Once, patrolling the border fence, I was flagged down by a woman on the other side. She asked for information about her son. She didn’t know where or how long ago he had crossed, or whether he had been detained or become ...
Daily Archives: July 2, 2018
That was what the father, Mauricio Posadas Andrade, recalled in the days after border officers pried his son away from him on June 12, and after he was confined with dozens of other migrant parents in a detention center ...
Honduran woman’s asylum case illustrates the maze that is the U.S. immigration system
She also was separated from an extended family, and her story — a complex tale of comings and goings across the border — illustrates how the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy affects not just tho ...
Trump administration tells judge it has authority to keep immigrant families in long-term detention
In papers filed Friday evening, the Justice Department told U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles that they believe a decades-old court case that she has supervised gives them the authority to carry out the detent ...
Lawful permanent resident freed nearly three weeks after arrest
Jose Luis Garcia’s case gained national attention after he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 10 during a three-day operation targeting public safety threats in the L.A. area. The 62-year-old has ...
In Human Trafficking Report, State Dept. Warns Against Separating Children From Parents
“Children in institutional care, including government-run facilities, can be easy targets for traffickers,” the department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report concluded. ...
Mother who fled Honduras ‘to escape abuse, mistreatment’ says ‘it’s the same’ in U.S.
"These 10 complaints are representative of the regular failures of DHS to provide adequate medical care for mothers and children in family detention facilities, and they add to the already ample evidence demonstrating wh ...
Asylum seekers in Tijuana not deterred by Trump’s immigration policy changes
More than 1,000 people were waiting in Tijuana last week to ask the U.S. for asylum, according to an official list that tracks processing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. ...
The Trump administration says it’s a ‘myth’ that families that ask for asylum at ports of entry are separated. It happens frequently, records show
Mirian had her identification, her son’s birth certificate, which listed her as his mother, his hospital birth record and his vaccination records. ...
Trump May Deport 1,200 People To Yemen As The U.S. Bombs The Country
If the Trump administration decides soon that Waddah Aldailami has to go back to Yemen, it’s not clear how he’ll get in. ...
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