unaccompanied minors

Children coming from border get attention in Pa governor’s race

January 7, 2022 Marc Levy, Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lou Barletta, an illegal-immigration hawk and former congressman running for governor, said he would take a harder line against the federal government’s yearslong practice of bringing unaccompanied minors found by the Border […]

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Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July

August 5, 2021 Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July, and the number of people who came […]

Biden orders agencies to no longer call migrants ‘illegal aliens’

April 21, 2021 Ben Fox, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term that many people consider offensive. Memos issued by Customs and […]

US to keep migrant families in hotels amid rush for space

April 12, 2021 Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Friday, another step in the Biden administration’s frantic rush to […]

Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March

April 8, 2021 Elliot Spagat and Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe […]

Children packed into Border Patrol tent for days on end

March 16, 2021 Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

HOUSTON — Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, with some sleeping on the floor because there aren’t enough mats, according to nonprofit lawyers […]