Border & Immigration
August 20, 2019
Family of Migrant Father Who Died By Suicide Sues Federal, Local Authorities
The lawsuit is believed to be the first of its kind involving family separation and suicide.
Zero Tolerance
Border & Immigration
May 29, 2019
‘He Started Calling Me Papa Again’: A Separated Migrant Father and Son Reunite After 378 Days Apart
Juan is believed to be the first parent separated from a child under Trump’s zero-tolerance policy to win permanent protection against deportation.
Border & Immigration
August 24, 2018
‘Don’t You Understand That We Don’t Want You in This Country?’
A complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security accuses immigration authorities of trying to coerce immigrants into leaving the country.
Border & Immigration
July 27, 2018
Charles Foster on the Immigration Conundrum
The solutions to our current crisis on the border are relatively simple, says Houston immigration expert Charles Foster. But our politicians don’t have the nerve to make them happen.
Border & Immigration
July 26, 2018
Separated Parents Coerced Into Waiving Reunification With Their Children, Affidavits Say
Many Spanish-speaking parents said they did not understand the English documents they were signing.
Border & Immigration
July 25, 2018
Hundreds of Immigrant Families Will Remain Separated Even If Government Meets Thursday Deadline
A federal judge praised the government effort, but expressed concern that hundreds of immigrant parents may have been deported without their children.
Border & Immigration
July 16, 2018
Family Reunifications Begin in Earnest in Three Texas Cities
While that's good news, immigration advocates, fearful of mass deportations, have gotten a judge to issue a stay temporarily halting deportations.
Border & Immigration
June 29, 2018
An Immigrant Teen Describes Life in Detention After Being Separated From His Mother
’You cannot imagine how awful it is to be there,’ the boy said of his nine-month separation by U.S. immigration officials.
Border & Immigration
June 29, 2018
Battle Over Houston Child Detention Facility Heats Up
Austin nonprofit Southwest Key wants to open a facility for immigrant children in Houston’s East End. Mayor Sylvester Turner has other ideas.
Border & Immigration
June 26, 2018
Texas Companies Turned Down Lucrative No-Bid Contracts to Expand Child Immigrant Camp
The refusal by the two firms to take on a yearlong contract came one day before Trump announced the end of family separation.
Border & Immigration
June 19, 2018
Texas Lawmakers Speak Out Against Family Separation Policies
House speaker Joe Straus asks President Trump to stop the policy, while State Representative César Blanco asks Abbott to cease National Guard deployment.
Border & Immigration
June 15, 2018
What’s Really Happening When Asylum-Seeking Families Are Separated?
An expert on helping parents navigate the asylum process describes what she's seeing on the ground.
Border & Immigration
June 8, 2018
Immigration Officials Taking Over 1,600 Beds in Federal Prison System
The move comes as immigrant apprehensions climb to levels not seen since the end of the Obama administration.