Aug 10 Watch 8:22 For 7 weeks, Sofi begged to go home. Now reunited, her journey isn’t over By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson, Joshua Barajas, Patty Gorena Morales When a young girl named Sofi and her grandmother came legally to a U.S. immigration checkpoint, they tried to apply for asylum but were separated by U.S. officials. After 47 days, their story took a happier turn late Thursday in… Continue watching
Aug 10 After 47 days of separation, 3-year-old Sofi is back with her family By Amna Nawaz What she couldn’t have known was how difficult it would be to get Sofi back. Continue reading
Aug 09 Judge halts deportation of mother and daughter, threatens Jeff Sessions with contempt By Associated Press The woman — identified in court as Carmen — is a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed this week against the administration by the American Civil Liberties Union over efforts to prevent immigrants from seeking asylum due to domestic and gang… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 8:58 ‘Unacceptable’: Judge rejects government’s plan for reuniting remaining separated families By Amna Nawaz What is the plan to reunite hundreds of parents, many already deported from the U.S., with their children who remain in custody of U.S. immigration officials? The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday submitted widely divergent… Continue watching
Aug 03 U.S., ACLU divide on how to reunify separated families By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday revealed widely divergent plans on how to reunite hundreds of immigrant children with parents who have been deported since the families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Jul 31 Trump administration was warned of ‘traumatic psychological injury’ from family separations, official says By Joshua Barajas A top health official told lawmakers Tuesday that the Trump administration was warned about instituting “any policy” resulting in family separations because of the effects such separations could have on the wellbeing of immigrant children. Continue reading
Jul 31 WATCH: ICE, Border Patrol testify at Senate hearing on family separations By Alan Fram, Associated Press The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT today. Watch it here. Continue reading
Jul 27 There’s no timeline for reuniting hundreds of families who remain separated. What happens now? By Joshua Barajas Here’s a look at the latest numbers and what’s next for families who remain apart. Continue reading
Jul 26 More than 1,800 children reunited with parents after border split, but hundreds remain apart By Elliot Spagat, Colleen Long, Associated Press The Trump administration says hundreds of families still remain apart, signaling a potentially arduous task ahead as it deals with the fallout of its "zero tolerance" policy on people entering the U.S. illegally. Continue reading
Jul 26 Separated parents unknowingly gave up reunification rights, lawyers say By Joshua Barajas In more than a dozen testimonies provided in court Wednesday, migrant parents separated from their children at the border said they were pressured by immigration officials to sign forms waiving their reunification rights in a “coercive and misleading manner.”… Continue reading