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. Continue reading
Aug 17 24 migrant children under age 5 remain separated from their parents, new court filing says By Joshua Barajas At the heart of Friday’s hearing was the question of whether this next wave of reunifications would occur in families’ home countries or in the U.S. Continue reading
Aug 16 Little progress made to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children, subcommittee says By Patty Gorena Morales In the past six years, more than 200,000 unaccompanied migrant children have entered the U.S. and been placed into the “UAC” program. Both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services administer the children’s placement… Continue reading
Aug 15 What happens when migrant children are deported home By Joshua Barajas Central American migrant children face intensified violence and poverty when they're deported back to their home countries, according to a new UNICEF report released today. Continue reading
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