A Reveal investigation finds the resettlement agency relies on clandestine shelters to hold unaccompanied minors.
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 inImmigration, Kids on the Line
We’re suing ICE for keeping contract details secret
We’re seeking details on defense contractor MVM, which held migrant children overnight in an unlicensed vacant office building in Phoenix.
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.
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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
https://d1m3w2qdkx2ozg.cloudfront.net/439_Reveal_PC.mp3
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, Kids on the Line
Federal government files new regulations that will affect how migrant families are treated
Even as it fails to reunify hundreds of families, the federal government says the court oversight mandated in a landmark case is no longer needed.
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, Kids on the Line
Exclusive: Immigrant kids held in second Phoenix office seen bathing in sinks
Reveal found a second Phoenix office building where MVM Inc. detained immigrant children. An insurance executive says they washed in bathroom sinks.
Posted inImmigration, Kids on the Line
Defense contractor ends its lease of Phoenix building where it held immigrant children
Phoenix city councilwoman announced lease termination after government inspectors were unable to enter the building.
Posted inImmigration
Government contractor acknowledges migrant children were held overnight in vacant office building
The defense contractor had previously said children were only there for short periods, while awaiting flights.