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Jul 19
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The Trump Administration Isn’t Providing Legal Aid to Migrant Children in Temporary Shelter

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The Trump Administration Isn’t Providing Legal Aid to Migrant Children in Temporary Shelter

Angelina Chapin, Huffpost (July 19, 2019)

The Office of Refugee Resettlement, the government agency that operates all shelters for migrant children, has confirmed it has not yet contracted with any legal aid providers to give the kids access to counsel. The children face deportation proceedings and are already getting court dates, according to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), which has stepped in to offer free legal counsel in the absence of a contract.

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Jul 18
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They Are Human Beings: Homeland Security Faulted for Treatment of Migrant Children

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They Are Human Beings: Homeland Security Faulted for Treatment of Migrant Children

Zolano Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times (July 18, 2019)

Democratic lawmakers accused Kevin K. McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security, of leading an agency with an “empathy deficit” during a hearing on Thursday that focused on the separation of migrant children from their parents and reports of poor conditions at holding facilities near the border.

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Jul 12
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House Report: At Least 18 Migrant Children Under the Age of 2 Were Separated from Parents for 20 Days to 6 Months

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House Report: At Least 18 Migrant Children Under the Age of 2 Were Separated from Parents for 20 Days to 6 Months

Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (July 12, 2019)

At least 18 migrant infants and toddlers under the age of two were separated from their parents at the border “including nine infants under the age of one,” according to a report released Friday by the House Oversight Committee.

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Jul 11
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ICE Raid Targeting Thousands of Families Nationwide Are Planned for Sunday

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ICE Raid Targeting Thousands of Families Nationwide Are Planned for Sunday

Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed News (July 11, 2019)

An operation to arrest thousands of undocumented immigrant families in several cities across the US is expected to begin Sunday, and one of the largest family detention centers has stopped booking new detainees to clear space to hold them, according to two sources with knowledge of the plans.

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Jul 09
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Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.

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Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.

Simon Romero, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Manny Fernandez, Daniel Borunda, Aaron Montes, & Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times (July 9, 2019)

The little-known Border Patrol facility at Clint has suddenly become the public face of the chaos on America’s southern border, after immigration lawyers began reporting on the children they saw — some of them as young as 5 months old — and the filthy, overcrowded conditions in which they were being held.

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Jul 09
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Migrant Kids in Overcrowded Arizona Border Station Allege Sexual Assault, Retaliation from U.S. Agents

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Migrant Kids in Overcrowded Arizona Border Station Allege Sexual Assault, Retaliation from U.S. Agents

Jacob Soboroff & Julia Ainsley, NBC News (July 9, 2019)

The poor treatment of migrant children at the hands of U.S. border agents in recent months extends beyond Texas to include allegations of sexual assault and retaliation for protests, according to dozens of accounts by children held in Arizona collected by government case managers and obtained by NBC News.

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Jul 07
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350 Migrant Children Remain in CBP Custody, Acting DHS Chief Says

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350 Migrant Children Remain in CBP Custody, Acting DHS Chief Says

Paul LeBlanc, CNN (July 7, 2019)

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday said 350 migrant children remain in US Customs and Border Protection custody — down from 2,500 last month — after Congress passed a $4.6 billion border funding bill allowing CBP to shift more children into the Department of Health and Human Services’ shelter system.

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Jul 01
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Doctor Says Border Patrol Often Misses Early Signs of Illness in Migrant Children

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Doctor Says Border Patrol Often Misses Early Signs of Illness in Migrant Children

Bob Ortega, CNN (July 1, 2019)

Johansson, a pediatrician who specializes in emergency medicine and intensive care, says there’s another pressing problem: The medical screening the Border Patrol gives to undocumented children is “absolutely, unequivocally inadequate.”

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