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Breaking News: The parents of 545 migrant children separated at the border by the Trump administration still haven’t been found, court documents show. https://nyti.ms/3mcX1D1
Attempts to find the separated parents have been going on for years, but the number of parents who were deemed “unreachable” is much larger than was previously known. http://nyti.ms/3mcX1D1
Under court order, the U.S. first said in June 2018 that about 2,700 children had been taken from their parents. Later reports showed many more children had been separated. The Trump administration fought for months against providing documentation on them. https://twitter.com/itscaitlinhd/status/1318968466242764806
In addition to the time passed, search efforts were also complicated by the pandemic, during which travel through the Central American countries where most of the families live has been severely restricted.
The court-appointed steering committee leading the search for the parents often has only names and countries of origin to go on. Many families withheld information from friends and neighbors about their plans because they were fleeing violence or extortion. https://twitter.com/itscaitlinhd/status/1318918075027197958
Radio spots are now airing throughout Mexico and Central America. Researchers are motorbiking through rural hillside communities in Guatemala and showing up at courthouses in Honduras to conduct public record searches. http://nyti.ms/3mcX1D1
The latest findings about the parents of 545 separated children were first reported by @NBCNews: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-say-they-can-t-find-parents-545-migrant-children-n1244066
