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

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

The Independent  

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Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says
5 months ago

Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as the company amassed billions of dollars in government contracts. Southwest spokesperson Anais Biera Miracle said …

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Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse, harassment, U.S. says
5 months ago

Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse, harassment, U.S. says

LA Times  

A Southwest Key sign is displayed in Brownsville, Texas, in 2014. Southwest Key, the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children, has been accused of “severe, pervasive, and unwelcome sexual abuse of and harassment” of children in its care, the Justice Department said Thursday. Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. have repeatedly sexually …

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Newsom’s budget plan saves vital programs for immigrants, but kids and hungry seniors may suffer
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Newsom’s budget plan saves vital programs for immigrants, but kids and hungry seniors may suffer

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers agreed to a $297.7-billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, they preserved two vital programs serving thousands of immigrant Californians. “Immigrants are close to a third of the population, and trust me, they are not getting a third of the funding when it comes to services within the budget.” Kept: Cal State clinics offering …

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Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
7 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 …

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‘He was nameless’: Orphaned children lose family, identity in Gaza
10 months, 1 week ago

‘He was nameless’: Orphaned children lose family, identity in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Unaccompanied children in the war-torn enclave are registered as ‘unknown’, or under the acronym WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family. The injured boy was one of a growing number of children in the war-torn enclave to be registered as “unknown”, or under the acronym WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family. “He turned from a cheerful, impish, chattering child …

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South Africa intercepts buses carrying more than 400 unaccompanied children from Zimbabwe
1 year ago

South Africa intercepts buses carrying more than 400 unaccompanied children from Zimbabwe

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Border officials in South Africa say they have intercepted dozens of buses carrying more than 400 young children from Zimbabwe without parents or legal guardians in an anti-trafficking operation. The officials say the children were being “trafficked” into South Africa, although an organization representing foreign nationals living in South Africa says it’s likely the children were being sent …

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At Least 97,000 Indians Held Entering US Illegally, Over 700 of Them Were Unaccompanied Children
1 year, 1 month ago

At Least 97,000 Indians Held Entering US Illegally, Over 700 of Them Were Unaccompanied Children

News 18  

The US Customs and Border Protection data shows that a record 96,917 Indians were apprehended while crossing into the US illegally between October 2022 and September 2023. Out of the 96,917 Indians, 30,010 were caught entering the US illegally through the Canadian border and 41,770 were caught trying to enter the US illegally through the Mexican border. The number of …

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US ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone
2 years, 9 months ago

US ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Unaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance announced by U.S. health authorities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in announcing the change late Friday night, said “that expulsion of unaccompanied noncitizen children is not warranted to protect the public health.” The change …

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Leaked video shows illegal migrants landing at Westchester airport
2 years, 10 months ago

Leaked video shows illegal migrants landing at Westchester airport

Daily Mail  

Leaked footage shows dozens of illegal migrants landing at a Westchester airport on a secret charter flight in the dead of night, just one of the dozens of such resettlements carried out by the Biden administration last year. The bodycam footage, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, shows migrants being flown …

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Inside Biden’s border plans: How optimism turned to chaos
3 years, 1 month ago

Inside Biden’s border plans: How optimism turned to chaos

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — For about four months before President Joe Biden took office, advisers engaged in intense internal debate about how quickly they should undo his predecessor’s hardline border policies. In the summer of 2014, large numbers of unaccompanied children from Central America’s Northern Triangle countries — Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras — showed up along the Texas border in …

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Are US border policies behind the spike in COVID-19 infection rates across the country?
3 years, 4 months ago

Are US border policies behind the spike in COVID-19 infection rates across the country?

Firstpost  

The key factors behind the recent spike in COVID-19 cases are people in US communities who are unvaccinated and are not following guidance from CDC guidelines on Delta variant, say public health experts Phoenix: As the Delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the US, some of President Joe Biden’s critics blame the surge on his border policies, …

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Kamala Harris sees immigration problems firsthand in visit to the U.S.-Mexico border
3 years, 5 months ago

Kamala Harris sees immigration problems firsthand in visit to the U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times  

The vice president is in El Paso to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in perhaps her most politically charged trip since taking office. Kamala Harris made her first trip as vice president to the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, meeting with border agents and migrant children as she toured a processing center in El Paso, and becoming more closely tied to one of …

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Fewer children cross US border in May but numbers stay high
3 years, 6 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 …

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‘There was no going back': Migrants send kids into US alone
3 years, 7 months ago

‘There was no going back': Migrants send kids into US alone

Associated Press  

LA JOYA, Texas — Marely had traveled for 13 days, trekking with her mother from Central America to the busiest corridor for illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings. They told us to run, to keep going,” said Marely, who turned herself over to Border Patrol agents in La Joya, Texas. For two hours, the girl from a village south of San Salvador …

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US agents encounter more single adults crossing border
3 years, 7 months ago

US agents encounter more single adults crossing border

Associated Press  

LA JOYA, Texas — Parents emerge from the brush into a baseball field, carrying exhausted children. Border Patrol agents dictate orders: Families with young children in one line and unaccompanied children in another. But while asylum-seeking families and children dominate public attention, single adults represent a growing number of border encounters, nearly two of every three in April. Some current …

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Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April
3 years, 7 months ago

Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday. Authorities encountered 17,171 children traveling alone, down 9% from 18,960 in March, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, but still well above the …

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Long Beach Convention Center opens as temporary facility for unaccompanied migrant children
3 years, 8 months ago

Long Beach Convention Center opens as temporary facility for unaccompanied migrant children

LA Times  

On a tour of the Long Beach Convention Center, Mayor Robert Garcia speaks in the sleeping quarters set up for migrant children inside Exhibit Hall B. Federal officials on Thursday prepared to receive 150 migrant children at the Long Beach Convention Center, one of several structures in California and other states being repurposed as temporary intake facilities to cope with …

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US vice president to visit Mexico, Guatemala for migration talks
3 years, 8 months ago

US vice president to visit Mexico, Guatemala for migration talks

Al Jazeera  

Guatemalan leader says his government expects to reach agreements over migration with the US vice president. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that she plans to visit Mexico and Guatemala soon as part of her plan to use diplomacy to slow migration to the US-Mexican border. President Joe Biden, who has moved away from predecessor Donald Trump’s hardline immigration approach, …

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U.S. to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
3 years, 8 months ago

U.S. to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space

The Hindu  

Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said on Friday, another step in the Biden administration's rush to set up temporary space for them. Senator Kyrsten Sinema was told that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will occupy “several hotels along the southwest border, …

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Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs
3 years, 8 months ago

Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Paying a smuggler, Edgar Mejia could afford to take only one child with him to the United States. About four in 10 border encounters last month were with families and unaccompanied children — many from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — at a time when policies in the U.S. and Mexico favor them staying in the United …

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EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
3 years, 8 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 …

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Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
3 years, 8 months ago

Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics. The huge increase in children traveling alone — some as young as 3 — and …

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Number of child migrants crossing the border alone hits an all-time high in March
3 years, 8 months ago

Number of child migrants crossing the border alone hits an all-time high in March

LA Times  

Young unaccompanied migrants ages 3 to 9 watch television in a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Donna, Texas, on March 30. U.S. officials picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Biden as he reverses …

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