migrant children

John Sanders, then the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, attends a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2019 during a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, when at least five children died after being detained by federal authorities.

Deaths Of Migrant Children Haunt Former Official As Border Surge Increases

Franco Ordoñez

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John Sanders led U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Trump administration. At least five children died after being detained during the last surge, and he fears "history is repeating itself."

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy addresses the press during the congressional border delegation visit to El Paso, Texas.

Politics / Issues

House GOP Leader Blasts Biden At Southern Border As Democrats Ready Immigration Bills

Barbara Sprunt

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Kevin McCarthy's trip comes amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border, especially unaccompanied children. Democrats say the GOP lawmakers' visit was a political stunt.

Education

Class of COVID-19: Finding The Lost Children Of Migrant Farmworkers

Kerry Sheridan

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These women search for farmworkers’ children, to help educate them. COVID-19 made their jobs harder.

Migrant teens walking through the Homestead facility.

Local / State

Florida Migrant Teen Detention Center Sees Dramatic Downsize

By Adriana Gomez Licon / The Associated PressThe nation's largest facility for migrant children has released hundreds of teens to relatives in recent…

Migrant children are escorted through the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on Good Friday, April 19, 2019.

Local / State

Attorney Describes 'Prison-Like' Conditions of Homestead Detention Facility

Chris Remington

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The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will be drastically cutting federal aid to migrant childhood detention facilities. The largest childhood...