This article explores the history of family separation in the U.S., pointing out that while many aspects of the current administration’s approach are unprecedented, many aspects have a long history in U.S. immigration policy.
Read MoreJoin ISS staff for a #KidsAreWaiting Live Chat with the ISS-USA Staff on Wed, August 29th from 1-2pm EST. They will answer questions about our cross-border services that benefit waiting children and families.
More InformationA federal court has given the Trump administration until Friday, Aug. 10, to figure out a plan for the 28 immigrant children still detained at the Shiloh Treatment Center in southeast Texas….She also addressed the lawsuit’s claims that residents at Shiloh have been given forced injections and prescribed antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antipsychotic drugs without consent.
Read MoreThis article takes the reader inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement family detention center in Dilley, Texas, which can hold as many as 2,400 mothers and children.
Read MoreTexas child welfare officials Thursday opened an abuse and neglect investigation into reports that surfaced last week of a child dying after being released from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
The court learned that the Trump administration had put a mother and a daughter who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit on a flight to Central America.
This fact sheet describes the process by which the Trump Administration carried out family separation and how the related federal court ruling Ms. L v. ICE addresses family separation.
As the government contends with 500 children who remain in government facilities, nightmarish tales are emerging of aborted reunifications.
Read MoreOn Thursday, August 2, fathers detained at Karnes Detention Center, 52 miles outside of San Antonio, staged a hunger strike and protest to demand their release, according to a RAICES press statement…
Read MoreTwo youth care workers at Arizona shelters for migrant children have been charged with sexually assaulting immigrant teenagers, according to court records. They are the latest claims of abuse at government-contracted shelters that have a key role in the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration crackdown.
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