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Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla., in Feb. 2019 The American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of thousands of immigrant families who were se

Justice Department breaks off talks on compensation for separated families

10:10pm December 16, 2021

The U.S. has left negotiations about paying monetary damages to families who were forcibly separated while seeking to enter at the southern border during the Trump administration.

The Trump-era "zero tolerance" immigration policy has resulted in the separation of more than 3,000 children from their families after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Justice Department Rescinds Trump's 'Zero Tolerance' Immigration Policy

1:29pm January 27, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Trump-era immigration policy resulted in thousands of family separations at the U.S-Mexico border.

Migrant children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. in February 2019.

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New Report: U.S. Lacked Technology To Account For Separated Families

11:44pm November 27, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The report says the administration planned to separate as many as 26,000 children under the "zero tolerance" policy. More than 5,000 children were separated before it was ended by a judge.

Immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

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Parents Were 'Coerced' To Waive Reunification Rights With Children, Complaint Says

9:39pm August 23, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Lawyers for immigrants filed a complaint on Thursday with Homeland Security. They contend that parents, amid cruel treatment, did not understand the forms they were being forced to sign.

A Brazilian mother, who asked to be identified only as W.R., was reunified with with her 9-year-old son A.R. in Boston on July 16.

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Government Unable To Track Hundreds Of Parents It Separated From Their Children

11:24pm July 24, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Officials said 1,012 parents and children separated at the border have already been reunited. But up to 463 parents may have been deported or have voluntarily left without their children.

A mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child as she surrenders to a U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border, near McAllen, Texas, in late June.

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Lawsuit Says Migrants Subjected To Dirty Detention Facilities, Bad Food And Water

12:18pm July 18, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In interviews that appear in the suit filed by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.

Ruben Garcia (center), director of the Annunciation House, speaks with migrant parents on June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.

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Trump Officials Struggle To Meet Deadlines Even As More Migrant Families Reunited

12:44am July 13, 2018

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

Two Central American fathers in El Paso were just released from ICE custody and reunited with their toddlers. Attorneys say the reunification process is ongoing, but haphazard and poorly coordinated.

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Kevin Sinatra and Aida Cardoza brought their 1-year-old son Matthews to the protest. "We want him to know he's was a part of this movement."

For Women At D.C.'s 'Families Belong Together,' The Protest Was Personal

12:39am July 01, 2018

by Cecilia Lei

Motherhood was a core theme of Saturday's protest, which drew families and their young children, as well as anti-abortion-rights activists.

The train known as "The Beast" passes by the Sagrada Familia shelter in Apizaco, Mexico. For many migrants, the train is the next step in their journey north.

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Migrants Are Stuck In Mexico With Violence Back Home And 'Zero Tolerance' In The U.S.

12:47pm June 24, 2018

A Honduran mother of two, who is pregnant with a third, remains in a Mexico City shelter after hearing of the U.S. family separation policy.

A screenshot from a video produced by ProPublica about 6-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid who had just crossed into the U.S. before she was detained and separated from her mother. An audio recording of Alison pleading for someone to call her aunt sp

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Watch: 6-Year-Old Girl, Alone, Breaks Through Immigration Noise With A Phone Number

9:50am June 22, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

"First, I want to take a bath. A really hot bath," she tells her cousin over the phone.