At Least 30 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Parents for More Than a Year

A report from the House Oversight Committee provides new details on the calamity at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Migrant parents separated from children return to U.S., plead to be reunited

A large group of Central American migrants who U.S. authorities separated from their children last year when they crossed the Mexican border entered the United States again on Saturday asking for refuge and to be reunited with their kids.

A Reuters witness said some 50 people entered the United States at the international border crossing from Mexicali, Mexico into Calexico, California, where they were met by agents from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).

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NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED TO AID CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS

Georgia’s child welfare chief announced a new agreement Wednesday with the Consulate General of Mexico to help protect children whose parents get detained or deported due to immigration issues.

Children of those immigrants sometimes end up in Georgia’s foster care system. The Mexican consulate in Atlanta had pushed for an agreement to make sure that the consulate is made aware of the cases and can help facilitate reuniting parents and children when that’s deemed appropriate.

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The US is relocating migrant children to barren tent cities near the Mexico border—at midnight

The US is currently home to close to 13,000 detained migrant children, the largest population ever. Today (Sept. 30), The New York Times reports that in recent weeks a growing number of them have been moved, often in the middle of the night, from foster homes and shelters all over the country and transported to a tent city in Tornillo, Texas, a remote location near the Mexican border.

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• Editorial: Growing cost of detaining children

Moments of high anxiety for deported dad on custody quest

It was 8:15 on a December morning, and the court hearing that could determine the future of Adrian Quiroz's family was to begin in 15 minutes in Phoenix — but Quiroz was 180 miles away, in Nogales, Sonora.

The 30-year-old Mexico native was deported in April 2016, and since then has tried to regain full custody of his children from the other side of the border, unable to easily communicate with his caseworker or his attorney.

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Four Kids Faced With Choosing Between Foster Care or Following Their Deported Father to Mexico

After their father and sole caretaker was recently deported to Mexico, his four children—the oldest of whom is just 10—will be forced to enter the foster care system in Kentucky if they can’t come up with the money to be reunited with their father.

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Half a million U.S.-born kids live in Mexico with deported parents, trying to assimilate

In the last seven years, approximately 4.2 million Mexicans have returned to their home country from the U.S. with an order of deportation, according to the Department of National Security.

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Mexican father battles to raise his U.S. son

A Mexican father living in his homeland has won back the chance to raise his young son after the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that child welfare workers wrongly rushed to terminate the father’s rights using faulty justification.

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Health and Human Services notes uptick in unaccompanied youths from Central America

Health and Human Services notes uptick in unaccompanied youths from Central America

In an effort to head off a repeat of the chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2014 when thousands of unaccompanied children fled Central America, the Department of Health and Human Services will open new facilities this year to temporarily house youths entering the country.

US gov't prepares for another influx of child immigrants

US gov't prepares for another influx of child immigrants

In an effort to head off a repeat of the chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2014 when thousands of unaccompanied children fled Central America, the Department of Health and Human Services will open new facilities this year to temporarily house youths entering the country.

Nearly 300,000 Children, Families Apprehended Illegally Crossing U.S. Border Since FY 2013

Nearly 300,000 Children, Families Apprehended Illegally Crossing U.S. Border Since FY 2013

Nearly 300,000 unaccompanied minors and “family units” have been apprehended illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border since fiscal year 2013, and recent data suggest the influx could continue at even higher levels.

Mother accused of kidnapping children caught in Mexico

Mother accused of kidnapping children caught in Mexico

The non-custodial mother of two Corpus Christi children was arrested in Mexico last week and is now facing federal charges here in Texas. The Department of Justice says the children were also recovered in Mexico and are in the custody of Texas Child Protective Services.

Surge in Children, Families at the U.S. Border May Be the 'New Normal'

Surge in Children, Families at the U.S. Border May Be the 'New Normal'

A dramatic spike in unaccompanied children and families trying to slip in across the U.S.-Mexico border may be "the new normal," officials say, with some believing the surge is linked to a federal ruling that ended long-term detentions.

Thousands of Central American Kids Are Back at Our Border. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Thousands of Central American Kids Are Back at Our Border. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Last month, while conservatives went into panic mode over those eight Syrians who crossed the US-Mexico border shortly after the Paris attacks, the feds were scrambling to keep up with a more familiar sight in South Texas: the arrival of unaccompanied children and families from Central America.

Foster parents fighting for child's return

Foster parents fighting for child's return

Some foster parents here in the Triad are heartbroken. The child they fostered for more than a year has been taken from them and in the process of being sent to Mexico. WXII's Margaret Johnson has more.

Mexican Babies Might Have Been Sold for Up to $20,000 to American Couples

Mexican Babies Might Have Been Sold for Up to $20,000 to American Couples

A cross-border baby trafficking ring allegedly operated by welfare officials in northern Mexico — and then covered up by state prosecutors — is highlighting the issue of human trafficking in the country.

U.S. Border Arrests of Children, Families Surge 52% in August

U.S. Border Arrests of Children, Families Surge 52% in August

The U.S. Border Patrol arrested nearly 10,000 unaccompanied immigrant children and families who were illegally crossing the border with Mexico in August, a 52% jump from a year ago, according to statistics published by the agency.

Mexican social services official accused of trafficking babies to US for adoption

Mexican social services official accused of trafficking babies to US for adoption

Maria Garcia has not seen her daughter since Mexico’s social services took her away more than three years ago. The same social services branch has now been implicated in a baby-trafficking scandal. And Ms Garcia fears her child could have been sold to another family. “I don’t know if they sold her or what happened,” she told The Independent. “I just want my daughter back.”

Adoption-for-cash scheme took newborns from mothers

Adoption-for-cash scheme took newborns from mothers

A man working in the Sonora child protection agency colluded with a doctor to sell newborns into adoption by using false birth certificates. The suspect targeted vulnerable mothers, poor people or women with drug problems and took away their babies.

Mexico Adoption-for-Cash Scheme Took Babies From Mothers

Mexico Adoption-for-Cash Scheme Took Babies From Mothers

A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities said Friday.