migrant children

Judge says Trump’s migrant child detention rules go against Flores agreement

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials detain a migrant woman and children, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, after they crossed illegally with other migrants from Mexico to the U.S, at International Friendship Park, in San Diego, U.S., December 9, 2018. Picture taken from Tijuana, Mexico. Photo By Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Separated migrant children suffered trauma, watchdog report finds

The children showed more fear, feelings of abandonment and post-traumatic stress symptoms than children who were not separated.

By Colleen Long, Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press

A girl from Central America rests on thermal blankets at a detention facility run by the U.S. Border Patrol on September 8, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. The Border Patrol opened the holding center to temporarily house the children after tens of thousands of families and unaccompanied minors from Central America crossed the border illegally into the United States during the spring and summer. Although the flow of underage immigrants has since slowed greatly, thousands of them are now housed in centers around the United States as immigration courts process their cases. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

19 states sue over Trump’s rule change on migrant detention

Nineteen states sued on Monday over the Trump administration's effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

What Trump’s new immigration rules mean for the detention of migrant children

The Trump administration is proposing major changes to rules about how long migrant families can be held in government custody, arguing that the move will yield more humane conditions in detention facilities. But critics fear the regulations will have the…

A Central American migrant carries her child just after she was sent to Mexico from the U.S. under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), in Tijuana, Mexico, July 18, 2019. Under new rules proposed by the Trump administration, migrant children could be detained with their families indefinitely. Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters

Why Trump wants to detain immigrant children longer

Under new rules laid out Wednesday, immigration officials plan to begin holding children longer than the 20 days required by the Flores Settlement Agreement.

By Gretchen Frazee

UN: Average of nearly 1 migrant child death daily since 2014

By Associated Press

Migrant children have died or gone missing at the rate of nearly one per day worldwide over the past five years, with treacherous journeys like those across the Mediterranean or the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.N. migration agency said Friday.

How Trump’s support is faring in the wake of assault allegations, migrant children’s care

Although the presidency of Donald Trump has been marked by several scandals, they so far have not appeared to jeopardize his support with his enthusiastic base. Will that change with new details about an allegation he raped writer E. Jean…

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Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner steps down

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection John Sanders is stepping down after the discovery of dozens of children in filthy conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas.

Acting Customs and Border Protection chief resigns amid migrant detention outrage

By Associated Press

Lawyers who visited CBP facilities last week described squalid conditions: inadequate food, lack of medical care, and children trying to care for toddlers.

News Wrap: Children being moved from El Paso detention center

In our news wrap Monday, there’s word the U.S. government is moving most of the 300-plus children held at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas. The Associated Press had reported kids were going without food, showers and care…

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