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.
Kids on the Line
An ongoing investigation into family separation and the treatment of migrant children
Government should pay for migrant families’ mental health services, lawsuit says
Besides separation, trauma is triggered by other factors: limited phone calls, crowded cells, lack of information about family whereabouts.
Judge approves plan to reunite 366 children with deported parents, but questions linger
A judge has OK’d a plan to reunite 366 children with their deported parents. But questions linger about whether reunifications will occur in the U.S.
Government still searching for parents of 26 migrant children
Nearly 1,600 children have been reunited with their parents, the government reports. The parents of another 559 aren’t eligible for reunification.
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.
Former resident at troubled youth facility shares story of sexual abuse by live-in counselor
“It shows you how disgraceful the place was, letting a man sleep with the girls,” says the woman, talking publicly for the first time.
Federal agency sent immigrant kids to dangerous youth facility, despite warning signs
Just as Texas stopped sending foster children to centers operated by one man, the U.S. government tossed him a new source of money: immigrant kids.
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.
Judge orders government to release immigrant kids from troubled shelter
A federal judge rules that the government should remove immigrant kids from a troubled Texas facility and stop drugging them without consent.
Immigration lawyers, judges vexed by new Trump policies
Advocates see the events of recent months as integral to President Donald Trump’s broader plans to restrict immigration.