Trump administration ends funding for legal representation of 26,000 migrant children
1 week ago

Trump administration ends funding for legal representation of 26,000 migrant children

LA Times  

Children and adults wait in lines for donated food at a makeshift camp for migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border on May 14, 2021, in Reynosa, Mexico. The Trump administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children who entered the United States without a parent or guardian, a move immigration attorneys say will leave children vulnerable to rapid deportation. “Immigrants are five to six times more likely to succeed in their case if they’re represented by an attorney, so if they lose representation, that’s going to be really damaging for their case.” Public Counsel currently represents around 200 unaccompanied migrant children in Southern California. “We urge the administration to reverse this decision.” The Acacia Center for Justice receives around $200 million in federal funds annually and subcontracts with nonprofits to secure legal representation for around 26,000 migrant children. Last month the Trump administration directed immigration agents to track down and deport unaccompanied migrant children, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by Reuters.

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Trump administration cuts legal help for migrant children traveling alone
6 days, 5 hours ago

Trump administration cuts legal help for migrant children traveling alone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Friday ended a contract that provides legal help to migrant children entering the country without a parent or guardian, raising concerns that children will be forced to navigate the complex legal system alone. The Acacia Center for Justice contracts with the government to provide legal services through its network of providers around the country to …

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again
2 weeks ago

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. This time, immigration officials are threatening to prioritize unaccompanied immigrant children for deportation, while at the same time working to deprive them of access to legal services and representation. Courts have interpreted the mandate that the government provide these …

Trump administration launches new effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children, according to internal memo obtained by Reuters
1 month ago

Trump administration launches new effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children, according to internal memo obtained by Reuters

CNN  

CNN — Immigration agents in the United States have been directed to track down and deport thousands of migrant children who entered the country without their parents, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters. ICE would then sort children into three priority groups, based on data collected from several government records — “flight risk,” “public safety” and “border security.” …

Trump administration reverses its previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant children
1 month ago

Trump administration reverses its previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant children

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Days after telling legal groups who help migrant children who arrive in America alone — some so young they are in diapers or their feet dangle from their chairs in court — that they must stop their work, the federal government Friday reversed itself. The notice came after the government on Tuesday suspended the program that provides legal …

Trump administration reinstates funds for lawyers representing 26,000 children in immigration court
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump administration reinstates funds for lawyers representing 26,000 children in immigration court

LA Times  

An asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway at a shelter in San Diego after arriving from an immigration detention center. The Trump administration on Friday restored a program that funds lawyers representing unaccompanied minors in immigration court, days after halting it with little explanation. “This letter cancels the Stop Work Order issued Feb. 18, 2025,” said a …

Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children, leaving some to navigate courts alone
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children, leaving some to navigate courts alone

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Children so young their feet can’t touch the floor when they sit in courtroom chairs have been left without representation in immigration court because of Trump administration cuts, according to organizations that help these kids navigate the legal system when they arrive in the U.S. without a parent or guardian. Daniela Hernandez, an immigration attorney who provides …

Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone, a setback for those fighting deportation who can’t afford a lawyer. The halt comes shortly after the Justice Department briefly stopped support for other contacts to provide legal information and guidance to people facing deportation. Groups that …

Trump administration halts legal representation for 26,000 immigrant children
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump administration halts legal representation for 26,000 immigrant children

LA Times  

A migrant boy walks with a caregiver at a “tender-age” facility for babies, children and teens in San Benito, Texas, in 2019. The Trump administration has halted a program that provided lawyers to nearly 26,000 immigrant children, some too young to read or speak, who are or were under the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. So they have …

Democratic states weigh more support for immigrants as Trump administration cracks down
2 months ago

Democratic states weigh more support for immigrants as Trump administration cracks down

Associated Press  

As President Donald Trump tightens the nation’s immigration policies, lawmakers in Democratic-led states are proposing new measures that could erect legal obstacles for federal immigration officials and help immigrants lacking legal status avoid deportation. The resistance efforts in California, New York and other states are a counterpoint to the many Republican-led states advancing measures to aid Trump’s crackdown on illegal …

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched
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2 months ago

Immigration crackdown, deportation bid launched

China Daily  

WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — US President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the US military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on US soil. People in the US have grown less welcoming toward immigrants without legal status since Trump's first presidency, but …

Trump 'Border Czar' Suggests Halfway Homes For U.S.-Born Kids With Undocumented Parents
3 months ago

Trump 'Border Czar' Suggests Halfway Homes For U.S.-Born Kids With Undocumented Parents

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” suggested that children who are U.S. citizens but whose parents are undocumented could be placed in a “halfway house” as part of mass deportation efforts. “As far as U.S. children, that’s going to be a difficult situation, because we’re not going to detain U.S. citizen children, which means, you know, they’re …

US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says
3 months, 1 week ago

US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. still separates some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas, according to a court-ordered monitor’s final report. The report noted improvements to hygiene, food and medical care but found that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents routinely separated children from adult relatives …

Trump’s plan to defy 14th Amendment: No passports for children of undocumented parents
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s plan to defy 14th Amendment: No passports for children of undocumented parents

Raw Story  

Donald Trump has vowed to begin his mass deportations program on his first day in office, and confirmed early Monday morning he plans to declare a "national emergency" and use "military assets" to achieve his goal of removing "millions" of undocumented immigrants from the United States. "Trump has said he would build 'vast holding facilities' — detention camps — to …

Families Still Feel Fallout of Trump's Immigration Policy, Fear His Return to Office
5 months ago

Families Still Feel Fallout of Trump's Immigration Policy, Fear His Return to Office

Associated Press  

The fallout of Trump's zero tolerance immigration policy continues to impact migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sixteen-year-old Billy, one of thousands of children separated from their parents, wants people to remember what happened and to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again.

FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context
5 months, 3 weeks ago

FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context

The Independent  

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Department of Homeland Security may have lost track of thousands of unaccompanied child migrants
7 months ago

Department of Homeland Security may have lost track of thousands of unaccompanied child migrants

The Independent  

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Judge partially ends court oversight of migrant children, chipping away at 27-year arrangement
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge partially ends court oversight of migrant children, chipping away at 27-year arrangement

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that special court supervision may end at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, which takes custody of migrant …

Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration will seek to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants traveling alone, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment, an attorney involved in the case says. The Justice Department has told opposing attorneys it will ask a federal judge on Friday to terminate …

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years
1 year, 3 months ago

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal judge on Friday …

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years
1 year, 3 months ago

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year. The separation of thousands of families “represents one of the most …

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years
1 year, 3 months ago

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years

LA Times  

A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year. The separation of thousands of families “represents one of the most shameful chapters in …

100,000 Immigrant Kids Are in Limbo Because of a Technicality
1 year, 3 months ago

100,000 Immigrant Kids Are in Limbo Because of a Technicality

Slate  

Last month, a federal judge heard arguments that the U.S. government is violating the rights of thousands of children seeking asylum through its “Remain in Mexico” program. So, children whom Congress, the immigration agency, and the courts recognize as deserving of this special protected status have been forced into a growing, yearslong green card backlog, trapped in foster care systems, …

Biden administration settles lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separation policy
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration settles lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separation policy

Raw Story  

Oct. 16, 2023 "Biden administration settles lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separation policy" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The federal government will be prohibited from implementing a Trump administration immigration policy that separated children from parents …

Biden administration considers forcing migrant families to remain in Texas
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden administration considers forcing migrant families to remain in Texas

LA Times  

Migrants navigate around concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande after crossing from Mexico into the U.S. on Aug. 1 in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Biden administration is considering forcing some migrant families who enter the country without authorization to remain near the border in Texas while awaiting asylum screening, effectively limiting their ability to travel within the …

US in talks to pay hundreds of millions to families separated at border
3 years, 4 months ago

US in talks to pay hundreds of millions to families separated at border

Live Mint  

The Biden administration is in talks to offer immigrant families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation, according to people familiar with the matter, as several agencies work to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma. The number of families eligible under …

US in talks to compensate families separated at border
3 years, 4 months ago

US in talks to compensate families separated at border

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child and parent who was separated under a Trump-era practice of splitting families at the border, a person familiar with discussions to settle lawsuits said Thursday. About 5,500 children were split from their parents under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, …

Biden Administration may pay out more than $1 billion to migrant families separated under Trump
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden Administration may pay out more than $1 billion to migrant families separated under Trump

Salon  

The Biden Administration is reportedly considering a program that would compensate migrant families who were separated at the southern U.S. border by the Trump Administration — a move that comes as federal agencies work through a backlog of lawsuits filed by parents whose children were forcibly removed from their custody and allegedly suffered lasting trauma as a result of the …

US steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump
3 years, 6 months ago

US steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expanding its effort to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under President Donald Trump as part of a zero-tolerance policy on illegal crossings. “We recognize that we can’t make these families completely whole again,” said Michelle Brané, executive director of the administration’s Family Reunification Task Force. “But we …

US widens effort to unite migrant families separated under Trump
3 years, 6 months ago

US widens effort to unite migrant families separated under Trump

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration has launched a new programme that it says will expand efforts to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at the US-Mexico border under President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance policy on irregular crossings. A US federal task force said on Monday that the programme would help find many parents who are in remote Central American communities but …

Families separated at Mexico border ask for residency, aid
3 years, 7 months ago

Families separated at Mexico border ask for residency, aid

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Several parents who were separated from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border during former President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Homeland Security Secretary for permanent legal residency in the United States and compensation, said the mother of two of the children. Keldy Mabel Gonzales Brebe, who was separated from two sons in the fall of …

US and Mexico are putting migrant minors in ‘harm’s way’: report
3 years, 9 months ago

US and Mexico are putting migrant minors in ‘harm’s way’: report

Al Jazeera  

A report published by Amnesty International found that the US and Mexico returned tens of thousands of migrant children. “What we have found is that both the US and Mexican governments were sending tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children back to their countries of origin without adequate screening for the harm that they could face there,” Brian Griffey, Amnesty’s …

Fewer children cross US border in May but numbers stay high
3 years, 9 months ago

Fewer children cross US border in May but numbers stay high

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a message to those thinking of making the journey during her visit Monday to Guatemala City: “Do not come.” The administration again quietly posted numbers on its …

US identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump
3 years, 9 months ago

US identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal crossings, providing one of the more detailed accounts of a chapter in U.S. immigration history that drew widespread condemnation. The Biden administration’s Family Reunification Task Force count …

US: 2,100 migrant children may still be separated from parents
3 years, 9 months ago

US: 2,100 migrant children may still be separated from parents

Al Jazeera  

A Biden administration task force charged with reuniting families separated under Donald Trump, has so far united 7 children. An effort by US President Joe Biden to reunite migrant families separated by the previous administration has so far reunited seven children with their parents, according to a US Department of Homeland Security report. Biden issued an executive order shortly after …

Trump administration forced deported parents to leave their kids behind, watchdog says
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump administration forced deported parents to leave their kids behind, watchdog says

LA Times  

In this March 24 photo, a migrant man, center, holds a child as he looks at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent at an intake area after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Roma, Texas. A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their …

Migrant children in US: The ‘cards are stacked against’ them
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children in US: The ‘cards are stacked against’ them

Al Jazeera  

Children travelling alone in search of protection are allowed into the US, but face a host of hurdles once they arrive. Within an average of 30 days, most children are released to a “sponsor” – a parent, relative or family friend in the US – while they pursue their asylum claims. Vetting process Kathleen Goss is a children’s services specialist …

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. for children instead of using that money to find ways to more quickly reunite children with their sponsors.” A U.S. …

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. “The Biden administration is feverishly putting up these pop-up detention facilities, many of which have no experience working with children.” …

Migrant children in US living in mass shelters, little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children in US living in mass shelters, little oversight

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of children are living in some 200 facilities, including five sites holding over 1,000 migrant youth. The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside, according to the Associated Press news …

EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
3 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?

Associated Press  

Nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped at the Mexican border in March, smashing previous highs set during periods of heavy child migration in 2014 and 2019. Border encounters — a widely used but imperfect gauge that tells how many times U.S. authorities came across migrants — rose sharply during Donald Trump’s final months as president, from an unusually low …

Why are so many migrant children going to the US?
3 years, 11 months ago

Why are so many migrant children going to the US?

Al Jazeera  

There’s an influx of children migrating through the southern border with Mexico. The United States Border Patrol estimates that up to 22,000 children could cross the border with Mexico in April. President Joe Biden promised a more humane treatment of migrants than his predecessor, but images of a crowded migrant processing centre in Donna, Texas, with thousands of children crammed …

Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
4 years ago

Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children

Associated Press  

ROMA, Texas — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. Roma, a town of 10,000 people with historic buildings and boarded-up storefronts in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers of families and children are entering the United States to …

How Current US-Mexico Border Crisis Compares With Peak of Trump Era in 2019
4 years ago

How Current US-Mexico Border Crisis Compares With Peak of Trump Era in 2019

News 18  

Joe Biden is not the first US president to face a growing number of migrants at the US-Mexico border — and he won’t be the last. And the number of unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border in March is on pace to surpass May 2019, the highest month that year in arrests of minors, according to preliminary data reviewed by …

Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children
4 years ago

Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children

NPR  

Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden's administration is scrambling to deal with an increasingly difficult challenge on the Southwest border that's become one of the first big political firestorms of his nascent presidency. "Right now, what we're seeing is just a volume that …

'Border is CLOSED' Biden's DHS Secretary declares as those arriving at southern border are expelled
4 years ago

'Border is CLOSED' Biden's DHS Secretary declares as those arriving at southern border are expelled

Daily Mail  

Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sent a clear message to migrants on Sunday: The U.S. border is closed. Newly-confirmed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday: 'The border is closed' He said any adults or families arriving at the border would be expelled amid a growing immigration crisis He then detailed unaccompanied minors arriving at the …

Deaths Of Migrant Children Haunt Former Official As Border Surge Increases
4 years ago

Deaths Of Migrant Children Haunt Former Official As Border Surge Increases

NPR  

Deaths Of Migrant Children Haunt Former Official As Border Surge Increases Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Seeing the growing number of minors held in jail-like facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border, John Sanders can't help thinking of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. "My greatest fear and the hardest thing for me when I was at CBP …

Immigrant Children Packed Into Texas Border Patrol Tent For Days
4 years ago

Immigrant Children Packed Into Texas Border Patrol Tent For Days

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING HOUSTON — Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, with some sleeping on the floor because there aren’t enough mats, according to nonprofit lawyers who conduct oversight of immigrant detention centers. During the administration of former President Donald Trump, attorney visits to Border Patrol stations revealed …

FEMA to help manage unaccompanied minors at U.S.-Mexico border
4 years ago

FEMA to help manage unaccompanied minors at U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times  

The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the United States by illegally crossing the border with Mexico. FEMA will support a governmentwide effort over the next three months to safely receive, shelter and transfer minor children who arrive alone at …

Biden Administration Rescinds Trump Policy Affecting Sponsors Of Young Migrants
4 years ago

Biden Administration Rescinds Trump Policy Affecting Sponsors Of Young Migrants

NPR  

Biden Administration Rescinds Trump Policy Affecting Sponsors Of Young Migrants Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harrer/Getty Images Andrew Harrer/Getty Images The Biden administration rescinded a 2018 agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services that encouraged child welfare officers to share sensitive personal information about potential sponsors for unaccompanied children with immigration enforcement agents. When …

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