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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.
Social distancing and hand-washing are meant to keep us safe from the coronavirus. But in immigrant detention centers, those measures are impossible.
As American life grinds to a halt, the immigration system – with agencies across two federal departments – has often continued with business as usual.
Durante seis años, una familia de Carolina del Norte ha tratado de averiguar qué hizo el gobierno de los Estados Unidos con sus hijos después de ser separados en la frontera.
For six years, a North Carolina family has tried to find out what the U.S. government did with its children after they were separated at the border.
A 10-year-old girl is separated from her family at the border and enters U.S. custody. Now she’s 17 and still in a shelter. Her family can’t find her.
VisionQuest has faced decades of citations for violence against youth in its custody.
Legal experts say placing hard limits on family immigration cases could be illegal.
The federal government is quietly expanding its use of “tender age” shelters for migrant kids. We’ll tell you what we know.
The government is expanding its use of shelters to house migrant children, even as it faces scrutiny for inhumane conditions at existing facilities.
Reveal previously reported that the government is housing unaccompanied children in secret facilities without the knowledge of their attorneys.
