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Javier, a 30 year old from Honduras, holds his 4-year old-son William during a July news conference in New York after they were reunited after being separated for 55 days following their detention at the Texas border. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Nation Jan 18

Why we may never know the true number of family separations

By Joshua Barajas

Nation Oct 16

Anita Areli Ramirez Mejia, an asylum seeker from Honduras separated from her six year-old son Jenri near the Mexico-U.S. border, is reunited with him in Harlingen, Texas, in July. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters
What new family separation policy is Trump considering?

More than 60 migrant children remain in U.S. custody after being separated from their parents under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, according to the latest update from the government.

By Amna Nawaz, Joshua Barajas

Politics Oct 03

Walter Armando Jimenez Melendez, an asylum seeker from El Salvador, arrives with his four year-old son Jeremy at La Posada Providencia shelter in San Benito, Texas, shortly after he said they were reunited following separation since late May while in detention. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters
Officials were ‘not fully prepared’ to handle family separations at border, new report says

A government watchdog report made public confirms what many media outlets, immigration lawyers and advocates have said for months after the Trump administration rolled out its "zero tolerance" policy earlier this spring: Officials were not prepared.

By Joshua Barajas, Amna Nawaz

Nation Sep 21

Dunia, an asylum seeker from Honduras, is reunited with her five-year-old son Wilman at Brownsville South Padre International Airport in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., following their separation of more than five weeks through the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters
Fewer than 200 migrant children remain separated from their parents

Judge Dana Sabraw said this case is on track to come "to some meaningful closure in the not-to-distant future.” But the ACLU warned there were “communication breakdowns” with some of the remaining reunifications.

By Joshua Barajas

Nation Sep 07

Undocumented immigrant families are released from detention at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters
More than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here’s what we know

Amid the ongoing reunification effort for these migrant families was Thursday's news of the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to change the longstanding Flores agreement, which requires the government to hold immigrant children in the "least restrictive setting" and generally…

By Joshua Barajas

Aug 31

Nearly 500 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here’s what we know

By Joshua Barajas

"I'd want to know what person is behind the number," a federal judge said Friday, saying that there's a need to make sure there's real clarity and precision in keeping track of every parent that's no longer in the U.S.

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Aug 24

More than 500 migrant children are still separated from their parents

By Joshua Barajas

The numbers only improved slightly from what the federal government reported last week.

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Aug 13

How these moms are helping reunite immigrant families

By Larisa Epatko

To Julie Schwietert Collazo, a freelance writer who lives in New York, it was an opportunity to help immigrant families who had been separated at the border.

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Aug 03

Immigrant parents fight chaotic system for their children

By Nomaan Merchant, Julie Watson, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press

HOUSTON — The U.S. government's improvised system to reunite immigrant families it separated at the border has left hundreds of parents in limbo after they were deemed "ineligible" to get their children back.

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Jul 25

Tears, hugs and help: Church groups assist reunited families

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — The immigrant parents arrived at Catholic Charities in white vans with their children, their paperwork and almost nothing else.

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