migrant children

Central America 06/10/21, 04:22

Only seven migrant children have been reunited with their families since Biden’s task force was launched in February, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report released on Tuesday, June 8. Over 2000 children are waiting to be reunited, the 22-page-report revealed. A senior DHS officer blamed the Trump administration ...

U.S. 05/21/21, 16:16

Joe Biden's administration is reported to be "secretly" transporting unaccompanied migrant children to Tennessee in the middle of the night and then taking them to other cities, reported Fox News. According to local media 3WRCB, the minors arrived at Wilson Air Center airport in Chattanooga on night flights. Faced with such ...

U.S. 04/02/21, 18:03

A foster family in Washington state was told to leave their home by a non-profit agency that supplied them with it in order to make room for unaccompanied migrant children, according to a report from King 5, a Seattle-are NBC affiliate. Friends with Youth, a non-profit that helps abandoned and foster ...

U.S. 03/31/21, 01:40

Some parents in San Diego public schools are concerned over proposals for teachers to provide in-person teaching to migrant children while schools in the same county stay closed. According to Fox News, the teachers will be sent to the San Diego Convention Center to provide in-person learning to illegal immigrants. "We have ...

Politics 08/21/19, 12:21

The Trump administration is moving to extend detentions of migrant families for long periods under a regulation announced Wednesday by Acting Homeland Security Department Secretary Kevin McAleenan. At a press conference at the headquarters of Customs and Border Protection, McAleenan called the measure a significant step towards addressing a humanitarian crisis ...

U.S. 06/07/19, 16:48

The federal government has found a suitable short-term solution to house migrant children in Texas as more and more migrants flood the U.S. immigration system. A new emergency facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, has been built and will be opening soon to specifically house underage migrant youth. The complex once ...

U.S. 05/22/19, 23:38

US officials had been caring for the unnamed child since March because she had a history of congenital heart defects

Business 03/05/19, 17:47

The corporation behind a Florida detention camp for migrant children abandoned its plans to go public Tuesday as controversy grows around policies that lock up children crossing the Mexico border. The chairman of Caliburn International Corp., Thomas J. Campbell, sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission saying it no ...

America 12/24/18, 10:16

Jakelin Caal developed a high fever while in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection and died two days later at a hospital in El Paso, Texas

U.S. 12/18/18, 22:00

Controversial policy required extensive background checks of all adults living with sponsors of migrant children, move could lead to faster release of migrant minors from shelters