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An emotional father embraces his son for the first time in months on August 7th, 2018, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. They had been separated as part of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy at the border.

Trump Officials Claim to Be Unaware of the Psychological Trauma of Family Separation

High-ranking officials said on Tuesday that they did not feel qualified to speak on the growing mountain of warnings that detention could be permanently harming children.

Jack Herrera

Demonstrators protest Trump administration policy that enables federal agents to separate undocumented migrant children from their parents at the border on June 5th, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

The Government May Have Deported 463 Migrant Parents Whose Children Remain in the U.S.

A progress reports shows that hundreds of migrant parents whose children remain in United States shelters may have been deported.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

The Trump Administration Deems Dozens of Migrant Children ‘Ineligible’ for Reunification

Immigration officials provided a litany of reasons as to why the remaining 46 children were ineligible for reunification.

Rebecca Worby

Activists rally outside the New York office of Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) on January 10th, 2018, in New York City.

Social Justice

Key Takeaways From the House’s ‘Compromise’ Immigration Bill

The Republican proposal would end family separation at the border.

Ashley Hackett

A mother and child await transport to a processing center for undocumented immigrants on July 24th, 2014, in Mission, Texas.

Social Justice

Advocates Fear the New Trump Administration Rule Will Keep Migrant Children in Detention for Even Longer

The ACLU warns that a new rule allowing the government to look into potential guardians' immigration status will leave the children with nowhere to go but detention facilities.

Massoud Hayoun

Social Justice

U.S. Border Stations Are Now Overflowing With Migrant Children

Customs and Border Protection agents are running out of space to shelter the hundreds of migrant children who have been separated from their parents at the United States border as part of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Ashley Hackett

People hold Honduran flags at the border fence during a rally with members of a caravan of Central American asylum seekers and supporters on April 29th, 2018, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Social Justice

The White House’s Decision to Terminate Hondurans’ Temporary Protected Status May Aid Lawsuits Against Its Immigration Policy

Lawsuits challenging earlier TPS cancelations charge the Trump administration was guided not by calculations over the nations' safety, but by racism.

Massoud Hayoun

Ms. L's case is just the latest rights concern to emerge from what critics contend is an unprecedented level of hostility coming from the White House toward immigrants.

Social Justice

Inside the ACLU’s Suit to Stop ICE From Separating Immigrant Families

The Department of Homeland Security maintains that it does not habitually separate detained asylum-seekers from their children without just cause.

Massoud Hayoun

Social Justice

The Trump Administration Is Reportedly Separating Hundreds of Immigrant Children From Their Parents

A lawsuit filed Monday aims to reunite a Congolese mother and her daughter, ripped apart at separate detention facilities as part of an apparent plan to discourage new asylum seekers.

Massoud Hayoun