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
Jul 26 Watch 5:29 As the government races to reunite eligible separated families, uncertainty hangs over those limbo Thursday is the court-ordered deadline for the U.S. government to reunite more than 2,500 children between the ages of 5 and 17 were held in government custody as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, In an even.ng… Continue watching
Jul 26 Today is the deadline to reunite all separated families. Where do things stand? By Joshua Barajas The government is aiming to reunite about 64 percent of the 2,551 separated minors older than 5 by Thursday, a goal it said it would meet. But the administration, when saying this, is focusing only on those “eligible” for reunification. Continue reading
Jul 19 The Trump administration’s plan for reunifying 2,500 separated minors By Joshua Barajas The Trump administration has until July 26 to reunite the roughly 2,500 children between 5 and 17 who were separated from their parents at the border. Here's how the government says it will achieve that. Continue reading
Jul 18 Infants summoned for deportation under family separation, federal data shows By Christina Jewett, Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News The number of infants under age 1 involved has been rising — up threefold from 24 infants in the fiscal year that ended last Sept. 30, and 46 infants the year before. Continue reading
Jul 16 Judge temporarily halts deportation of reunified families By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to any deportations of immigrant families who were reunited after being separated by the Trump administration at the border. Continue reading
Jul 16 ‘I want you to come now, Mami.’ A 3-year-old calls her mother from detention By Amna Nawaz Listen to 3-year-old Sofi call her mother, after she was separated from her family more than three weeks ago while seeking legal asylum at the U.S. border. Continue reading