immigrant children Archives

Amid Surge, US Tries to Expedite Release of Migrant Children

With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to...

Migrant Children Describe Neglect at Texas Border Facility

Government facilities are overcrowded and five immigrant children have died since late last year after...

Parents Face Tougher Rules to Get Immigrant Children Back

Thousands of immigrant families are experiencing increasing hurdles to take custody of sons, daughters and...

Federal Agency Says It Lost Track of 1,488 Migrant Children

A Senate subcommittee has found that federal officials for the second time lost track of...

Government to Expand, Extend Texas Tent Shelter for Children

A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that the facility...

Were Immigrant Teenagers Strapped to Chairs with Bags Over Their Heads?

Immigrant children as young as 14 were forcibly restrained at a Virginia facility, but authorities...

Logic Stages Immigrant Protest At VMAs with Parents, Kids

The children, including some younger ones who appeared intimidated by the crowd, stood in a...

Did News Media Incorrectly Report That Border Agents Separated a Girl from Her Mother?

Mainstream news organizations were criticized for illustrating articles about family separation at the border with...

Senate Study Faults Government Care of Migrant Children

Some 200,000 of these children have entered the U.S. over the past six years.

Texas Lockup is Epicenter of Family Immigration Detention

Currently housing 1,520 mothers and their children, about 10 percent are families who were temporarily...

Texas Opens Investigation of Reported Immigrant Child Death

A report that a child died shortly after being released from a U.S. Immigration and...

Documents: Youth Care Worker Sexually Abused Immigrant Boys

Federal authorities allege that a former youth care worker at a Phoenix-area facility for immigrant...