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FILE PHOTO: Migrant boys spend time in a recreation area outside Casa Padre, an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors...

Politics Sep 02

Trump administration requiring ICE interviews for parents hoping to reunite with children who entered U.S. alone

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

Politics Aug 31

Guatemalan migrants arrive on a deportation flight from the U.S., at La Aurora Air Force Base in Guatemala City
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s deportation flights for Guatemalan children

With migrant children waiting on tarmacs to be sent to their native Guatemala, a federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the flights, siding with attorneys for the children who said the government was breaking laws and sending their clients to…

By Valerie Gonzalez, Rebecca Santana, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Nation Jul 18

A playground is seen through chain link fencing as U.S. first lady tours immigration detention facility for children in Ph...
Migrant children suffered ‘severe’ sexual abuse under housing provider’s care, DOJ says

Southwest Key, the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children, has engaged in “severe, pervasive" sexual abuse and harassment of children in its care over the past eight years, the Justice Department alleges.

By Paul Weber, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

Nation Mar 13

Migrants in Roma, Texas
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Thousands of unaccompanied children make a dangerous trek to the U.S. southern border

Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border each year, most coming up from central America in a long, often dangerous journey. Amna Nawaz speaks to a group of sisters who are making the trek alone.

By Amna Nawaz, Christine Romo, Sam Weber, Layla Quran

World Feb 15

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Activists say UK government not keeping asylum-seeking minors safe as hundreds go missing

Britain expects three to four thousand unaccompanied children to cross the English Channel in small boats this year. The government is trying to devise a way to keep these young asylum seekers safe after the abduction of 200 unaccompanied minors…

By Malcolm Brabant, Trine Villeman, Teresa Cebrian Aranda

Jun 10

WATCH: House committee discusses federal response to unaccompanied children at the border

By News Desk and Associated Press

The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday.

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Mar 24

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Biden tasks Harris with diplomatic efforts to stem migration amid growing border influx

By Amna Nawaz, Lena I. Jackson, Harry Zahn, Julia Galiano-Rios

The White House is moving today to limit the humanitarian — and political — damage from the migrant challenge. President Joe Biden has put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of the effort to stem immigration from Central America, and…

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Mar 23

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HHS to open new holding facility as migrant presence, confusion on border grows

By Amna Nawaz, Lena I. Jackson, Adam Raney, Leah Nagy, Julia Galiano-Rios

The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced it will build yet another influx shelter to handle the growing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and mitigate the risks of the spread of COVID-19…

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Mar 22

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Why thousands of immigrant children have spent more time than legally allowed at border

By Amna Nawaz, Adam Raney, Meredith Lee, Lena I. Jackson, Julia Galiano-Rios

Amid an influx of immigrant children arriving at the southern border, new images have surfaced from inside the overcrowded facilities on the U.S. side. The Biden administration on Monday sent officials to Mexico to discuss efforts to stem migration north.

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Mar 16

Hundreds of children have been held by Border Patrol for more than 10 days. The legal limit is 72 hours

By Amna Nawaz

The sudden surge is leading to conditions reminiscent of those seen during previous increases in crossings in 2018-2019, during which six migrant children died in U.S. government custody.

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