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David Xol of Guatemala hugs his son Byron as they were reunited at Los Angeles International Airport in January. The father and son were separated 18 months earlier under the Trump administration's "no tolerance" migration policy.

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Parents Of 545 Children Separated At U.S.-Mexico Border Still Can't Be Found

9:47am October 21, 2020

by Mark Katkov

A court filing says many of the parents are presumed to no longer be in the United States. Efforts to locate them have been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the filing.

Christi holds a migrant child's hand as they walk to the swimming pool.

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'I Know That They're Cared For." Why One Mom Has Chosen To Foster Migrant Children

6:09pm July 28, 2019

Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that the government must seek consent before administering psychotropic drugs to immigrant children held at a Texas facility.

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Federal Judge Orders Government To Seek Consent Before Medicating Migrant Children

10:22pm July 30, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The court ruled the government must abide by a decades-old court settlement affecting the detention of migrant children.

Rudy Migdael Ramirez in Jutiapa, Guatemala.

Deported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S. Custody

12:51pm July 20, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.

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A protester outside a closed gate at the Port of Entry facility in Fabens, Texas.

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Trump Administration Seeks More Time To Reunify Migrant Families

3:54pm July 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Facing a court deadline to reunite families separated at the border, the government described efforts to verify relationships and assess parents' "fitness" to claim their children.

Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration is using the tent facility to house immigrant children separated from their parents.

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Department Of Homeland Security Releases Plan To Reunify Families

7:20pm June 24, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Administration officials unveiled the plan to reunify families separated under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, but offered few details on how and when reunifications would happen.