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“Hidden in Plain Sight”: Hundreds of Immigrant Children and Teens Housed in Opaque Network of Chicago-Area Shelters

 Jodi S. Cohen, Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez, Pro Publica (July 27, 2018)

As the Trump administration has come under fire in recent weeks for its zero tolerance immigration crackdown, much attention has focused on the children and conditions at shelters along the country’s southern border and in major metropolitan areas on the coasts.

‘Why Did You Leave Me?’ The Migrant Children Left Behind as Parents Are Deported

Miriam Jordan, New York Times (July 27, 2018)

As the Trump administration has rushed to reunite thousands of children separated from their parents under a “zero-tolerance” policy on border enforcement, it is now left with 700 or more cases that have been more difficult to solve, including those of 431 parents who were apparently sent home without their children.

IRC statement on Trump Administration’s failure to meet July 26th deadline to reunite families

International Rescue Committee (July 26, 2018)

Responding to the Trump Administration missing the July 26 deadline to reunify nearly 3,000 children who had been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, Hans Van de Weerd, Vice President, IRC U.S. Programs, said…

Family reunions update: Hundreds of separated parents potentially deported

Tal Kopan, CNN (July 23, 2018)

The Trump administration gave its first indication Monday of how many parents separated from their children may have already been deported: More than 460.

Whistle-Blowers Say Detaining Migrant Families ‘Poses High Risk of Harm’

Miriam Jordan, New York Times (July 18, 2018)

The Trump administration, faced with a public outcry over the separation of migrant families at the Southwest border, has said it is exploring a major expansion of family detention centers. But two of the government’s own medical consultants said this week that they had identified a “high risk of harm” to migrant children housed at such facilities.

Lawyers: Immigration Win Offers Nationwide Model

Christopher Peak, New Haven Independent (July 18, 2018)

Immigration lawyers don’t need to wait for an uncertain remedy out of a California court to reunite undocumented families separated at the border. Instead, they now have a model in Connecticut for proving that migrant children’s trauma needs to be addressed immediately.

Homeland Security advisory council members resign over immigration policies

David Nakamura, Washington Post (July 17, 2018)

Four members of a Homeland Security advisory council have resigned in protest over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, citing the “morally repugnant” practice of separating immigrant families at the border.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Deporting Families It Separated

ACLU (July 16, 2018)

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting parents and children that it forcibly separated.

A fate worse than separation awaits Central American families

Philip G. Schrag, Seattle Times (July 16, 2018)

Under two court orders, the government is now reuniting migrant children with their mothers. Although the California court that ordered the reunification may permit continued detention of the families until their asylum claims can be decided, something worse than separation or detention awaits those mothers who are deported: rape and death.

Cleaning Toilets, Following Rules: A Migrant Child’s Days in Detention: A portrait of life in the shelters for the children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.