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Government lawyers are seeking permission from a judge to offer families two options: remain together in family detention centers or release kids while parents stay detained. Continue Reading
Officials say that dozens more “tender age” separated children aren’t immediately eligible to be reunified with their parents. Continue Reading
After he was separated from his 10-year-old daughter, Mario, an undocumented Honduran, was finally able to see her Tuesday. The reunion lasted for about an hour before the two were separated again. Continue Reading
Since they crossed the Rio Grande and requested asylum, a father has been held in a detention center near Houston while his 6-year-old daughter was shipped to an Arizona shelter. Back in Honduras, the girl’s mother says she fears her daughter will be traumatized by the ordeal. Continue Reading
The fathers were all being held in a detention facility in nearby Otero County, New Mexico. Continue Reading
The threat launched an FBI investigation and forced the Santa Fe advocate to abandon her home until the danger passed. Continue Reading
Advocates for asylum-seekers at the border say a long difficult process has become increasingly unjust. Continue Reading
The immigration detention center, which held more than 300 minors two weeks ago, will remain open at least through Aug. 13, according to a federal agency. Continue Reading
At a federal court hearing in California on Monday, a government lawyer also said that nearly half of those children won’t be reunited by the Tuesday deadline. Continue Reading
After fleeing Honduras with her young son, Yulissa Pacheco, 24, spent her first days in the United States inside a border detention facility. Continue Reading
Jimena Madrid riveted people around the world when her voice was captured on an audiotape. Three weeks later, reunification with her mother remains uncertain. Continue Reading
It will be especially difficult to reunite toddlers with parents who may have been released into the interior United States or even deported back to their home countries, government attorneys argued. Continue Reading
George W. Bush said it 12 years ago in a speech promoting immigration reform. It’s not too late to choose that path. Continue Reading
Trump administration officials insist that there is a “right way” for families fleeing persecution to seek asylum in the United States: Come to an official port of entry. But such families are still finding themselves in a lot of trouble. Continue Reading
The total number of apprehensions on the southwest border fell to 34,114 in June compared to 40,338 the month before. But border crossings often dip in the summer. Continue Reading