Office of Refugee Resettlement

Federal Judge Considers Release of Migrant Children In Custody As COVID-19 Spreads

10:45pm March 27, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

A federal judge in California wants all minors who were apprehended crossing into the U.S. alone to be released in an orderly fashion. But she refrained from mandating their immediate release.

The Southwest Key-Casa Padre Facility in Brownsville, Texas, formerly a Walmart, is one of more than 150 federally contracted shelters for unaccompanied minors that will lose educational and legal programs as a result of the mandate by Health and Human Se

Administration Cuts Education And Legal Services For Unaccompanied Minors

7:25pm June 05, 2019

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is telling migrant shelters to scale back on activities that are "not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety."

U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Commander Jonathan White testified Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee on the Trump administration's migrant family separation policy.

National

Sexual Assault Of Detained Migrant Children Reported In The Thousands Since 2015

7:43pm February 26, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Opponents of the Trump administration's family separation policy say migrant children are not safe in government custody. Administration officials say most of the allegations are unproved.

Politics & Government

Local Immigration Advocates Grapple With New Federal Asylum Ruling

12:48pm June 13, 2018

by David Ford

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that fears of domestic and gang violence are not enough to grant asylum seekers lawful entry into the U.S. According to Sessions, in the case o