family separation

Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla., in Feb. 2019 The American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of thousands of immigrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border on Oct. 3, 2019.

Justice Department breaks off talks on compensation for separated families

Joel Rose

The U.S. has left negotiations about paying monetary damages to families who were forcibly separated while seeking to enter at the southern border during the Trump administration.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a March 1 news conference at the White House. The Biden administration says four families who were separated at the Mexico border during the Trump administration would be reunited in the U.S. during the first week of May. The first of what Mayorkas calls "just the beginning" of a broader effort.

Separated Families To Reunite In The U.S. As Immigrant Advocates Push For More

Joel Rose

Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, the secretary of Homeland Security announced.

Children line up in February 2018 to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. Many of these kids were taken from their parents after crossing the border illegally.

Task Force Investigates Whether Trump Separated Families Earlier Than Known

Franco Ordoñez

The Biden task force is examining whether the previous administration began implementing its policy in the early days of former President Donald Trump's term.

A Central American boy separated from his asylum-seeking parents wanders a shelter in San Diego in 2018.

Commentary

Nothing Exemplified Trump Thuggery Like Immigration. Ergo, It's Biden's First Fix

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Of all President Biden's first reversals of President Trump's policies, a more humane – and sensical – immigration agenda is the most important.

David Xol of Guatemala hugs his son Byron as they were reunited at Los Angeles International Airport in January. The father and son were separated 18 months earlier under the Trump administration's "no tolerance" migration policy.

Parents Of 545 Children Separated At U.S.-Mexico Border Still Can't Be Found

Mark Katkov

A court filing says many of the parents are presumed to no longer be in the United States. Efforts to locate them have been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the filing.

Correction: Report Withdrawn Because Of Error In Study Data

Bill Chappell

We have withdrawn this story about U.S. incarceration rates of children because the U.N. study's author has acknowledged a significant error in the data.

Border Patrol is refusing to accept donations like toothpaste and soap to its detention centers.

People Are Trying To Donate To Detained Migrants. Border Patrol Won't Accept It

Ryan Poppe

After hearing claims that detention centers are housing migrant children in unsanitary conditions, people are attempting to provide them with supplies.

Democrats Assail Gen. Kelly's 'Unethical' Role In Firm That Runs Homestead Migrant Camp

Two Democratic lawmakers, including one running for president, are calling on the company that operates the Homestead detention center for unaccompanied…

A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks along the banks of the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas. Migrant families often cross the river illegally to enter the U.S.

Teenager Is Latest Migrant Child To Die In U.S. Custody

Shannon Van Sant

The 16-year-old boy was found unresponsive after a routine welfare check at a facility near the U.S. border with Mexico. He was the fifth migrant child since December to die after being detained.

New Report Claims 'Needless, Ongoing Trauma' From Trump's Family Separation Policy

Tim Padgett

One of the more disturbing sounds to hit the media airwaves last summer was a recording obtained by ProPublica of Central American children crying at an…

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a host of "extraordinary protective measures" designed to improve conditions for children and adults held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody.

Department Of Homeland Security Promises Changes To Protect Migrant Children

Vanessa Romo

Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen promises new "extraordinary protective measures" in the wake of the death of a second migrant child this month. They will require assistance from multiple federal agencies.

Populists, Immigrants, Refugees – And Women – Dominated Latin America In 2018

Tim Padgett

Immigrant caravans – and family separation. Venezuela and Nicaragua rocked by refugee and human rights crises. Someone not named Castro becoming president…