A federal court made it harder for the U.S. government to quickly deport asylum-seekers if they fail an initial screening at the border. The ruling could give thousands of asylum-seekers the right to seek review in the federal court system.
Read MoreThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will take up to $385 million from programs, including those that fund cancer prevention efforts, to house an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children in its care.
Read MoreThe Trump administration disclosed in a court filing earlier this month that the government deported 471 migrant parents separated from their children at the US–Mexico border without first giving them the option to reunify.
Read MoreAs the number of migrant families crossing the southwest border is again breaking records, officials said they were building a new facility to manage them, while warning the crush is overwhelming border agents and straining facilities.
Read MoreThe number of infants under the age of one in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at the border has increased since January, reaching levels that alarm immigration advocates. By the end of February, it was determined that at least “nine infants under one year of age” were detained in the South Texas Family Residential Center, which is one of the largest family detention centers in the country with 2,400 beds.
Read MoreThe Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents released Tuesday by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch.
Read MoreWhen migrant children cross the border without their parents, they’re sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a good home. But everything changes when they turn 18. That’s when, in many cases, they’re handcuffed and locked up in an adult detention facility. The practice is sparking lawsuits and outrage from immigrant advocates.
Read MoreThe Trump Administration’s family separation policy officially ended in June of 2018, but family separations continued at high rates well after that, according a report from a leading legal nonprofit.
Read MoreWhen the United States recently sent a handful of families seeking asylum back to Mexico, it marked a new chapter in America’s changing asylum policy. For the first time, parents with children will have to wait in border cities like this while their claims are processed.
Read MoreThe bipartisan homeland security spending bill signed by President Trump pushes back on aspects of Trump’s immigration crackdown — even while providing $1.4 billion for border barriers and nearly 5,000 additional beds to detain undocumented immigrants. One measure within the bill prohibits DHS from detaining or deporting a sponsor, potential sponsor, or household member of an unaccompanied minor based on information shared with HHS.
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