The Shiloh Treatment Center near Manvel has been accused of drugging young immigrants to keep them docile. About 25 youths are affected by the order.
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President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy drew sharp rebukes after it was announced in April 2018 — especially after children who had been separated from their parents started being placed in a tent city in Tornillo. Trump signed an executive order June 20 that would keep immigrant families together, but it’s unclear how — or if — families that have already been separated will be reunited. With support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Texas Tribune has been reporting on the issue from the Texas-Mexico border, Washington, D.C., and Austin. You can help by sending story tips to tips@texastribune.org.
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As reunification deadline lands, hundreds of migrant families remain divided
Some parents have been declared ineligible because of “red flags” in their records. But many haven’t been reunified because immigration officials already deported them.
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The feds say 120 migrant parents waived reunification rights. But some say they were coerced or confused.
The government says that more than 100 migrant parents chose not to be reunited with their children by Thursday’s deadline. Lawyers who interviewed these migrants say they’re on that list by mistake or worse.
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Analysis: The unfolding story of the newest Americans
There’s a big difference between what policy is supposed to do and what it actually does. The family separation fiasco on the U.S.-Mexico border is a perfect example.
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The government has lost track of hundreds of migrant parents, likely delaying reunifications
For the second time, it looks like the government’s efforts to reunify separated migrant families will be stymied by its own bureaucratic failings.
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Chaos at Port Isabel: Kids held overnight and parents in limbo
The government’s primary “reunification and removal” site also went on lockdown for several hours Sunday after losing track of a male migrant, according to two lawyers and a Salvadoran woman released from the facility Monday.
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Separated migrant family of six faced one hurdle after another after immigration crackdown
A young Guatemalan slept on a bridge for at least three days and nights while attempting to seek asylum. His wife and children had been separated after crossing that bridge just weeks earlier. This is the story of a family that faced seemingly every possible hurdle under Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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As Thursday deadline approaches, reunification remains uncertain for hundreds of migrant families
A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to reunite all migrant children 5 and older with their parents by Thursday — but officials’ own data shows that will be near impossible.
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Rotten meat. Chicken pox. Tearful separations. Migrants describe their experience in federal custody.
In court filings, more than 200 migrants describe long waits for medical care, minimal access to legal services, verbal abuse from guards and untreated diaper rashes.
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Incommunicado in South Texas: Migrant parents await reunification in seclusion
On the brink of being released from detention and reunited with children separated from them sometimes months ago, migrant parents are held at a South Texas facility in a sort of limbo — not free to leave, but without access to phones or commissary accounts that regular detainees get.