unaccompanied minors

Migrant Crossings At Southern Border Increase Ahead Of Title 42 Expiration

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ICE officers granted access to unaccompanied minors database

12:24pm February 14, 2025

Trump administration officials say the move was necessary "to build a culture of child safety and accountability." But advocates say they fear the administration will use it for immigration enforcement.

U.S. Selects Greensboro Site To House Unaccompanied Minors

11:03am June 13, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

The site of the former American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro will become a housing and education facility for unaccompanied refugee children.

U.S. Considers Greensboro Site To House Unaccompanied Minors

10:49am May 07, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

Federal officials are considering a former Greensboro private school as a transitional housing site for unaccompanied refugee minors.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the latest statistics on Wednesday showing agents encountered nearly 3,500 migrants a day during February 2021 — a 28% spike over January.

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February

11:48am March 11, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The swelling number of minors has left CBP scrambling to quickly move children from detention in crude holding cells built to house adult men to temporary shelters appropriate for adolescents.

A holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. A 16-year-old Honduran boy who entered the U.S. alone was scheduled to be deported Wednesday, but a federal judge has blocked his removal.

Judge Blocks Deportation Of Honduran Teenager Due To Pandemic

3:18am June 10, 2020

The 16-year-old boy was to be deported Wednesday under a new administration policy that applies federal health statutes, intended to mitigate the spread of disease, to immigration cases.

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."

Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla., in February.

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Immigrant Advocates Ask Court To Release Unaccompanied Minors Detained In Florida

11:05pm May 31, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A court settlement limits how long the government can detain immigrant minors. Administration officials say that facilities that hold the minors are only temporary.

An acrylic piece created by a group of teens featuring the Quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala.

Opinion: A Showcase Of 'Uncaged Art' By Children Once Detained

8:25am April 13, 2019

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon explores an art exhibit in El Paso, Texas, by unaccompanied minors detained at the now-closed Tornillo Children's Detention center.

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.

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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.