July 25, 2025 1:01 pm
A policy that once only applied to Mexicans and Canadians has now been expanded with teenagers given the opportunity to choose whether they're deported or brought into government custody.
March 22, 2025 7:49 am
'It's extremely concerning because it's leaving these kids without really important support,' said Ailin Buigues, who heads Acacia's unaccompanied children programme.
April 20, 2021 1:23 pm
The number of migrant children reported in Mexico rose to 3,500 at the end of March from 380 at the start of the year, according to the Children’s Fund, or UNICEF.
May 17, 2019 10:21 am
US Customs and Border Protection said the boy's mother told Border Patrol agents her son was ill on April 6, three days after they were apprehended near an international bridge in El Paso, Texas.
September 20, 2018 11:06 am
Since October 2014, the federal government has placed more than 150,000 unaccompanied minors with parents or other adult sponsors who are expected to care for the children and help them attend school while they seek legal status in immigration court.
July 14, 2018 12:58 pm
A woman from Guatemala held her 5-year-old son in her arms, more than two months after they were separated. He and his 15-year-old brother have been staying with a New York foster family.
June 20, 2018 1:03 am
"This is a clear violation of human rights and puts children, including those with disabilities, in a vulnerable situation," Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray told a news conference in Mexico City.
September 05, 2017 9:53 am
The Donald Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the US Congress six months to craft legislation to replace it, according to sources familiar with the situation.
July 06, 2017 9:59 am
With tens of thousands of unaccompanied children entering U.S., a federal appeals court said immigrant children who cross the border without their parents have the right to a court hearing to challenge any decision to detain them.





