The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified Congress on Wednesday that it plans to transfer up to $186 million from its programs to help cover the costs of housing a growing number of immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read MoreThe drama of parents being separated from their children at the border dominated the headlines this year, but thousands of immigrant families are experiencing a similar frustration: the increasing hurdles they must surmount to take custody of sons, daughters and relatives who crossed the border on their own.
Read MoreEight weeks after the federal government missed deadlines to reunite more than 2,600 migrant children separated from their parents at the Southwest border, fewer than 200 children remain in U.S. care.
Read MoreFederal officers have arrested dozens of undocumented immigrants who came forward to take care of undocumented immigrant children in government custody, and the Trump administration is pledging to go after more.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is unable to account for the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 migrant children who illegally entered the United States alone this year and were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters.
Read MoreTrump administration officials told a Senate panel that a decades-old court ruling that limits the length of time migrant children can be detained hampers the government’s ability to stem illegal immigration, and needs to be amended by Congress.
Read MoreAccording to the Department of Health and Human Services, a tent camp for migrant children in the desert outside El Paso will expand to accommodate a growing number of Central American children crossing the border.
Read MoreThis article takes an in depth look at shelters for immigrant minors, showing struggles with accountability and consistent monitoring after their rapid expansion.
Read MoreMore than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents and under the federal government’s care, according to court documents filed this week.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is proposing to lift court-imposed limits on how long it can hold children in immigration detention. Under proposed regulations, the administration seeks to replace the Flores settlement, a decades-old agreement that dictates how long the government can hold migrant children, and under what conditions.
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