Aug 29 Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to a CDC report. Continue reading
Aug 27 UN says 40 migrants feared dead in capsizing off Libya By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, with at least 40 people missing and presumed drowned, U.N. officials said, as a support group reported it had gotten a call from… Continue reading
Aug 26 A look inside the facilities where migrant families are detained By Gretchen Frazee Trump administration officials have described the centers, where migrants could be detained indefinitely under new rules, as “campus-like settings,” but immigration advocates say they are more like prisons. Continue reading
Aug 20 Italy prosecutor orders evacuation of migrant rescue ship By Colleen Barry, Aritz Parra, Associated Press Italy's interior minister had refused to open Italian ports, even after six countries stepped forward to take the migrants and despite a fissure in Italy's imploding governing coalition. Continue reading
Aug 19 U.S. sued over Honduran man’s suicide after he was separated from his family By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The lawsuit alleges Marco Antonio Muñoz "yelled and screamed in desperation" as he was "dragged" away from his wife and child inside the Border Patrol's processing center in McAllen, Texas. Continue reading
Aug 18 Migrants jump off rescue boat to try to reach Italian island By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government's hard-line interior minister has refused to let the 107 passengers disembark. Continue reading
Aug 17 Italy’s Salvini agrees to let 27 minors off migrant ship By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Italy's hard-line interior minister buckled under pressure Saturday and agreed to let 27 unaccompanied minors leave a migrant ship after two weeks at sea, temporarily easing a political standoff that has threatened the viability of the populist government. Continue reading
Aug 16 Migrant kids separated at border faced abuse in foster homes By Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Dozens of families are now preparing to sue the federal government, including several who say their young children were sexually, physically or emotionally abused in federally funded foster care. Continue reading
Aug 15 Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them By Associated Press At least two people were injured Wednesday night outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, according to the Jewish youth movement Never Again Action. Continue reading
Aug 01 ‘Why did you leave me?’ In new testimonies, migrants describe the ‘torment’ of child separation By Amna Nawaz, Gretchen Frazee, Rebecca Oh After nearly two and a half weeks, one father was able to speak with his 6-year-old daughter. When she got on the phone, she began to cry and asked her dad, “Why did you leave me?”… Continue reading