immigration

Children cry and plead for their parents at the border in audio released by ProPublica

By Ginger Thompson, ProPublica

ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing as an agent jokes, “We have an orchestra here.”…

How the toxic stress of family separation can harm a child

By Laura Santhanam

While it’s not clear how the political fight about the practice will play out, researchers do know how a traumatic event like being separated from a parent affects a child.

Remember the humanity of immigrants, this poet urges

By Jennifer Hijazi

Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation.

WATCH: Trump defends family separation, falsely blames Democrats for policy

By Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press

Facing rising outrage from some Republicans as well as Democrats over the forced separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump dug in Monday, again falsely blaming Democrats and declaring he would keep the U.S.

WATCH: Jeff Sessions says no one wants to split families

By Associated Press

There is no law that mandates the separation of children from parents at the U.S border. The separations are a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that was rolled out weeks ago.

WATCH: DHS head Nielsen says no apology for separating families

By Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says officials will not apologize for enforcing immigration laws that result in the separation of children from their parents. Nielsen was speaking Monday at the National Sheriff's Association conference in New Orleans.

First lady Melania Trump 'hates' to see families separated

By Associated Press

First lady Melania Trump didn't refer specifically to the Trump administration's "no tolerance" policy, which was leading to a spike in children being separated from their families.

Trump's family separation policy starts dividing Republicans

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the pressure.

Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets…

'Free our children now' -- On the U.S.-Mexico border, activists protest separation of immigrant families

By Vivekae Kim

As families around the country celebrated Father’s Day, immigration activists in Texas on Sunday held a march and vigil to draw attention to recent separations of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.