Despite a handful of tearful reunions earlier in the year, the long and arduous task of reuniting parents and children torn apart by the Trump Administration at the U.S. border doesn’t appear to be getting any easier. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez has reported that “attorneys are still trying to reach the…
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5,600 Newly Unearthed Files May Help to Reunite Migrant Families Separated Under Trump
A White House task force created by President Biden has uncovered 5,600 previously unknown files from 2017 that may help the U.S. government to identify — and reunite — migrant parents and children separated by the Trump administration. According to Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley of NBC News, a senior…
President Biden Faces Border Crisis; Nearly 5,000 Migrant Children Already in Government Care
Even as he’s working to improve immigration policies left over from the outgoing Trump administration, the issue of children crossing the border and entering the U.S. illegally looks to be an ongoing problematic issue for President Biden. The 4,700 children currently being cared for by government officials is well below…
In 2018, More Than 60% of People Convicted of Smuggling Immigrants Were American
Despite President Donald Trump’s rhetoric that smugglers are dangerous cartel members, the majority of people convicted in federal court in 2018 were American men, according to data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Nearly 63% of smugglers were Americans, 75% were men and 58% had no prior criminal history. The use…
Los Angeles to Unveil Statue of a Mexican Migrant Family
The 19-foot-tall bronze statue of a Mexican migrant and his family will be standing on a pedestal near the downtown Los Angeles spot where the city was founded. It is to honor the migrants, known as braceros, that helped make the city what it is now, CNN reported. Braceros — which…
Kids Separated from Parents at Border Traumatized: Report
Children who have been separated from their parents at the border are showing signs of severe trauma,clinicians told investigators with a government watchdog. Some kids think their parents have been murdered, others believe their parents abandoned them at the border. They also complain about symptoms of sickness even though medically…
Homestead Migrant Child Detention Camp Emptying For Now
In Florida, the Homestead migrant child detention camp that has housed about 14,300 undocumented children in total since March 2018,is emptying out. Health and Human Services (HHS) told AP News that all children who had been at the facility are now with family members or at smaller state-licensed centers. The…
Another Migrant Dies in U.S. Custody, Remains Unnamed
Migrants continue to die while in U.S. custody. A 32-year-old man from El Salvador died Thursday morning just hours after being apprehended by Border Patrol agents, CNN reports. The unnamed migrant “fell into medical distress” while being processed at the Lordsburg Border Patrol Station, more than two hours away from…
Teenage American Citizen Francisco Erwin Galicia Released from ICE Custody After 3 Weeks
Francisco Erwin Galicia, an 18-year-old American-born U.S. citizen, was traveling north with a group of friends heading to his hometown of Edinburg, Texas, when they were stopped at a Border Patrol inland checkpoint. The Dallas Morning News first reported that Galicia was detained by Border Patrol because they suspected that…
Juan Sanchez, Leader of Migrant Shelter Nonprofit, Made $3.6 million In 2017
Juan Sanchez, former leader of Southwest Key Programs, resigned earlier this year after it was publicly disclosed that he earned nearly $1.5 million in 2016 in compensation for detaining migrant children and teens for the U.S. government. Southwest Key Programs is a Texas-based nonprofit. But the $1.5 million was not…