Last month, the Trump administration extended the turnback policy along the southern border indefinitely. ...
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Slowed by COVID-19, California group tries to track down families separated at the border
Originally published by LA Tiimes Veronica Ledesma goes to sleep worrying about 86 families. And none of them are her own. There’s the mother who fears being five minutes late to pick up her children. They were separ ...
A FAMILY SEPARATED BETWEEN EL SALVADOR AND THE U.S., FIRST BLOCKED BY TRUMP AND THEN CORONAVIRUS
When a judge ordered the Trump administration to resume processing applications that had already been approved, the family once more began collecting medical checks, interviews, and paperwork. But the girls were more ske ...
FAMILY SEPARATIONS AT THE BORDER CONSTITUTE TORTURE, NEW REPORT CLAIMS
In all of the cases examined in the PHR report, there was at least one period where parents had no idea where their children were, were unable to contact them, and “had no assurance of, or timeline for, eventual contact ...
Families in Africa Fear Impact of U.S. Immigration Ban
"I’m afraid to even consider that," he said at last. “You really are powerless." ...
Guatemalan Seeking Asylum Sues US to Reunite With Family
The ACLU's San Diego chapter has also sued the federal government over the policy, arguing that asylum-seekers should have access to an attorney before being returned to Mexico to wait. ...
Why family separation is so central to Trump’s immigration vision
Strengthening family ties has been key to overcoming nativism — and in 2020, it can do so again. ...
A Border Kept Him From His Daughter. He Came Only in Time to Say Goodbye.
Heydi Gámez García, a 13-year-old from Honduras, waited for her father to join her in the United States. But he was repeatedly stopped at the border. ...
Father of 2, deported to El Salvador, allowed return to US
A 33-year-old father of two American-born children was allowed to return to the U.S. on Monday, two years after being deported to El Salvador during the first months of the Trump administration. ...
1990s Drama ‘Party of Five’ Reboot Involves Deported Parents
"Party of Five," a 1990s teen drama that focused on a family grappling with life after the death of their parents, is getting a reboot with a Mexican American family whose parents are deported. ...
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