Nearly 1,600 children have been reunited with their parents, the government reports. The parents of another 559 aren’t eligible for reunification.
Laura C. Morel
Reporter
Laura C. Morel (she/her) is a reporter for Reveal, covering reproductive health.
She previously covered immigration during the Trump administration. Before joining Reveal, Laura was a reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, where she covered criminal justice issues.
She was a 2022 finalist for the Livingston Award, which recognizes young journalists, along with Reveal data reporter Mohamed Al Elew for an investigation that exposed racial disparities within a federal lending program. She was also a Livingston finalist in 2017 as part of a team of reporters that investigated Walmart’s excessive use of police resources.
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Troubled Texas facility still holds 28 immigrant children as deadline nears, attorney says
More than a week after a judge ordered that immigrant children staying at the facility should be moved, more than two dozen children are still there.
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Child died after release from ‘unsanitary’ immigrant lockup, attorney says
An attorney confirms reports that a child has died following release from a Texas immigrant detention center. ICE says it is looking into the case.
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Thieves are breaking into Florida gun stores, often in brazen ways
Thieves use rocks, bricks and even trucks to smash storefronts and gain access to hoards of weapons, a Tampa Bay Times and Reveal investigation finds.
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82,000 stolen guns are missing in Florida
A thriving supply chain provides criminals in Florida tens of thousands of guns, an investigation by the Tampa Bay Times and Reveal has found.