FamilySeparation

Biden admin says it supports legal status for asylum-seeking kids and parents separated at border

The Biden administration has said that it supports legal status for the thousands of asylum-seeking children and parents cruelly ripped apart at the southern border by the previous administration …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Here's your chance to demand justice for families cruelly separated at the border

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December announced that it was requesting public input on preventing the inhumane and traumatic separation of children and parents at the southern border. …

Tue Jan 25, 2022

In devastating blow to family separation victims, Justice Department ends settlement negotiations

In a devastating development for thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated and traumatized by the previous presidential administration, the Justice Department has ended settlement …

Sat Dec 18, 2021

Previous admin's attempt to end protections for asylum-seeking children gets thrown in the trash bin

The Biden administration has tossed out a plan by the previous administration to terminate the Flores settlement, a decades-old court agreement protecting vulnerable migrant children who are in U.S. …

Tue Dec 14, 2021

DHS secretary questioned on possible Remain in Mexico return, border abuses during Senate hearing

Sen. Alex Padilla during a Senate hearing Tuesday addressed some of the most pressing issues raised by immigrant and human rights advocates in recent weeks, including the possible court-ordered return …

Wed Nov 17, 2021

White House clarifies Biden 'perfectly comfortable' with settlements for separated families

President Joe Biden this past weekend said he supported financial settlements for asylum-seeking parents and children who were forcibly separated at the southern border by the previous administration …

Mon Nov 8, 2021

Biden says reported six-figure settlements for some family separation victims 'not going to happen'

President Biden on Wednesday shot down reports that his administration has been in talks for possible settlements of up to $450,000 for family separation victims who have sued the federal government …

Thu Nov 4, 2021

Biden admin expands family reunification effort as advocates continue to push for permanent relief

The Biden administration’s family reunification task force is expanding its ongoing effort to reunite families cruelly separated at the southern border by the previous administration, including the …

Wed Sep 15, 2021

Reunited families meet with DHS secretary, make plea for permanent relief: 'We suffered too much'

A number of the nearly 50 separated families who have been reunited under the Biden administration held a virtual meeting with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the …

Fri Aug 27, 2021

Parents of 337 separated kids still not found as former admin officials have 'landed on their feet'

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in ongoing litigation over the previous administration’s family separation policy that advocates have located the parents of an additional 31 children …

Thu Aug 12, 2021

As former president complains at border about losing, hundreds of kids remain separated from parents

The previous president joined Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas on Wednesday, partly for the governor’s primary campaign event news conference, but mostly as way to publicly continue airing his …

Thu Jul 1, 2021

Family reunification task force says at least 3,900 kids were stolen from parents by previous admin

A progress report submitted by the Biden administration’s family reunification task force says that more than 2,100 children stolen from their families by the previous administration from July 2017 …

Tue Jun 8, 2021

Parents of another 54 separated kids have been located, advocates say in new court filing

Pro bono attorneys tasked with reuniting families separated at the southern border by the previous administration said in their latest court filing this week that they’ve located the parents of an …

Thu May 20, 2021