Jun 24 Watch News Wrap: Homeland Security sends agents to address child migrant crisis By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, 115 Homeland Security agents were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley to handle a surge of thousands of undocumented children at the U.S. border. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said another 150 agents may… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Why so many migrant children are braving the journey across the U.S. border alone By PBS News Hour Hoping to stop the surge of unaccompanied minors arriving in the U.S., Vice President Biden visited Guatemala to get support from Central American leaders. The NewsHour’s P.J. Tobia reports on why kids are coming and what happens to these child… Continue watching
Jun 20 No country for lost kids By P. J. Tobia A record number of children from Central America are crossing the Mexico-U.S. border unaccompanied by a parent. Many of them are fleeing drug violence at home, but here in the United States, they’re faced with a new set of challenges… Continue reading
Jun 10 Surge of children apprehended at border overwhelms ill-equipped facilities By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras The federal government is scrambling to house a surge of Central American migrant children traveling alone across the border. These children are supposed to be held in Department of Homeland Security custody fewer than 72 hours before they’re transferred to… Continue reading