Jul 30 Lawyers say Border Patrol is only transferring migrants once it’s sued By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Lawyers say they have noticed a pattern: Adults are detained in packed Border Patrol cells only to be moved within hours once the government is sued on their behalf. Continue reading
Jul 26 Trump says Guatemala signing deal to restrict asylum cases By Associated Press The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require migrants, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, who cross into Guatemala on their way to the U.S. to apply for protections in Guatemala instead of at the U.S. border. Continue reading
Jul 23 Trump threatens Guatemala after its court blocks asylum deal with U.S. By Jill Colvin, Sonia Perez D., Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Negotiations over a potential deal ended when Guatemala's Constitutional Court granted three injunctions preventing that country's president from entering into a deal. Continue reading
Jul 10 WATCH: Asylum-seeker tells House she came to U.S. seeking safety, but watched her daughter die By Colleen Long, Associated Press Yazmin Juárez, a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum who appeared before a House panel Wednesday, said she testified because she wanted everyone to know about conditions in ICE detention. "I do not want more children to suffer."… Continue reading
Jun 17 Former first lady leads vote count in Guatemala presidential election By Sonia Perez D., Associated Press Sandra Torres has 24 percent of the vote, but a runoff ballot appears likely. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 4:28 Why Trump wants to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen recently declared a "compact” with El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, aiming to reduce their migration to the U.S. But since then, the Trump administration said it will cut aid to those countries, including to programs… Continue watching
Dec 31 AP fact check: Trump’s false claims on migrant child deaths By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump twisted circumstances behind the deaths of two migrant Guatemalan children to insulate his administration from any blame, contending without justification that they were in dire health before they reached the border. Here's a look at the president's… Continue reading
Dec 27 AP: Father of boy who died in U.S. custody heard rumors they could cross border By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press After hearing the rumors, Agustin Gomez thought he should take advantage of "the opportunity" to fulfill his son's dreams. He grabbed a few changes of clothing, bought the boy new shoes and left with what money he had, the boy's… Continue reading
Dec 25 Another Guatemalan child has died in immigration custody, officials say By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The boy showed "signs of potential illness" on Monday and was taken with his father to a hospital, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. He was diagnosed with a cold and a fever, was given prescriptions and released Monday afternoon. Continue reading
Oct 22 Trump says he’s reducing Central American aid over migrants By Associated Press President Donald Trump says the U.S. will begin "cutting off, or substantially reducing" aid to three Central American nations over a migrant caravan heading to the U.S. southern border. Continue reading