Jul 10 New holding center for migrant children opens in Texas By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The Department of Health and Human Services said about 225 children are being held at the site in Carrizo Springs, with plans to expand to as many as 1,300, making it one of the biggest camps in the U.S. government… Continue reading
Jul 08 UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by conditions in U.S. for migrants By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Monday that children should never be held in immigration detention facilities or separated from their families. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 12:22 David Brooks and Karen Tumulty on Trump’s July 4 event, 2020 Democrats New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty join Judy Woodruff to analyze the week’s political news, including President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration, political and cultural implications of the crowded detention centers on the U.S.-Mexico… Continue watching
Jul 02 Rep. Castro shares video of migrants held at border facility By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said in an interview that he had no second thoughts about taking and sharing the images after officials had asked the lawmakers on a facility tour to leave their cellphones behind. Continue reading
Jun 26 Wayfair workers protest furniture sale to detention center By Alexandra Olson, Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Employees at online home furnishings retailer Wayfair walked out Wednesday to protest the company's decision to sell $200,000 worth of furniture to a government contractor that runs a detention center for migrant children in Texas. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 4:37 A firsthand report of ‘inhumane conditions’ at a migrant children’s detention facility The Associated Press details grave conditions inside a Texas migrant detention facility where 250 infants, children and teenagers were being held without adequate food, water or sanitation during a recent visit. Warren Binford, a law professor at Willamette University, joins… Continue watching
Jun 21 Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility By Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Lawyers 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. Continue reading
Jun 17 Overcrowding and abuse witnessed at Mexico migrant detention center By Maria Verza, Associated Press Siglo XXI, said to be the largest immigration detention center in Latin America, is a secretive place off-limits to public scrutiny where cellphones are confiscated and journalists aren't allowed inside. Continue reading
Aug 13 State probe says treatment of immigrant teens not abuse By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press State investigators concluded the harsh treatment described by detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state’s legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch Immigration lawyer helps detainees in New Mexico know their rights By PBS News Hour A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday, charging immigration officials with violating the due process rights of detainees held at a New Mexico detention center. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery talked Laura Lichter -- with… Continue watching