Immigrant Children
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19 states suing over Trump administration’s rollback of child immigrant protectionsA 1997 agreement known as the Flores settlement says immigrant children must be kept in the least restrictive setting and generally shouldn’t spend more than 20 days in detention.WorldAug 26, 2019
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Woman who climbed Statue of Liberty scales Texas building to protest family separationA woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July last year to protest family separation has been arrested after climbing a school building run by shelter organization Southwest Key in Austin, Texas.WorldFeb 20, 2019
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Videos show Arizona shelter staff dragging, shoving immigrant childrenThe shelter, known as Hacienda del Sol, was operated by Southwest Key and located in the metro Phoenix area before it was closed in October.WorldDec 31, 2018
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U.S. authorities held immigrant children in a ‘tent city’ for months: court filingsMore than 500 children have been housed in tents near Tornillo, Texas since August, and 46 have been held there since June, according to a Friday court filing in Los Angeles federal court.WorldOct 22, 2018
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Over 500 immigrant children remain in U.S. custody, await reunion with parentsThe number of immigrant children in U.S. care who have still not been reunited with their families after being separated at the Mexican border has barely budged in the past week.WorldAug 9, 2018
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Worker accused of molesting 14-year-old migrant girl at U.S. housing facilityOfficials declined to say whether the girl was an immigrant who was separated from her parents at the border.WorldAug 2, 2018
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Six-year-old girl heard sobbing in U.S. migrant detention centre reunited with motherSix-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid was reunited with her mother after a separation of just over one month.WorldJul 13, 2018
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Migrant kids under 5 will be reunited with their parents by Thursday: U.S. officialAll migrant children under age 5 who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early Thursday morning if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statementWorldJul 11, 2018
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1-year-old Honduran boy appears before U.S. judge to get reunited with parentsThe boy is one of hundreds of children who need to be reunited with their parents after being separated at the border.WorldJul 7, 2018
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Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy left health officials in a bindThe Trump administration separated migrant families while sidelining the agency responsible for caring for the children.WorldJul 1, 2018
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