Immigrant shelters drug traumatized teens without consent
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Despondent minors are often pressured into taking psychotropic drugs without approval from a parent or guardian. Continue Reading
An immigrant community haunted by suicide
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A young man’s recent death was followed by other suicides in a Baltimore neighborhood. Continue Reading
NM props up oppressive systems by shunning what’s right in exchange for jobs
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New Mexico could have taken a stand against the private prison industry’s profiting off the detention of immigrants. Instead, we chose jobs. Continue Reading
An immigration fiasco on the U.S.-Mexico border, in one government chart
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The chart lays out what happens to immigrant children separated from the adults who brought them to the U.S. It shows three outcomes. Only one ends in reunification. Continue Reading
From crib to court: Immigrant infants summoned to defend themselves
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The Trump administration has summoned at least 70 children under 1 year old to immigration court for their own deportation proceedings since Oct. 1. Continue Reading
Immigrants share harrowing tales from detention with NM lawmakers
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State lawmakers are exploring what, if any, authority the state might exert to learn more about the conditions in immigrant detention facilities in Otero and Cibola counties — and if they have jurisdiction to require changes. Continue Reading
A baby was separated from her uncle at the border. Three months later, her mother is still trying to get her back.
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The case of Liah Ferrera Amaya shows the extensive vetting immigrant families must submit to in order to retrieve their children from U.S. custody — even if it means putting themselves at risk for deportation. Continue Reading
‘I felt like I was dying:’ Detained immigrant fathers describe family separation
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In letters scrawled by hand, five immigrant fathers detained in New Mexico describe being separated from their children at the border and the uncertainty of when — or whether — they will be reunited. Continue Reading
Judge temporarily blocks immediate deportations of reunited immigrant families
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Parents should have time to make an ‘informed, non-coerced decision’ about whether they want to leave the country with their children, the ACLU had argued. Continue Reading
Salvadoran mom gets her daughter back after almost two months apart
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Tears dissolved into smiles as the two walked out of the Bokenkamp Children’s Shelter in Corpus Christi on Friday. Continue Reading
Completing reunifications without putting families back together
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Chasing the adults, we keep punishing the kids. Continue Reading
There are new, tougher guidelines for migrants seeking asylum in the United States
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The federal agency that handles the first step in asylum claims sent a memo to all its officers Wednesday that tightens restrictions on migrants who are seeking asylum. Continue Reading
Asylum-seeker released after 11 months in detention and will soon see her grandson
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Maria Vandelice de Bastos, who was detained and separated from her disabled grandson in New Mexico last year, has been released from federal custody. But her ordeal is far from over after an immigration judge dismissed her asylum case. Continue Reading
Judge wants to know if Mexican reporter and his son were targeted because he criticized ICE
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A judge has set a hearing to determine whether the government has detained Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son in violation of the First Amendment. Continue Reading
Six-year-old Salvadoran girl heard on secret recording is reunited with her mom
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‘I’ll be the happiest woman in the world,’ said Jimena’s mother, Cindy Madrid, as she prepared for the moment. ‘It’s been very painful to be apart.’ Continue Reading