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Author Archives: Aura Bogado
Senior Reporter and Producer
Aura Bogado is a senior reporter and producer for Reveal, covering immigration. Previously, she was a staff writer at Grist, where she wrote about the intersection of race and the environment. She also was the news editor at Colorlines and a writer for The Nation. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The American Prospect, Mother Jones and a variety of other publications. She holds a bachelor's degree in American studies from Yale University, as well as a certificate in indigenous peoples rights and policy from Columbia University. Bogado is based in Reveal’s Emeryville, California, office.
Posted inAccountability, Inequality, Kids on the Line
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In harm’s way
The federal government is quietly expanding its use of “tender age” shelters for migrant kids. We’ll tell you what we know.
Posted inKids on the Line, Uncategorized
The US is quietly opening shelters for babies and young kids. One has 12 children and no mothers
The government is expanding its use of shelters to house migrant children, even as it faces scrutiny for inhumane conditions at existing facilities.
Posted inAccountability, Kids on the Line
US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children
A Reveal investigation finds the resettlement agency relies on clandestine shelters to hold unaccompanied minors.
Posted inKids on the Line
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When they took my son
The stories of two families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. We compare their experiences with what the government said was supposed to happen.
Posted inImmigration, Kids on the Line
Separated and kept in an office: How a 7-year-old remembers zero tolerance
Wilson should have been taken to a licensed shelter, with beds and showers. Instead, he was taken to an unfurnished, unlicensed office building.
Posted inKids on the Line
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When they took my son
We examine the stories of two families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border and how what happened to them matches up with what the government said was supposed to happen.
Posted inImmigration
Lost on the border: A decade later, a man finds his father’s remains on Facebook
Eliseo Cárdenas Zetina disappeared after trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in 2008. His five children had held out hope that he was still alive.
Posted inImmigration, Inequality, Kids on the Line
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Families splintered apart, by government and by storms
We continue our ongoing investigation into what happens to immigrant children after they’re detained by the U.S. government.
Posted inImmigration, Inequality, Kids on the Line
Defense contractor detained migrant kids in vacant Phoenix office building
The contractor, MVM Inc., has claimed publicly that it does not operate “shelters or any other type of housing” for children.