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Children's rights

an illustration of the silhouettes of children on a detention center building

US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children

A Reveal investigation finds the resettlement agency relies on clandestine shelters to hold unaccompanied minors.

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.

Immigration
Teenage boys play video games at Casa Padre, a facility for migrant children in Brownsville, Texas.

What reporters couldn’t see when they toured a Texas shelter for child migrants

Kailash Satyarthi

‘If they cannot save the girls, they are not going to save the future’

Development
Child laborers in the Philippines

These photos of Filipino children working in mines and on sugar plantations will make you cry

Justice
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The US-Mexico border

At the US-Mexico border, Border Patrol officers are increasingly catching children

Conflict & Justice

Central American children are facing an impossible choice — stay at home, facing gang violence and poverty — or make a dangerous journey north through Mexico across the border to the US. More than ever before, they’re choosing to go — and getting caught at the border.

The US-Mexico border

At the US-Mexico border, Border Patrol officers are increasingly catching children

Conflict & Justice

Central American children are facing an impossible choice — stay at home, facing gang violence and poverty — or make a dangerous journey north through Mexico across the border to the US. More than ever before, they’re choosing to go — and getting caught at the border.

Who’s looking out for kids in reality TV?

Global Politics

When children compete on reality TV shows, they fall into a legal gray area of possible child labor and exploitation.

Farmers Disagree With Child-Labor Laws

The Takeaway has been talking about child labor in America this week, from paper routes to custodial work. Now, a look at the farm. Should children be restricted from doing certain kinds of agricultural work? The Department of Labor thinks so. In a new proposal, they are hoping to bar most farm hands younger than […]

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