shelters

Migrant children outside playing on a playground at Casa Combes, a shelter for migrant kids in Harlingen, Texas. Photographed on June 23, 2018.

The government faces deadlines to reunite migrant families. It’s unclear if it will meet them.

June 28, 2018
Immigration

A court ordered the government to reunite families within one month, or 14 days for cases involving children under 5. But with parents and children split and put on different, complex tracks, that might prove challenging.

The government faces deadlines to reunite migrant families. It’s unclear if it will meet them.
Bodies and feet of two young people, one pregnant

On the way to the US, children seeking asylum are often put in Mexico’s detention centers

January 3, 2017
Justice
On the way to the US, children seeking asylum are often put in Mexico’s detention centers

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