Thousands of migrant kids stuck in US border patrol custody -again

Type The Daily Star By Reuters, Roma, Texas

The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been steadily rising, an analysis of U.S. government data shows, as record numbers crossed the U.S.-Mexico border…...

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Immigrant Families Separated At The Border Are Finally Being Reunited, But Many Are Struggling Financially

Buzzfeed News By Adolofo Flores and Hamed Aleaziz

In the nearly four years she spent away from her sons in El Salvador after being separated at the border by the Trump administration, Lisy…...

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For Migrant Children in Federal Care, a ‘Sense of Desperation’

The New York Times Eileen Sullivan

Interviews and a Times review showed a shelter system with wildly varying conditions, some of which are far below the standard that the Biden administration…...

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Six steps to prevent continued crises at the US-Mexico border

Op-ed The Hill Jen Podkul

Apprehensions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border reached a 21-year high in April, and this week Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified about the border situation before the Senate…...

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Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Featured Article The Washington Post Garance Burke

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned…...

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Remote hearings for unaccompanied children proves a disaster

Op-ed The Hill Jennifer Podkul

Imagine being a child in a courtroom during a hearing you do not understand. You may realize that the outcome of the proceeding will determine…...

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Deeply flawed Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) causes suffering at the U.S.-Mexico border

Op-ed The Washington Times Wendy Young

One year ago, the Trump administration told the American people that its Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) would “provide a safer and more orderly process that…...

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ICE Is Now Fingerprinting Immigrants As Young As 14 Years Old

BuzzFeed News Hamed Aleaziz

A new Immigrations and Customs Enforcement directive allows the agency to collect fingerprints from immigrants 14 and older who are in immigration shelters. The agency…...

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Congress passes vital funds to address causes of migration, child welfare at border

Op-ed The Hill Congress Blog Jennifer Podkul

It’s National Migration Week, and as Congress gets down to business in the new year, members have an opportunity to ensure that important measures recently…...

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