the Trump administration's actions to separate immigrant families at the southern border. The report found that the government was separating children…

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Sep 18

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Deported father agonizes over getting his 6-year-old daughter back

In rural Honduras, a separated family is desperate for answers about their little girl. After crossing illegally into the U.S. in June, 6-year-old Marianita was sent to a children's shelter as her father was deported without his daughter. More than…

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Aug 17

Watch 6:48
Immigrant families still separated face ‘tough choices,’ trauma

According to the latest numbers filed by the Trump administration, 565 children separated from their parents at the U.S. border remain in government custody. Amna Nawaz speaks with Lee Gelernt of the American Civil Liberties Union about the challenges of…

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