migrant children

Lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify migrant families who were separated by the Trump administration say they have yet to track down the parents of 545 children, and that approximately two-thirds of those parents were deported to Central America without their children, according to a filing from the ACLU on Tuesday.

A new draft report by the Justice Department inspector general reveals that top officials in the Trump administration were a driving force behind the separation of thousands of migrant families at the U.S. border with Mexico. The CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, breaks down what this new report tells us about the motives behind this...

In a 2018 White House meeting of many top Trump advisers, Stephen Miller demanded show of hands to allow separation of migrant kids and parents, officials say.

A federal judge in California ruled over the weekend that her previous order to release migrant children from ICE custody by Monday is now “unenforceable.”

Hundreds of Wayfair employees walked off the job Wednesday to protest the online retailer’s decision to furnish a detention camp for migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The workers walked out from their Boston headquarters at 1:30 p.m. and headed to Copley Square, about a seven-minute walk away. Organizers called on employees who are based in the headquarters and remote...

Employees at Wayfair are planning a walkout to protest the company’s decision to sell furniture to facilities housing detained migrant children at the southern U.S. border, according to The Boston Globe. An employee, who did not wish to be named, told The Globe that BCFS, a government contractor, placed a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture last week.

Employees at Wayfair are planning a walkout to protest the company’s decision to sell furniture to facilities housing detained migrant children at the southern U.S. border, according to The Boston Globe. An employee, who did not wish to be named, told The Globe that BCFS, a government contractor, placed a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture last week.

The Trump administration is changing the way it reviews sponsors who want to care for migrant children in government custody — backing off a requirement that all people in the house are fingerprinted.

Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to testimony before a Senate subcommittee Thursday. The Health and Human Services Department has a limited budget to track the welfare of vulnerable unaccompanied minors, and realized that 1,475 children...