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 Why the government doesn't always know what happens to unaccompanied migrant children By Patty Gorena Morales There are a number of issues with the government's program for unaccompanied migrant children, according to senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs investigations subcommittee. Here's a look at four of them. 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 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. Continue reading
Aug 13 State probe says treatment of immigrant teens not abuse By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press State investigators concluded the harsh treatment described by detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state’s legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 10:28 Have au pairs been exploited as a cheap source of labor? By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Thousands of young people are admitted each year to the U.S. as cultural exchange participants through the J-1 visa program, often to work as live-in childcare providers known as au pairs. Now, a lawsuit lodged on behalf of 90,000 current… Continue watching
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 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 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. Continue reading
Aug 03 Former Marine's wife leaves for Mexico after failing to stop deportation By Mike Schneider, Associated Press After exhausting all her options to stop her deportation, Alejandra Juarez chose to leave for Mexico rather than be sent off in handcuffs. Continue reading