Debbie Nathan, writing at The Intercept, takes a look at the planned changes for immigrant asylum hearings in her latest piece of outstanding reporting. Read it at the link below.
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An Abused Woman Came to the U.S. Seeking Asylum. The Government Took Her 5-Year-Old Son. This Is How She Got Him Back.
Debbie Nathan, writing for The Intercept, won a well-deserved Edward R. Murrow Award for her story on Guatemalan mother who was reunited with her five-year-old son. It’s a great read.
Migrant Child Drawings Depict Jail-like Scenes of Detention
The Associated Press has obtained photos drawn by children which depict their time in Border Patrol custody. The photos were provided by a volunteer with the American Academy of Pediatrics. View the drawings, and read the story, at the link below.
Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.
In a joint project by The New York Times and the El Paso Times, reporters Simon Romero, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Manny Fernandez, Daniel Borunda, Aaron Montes and Caitlin Dickerson offer an interactive look inside the controversial migrant detention center in Clint, Texas.
Texas Tent City Housing 2,500 Migrant Children Is Said to Close in January
Miriam Jordan, reporting for The New York Times, reports that the migrant detention camp in Tornillo, Texas — currently housing thousands of migrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents — will close in the coming weeks.
A Boy Separated from His Mom at the Border Faces His First Christmas without Her
Michael E. Miller shares the story of Isaac Flores Amador, an 11-year-old immigrant boy who was separated from his mother, as Christmas approaches.
‘Death is waiting for him’
On the day he pleaded for his life in federal immigration court, Santos Chirino lifted his shirt and showed his scars.
PHOTO ABOVE: Santos Chirino’s daughter stands for a portrait in Virginia on Nov. 17. Chirino was murdered after being denied asylum and deported. Chirino’s daughter and son are awaiting their own immigration hearing.
Judge Thomas Snow watched the middle-aged construction worker on a big-screen television in Arlington, Va., 170 miles away from the immigration jail where Chirino was being held.
In a shaky voice, Chirino described the MS-13 gang attack that had nearly killed him, his decision to testify against the assailants in a Northern Virginia courtroom and the threats that came next. His brother’s windshield, smashed. Strangers snapping their photos at a restaurant. A gang member who said they were waiting for him in Honduras.
Family Separations at Border Down, but Dozens Still Affected
The Trump administration separated 81 migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border since the June executive order that stopped the general practice amid a crackdown on illegal crossings, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press.
Making President Trump’s Bed: A Housekeeper Without Papers
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales has made Donald J. Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American flag adorned with a Secret Service logo.
Because of the “outstanding” support she has provided during Mr. Trump’s visits, Ms. Morales in July was given a certificate from the White House Communications Agency inscribed with her name.
Quite an achievement for an undocumented immigrant housekeeper.