Zero Tolerance

Trump’s Immigration Policy at the Border

The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy called for the prosecution of all people who attempt to enter the country illegally, and has resulted in the separation of more than 2,300 migrant children from their parents since April. ProPublica is covering the ongoing developments.

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Six Children Died in Border Patrol Care. Democrats in Congress Want to Know Why.

by Robert Moore, special to ProPublica

January 13, 2020, 2:30 pm EST

Después de la controversia, Heartland va a cerrar cuatro albergues para jóvenes inmigrantes en Illinois

por Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib y Jodi S. Cohen

March 14, 2019, 11:58 am EDT

After Controversy, Heartland to Close Four Illinois Shelters for Immigrant Youth

by Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib, and Jodi S. Cohen

March 13, 2019, 5:00 am EDT

Senators Demand Investigation Into Sexual Abuse at Immigrant Children’s Shelters

by Michael Grabell and Topher Sanders

March 6, 2019, 6:31 pm EST

79 stories published since 2018

Internal Investigation Confirms Border Patrol Failures Leading Up to a 16-Year-Old’s Death on the Floor of His Cell

by Robert Moore, El Paso Matters

February 8, 2022, 5:00 am EST
ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show

by Dara Lind

April 21, 2020, 11:15 am EDT
“Las mujeres en un lado y los varones en otro lado”: Cómo fue que los nuevos poderes, y los viejos descuidos, de la Patrulla Fronteriza separaron a una familia

por Dara Lind

February 3, 2020, 10:47 am EST
“Women to One Side, Men to the Other”: How the Border Patrol’s New Powers and Old Carelessness Separated a Family

by Dara Lind

January 31, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Border Patrol Officials Dodged Congress’ Questions About Migrant Children’s Deaths

by Robert Moore, special to ProPublica

January 14, 2020, 5:38 pm EST
Dentro de la celda donde murió el adolescente guatemalteco bajo custodia de la Patrulla Fronteriza

por Robert Moore y Susan Schmidt, en reporte especial para ProPublica, y Maryam Jameel, ProPublica

December 11, 2019, 2:26 pm EST
Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

by Robert Moore and Susan Schmidt, special to ProPublica, and Maryam Jameel, ProPublica

December 5, 2019, 1:30 pm EST
New Video Shows Border Patrol Account of Child’s Death Was Not True

by Lucas Waldron and Katie Campbell

December 5, 2019, 12:00 am EST
Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.

by Melissa del Bosque

November 1, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
El caso que hizo que una exabogada de ICE se diera cuenta de que el gobierno se estaba basando en “pruebas” falsas contra los migrantes

por Melissa del Bosque

August 21, 2019, 12:05 pm EDT
The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants

by Melissa del Bosque

August 13, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Solicitantes de asilo que obedecieron las reglas de Trump quedan ahora descalificados debido a nuevas directrices del presidente

por Dara Lind

July 29, 2019, 12:45 pm EDT
Asylum-Seekers Who Followed Trump Rule Now Don’t Qualify Because of New Trump Rule

by Dara Lind

July 22, 2019, 2:31 pm EDT
Un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza revela la realidad de ser guardia de niños migrantes

por Ginger Thompson

July 18, 2019, 11:44 am EDT
A Border Patrol Agent Reveals What It’s Really Like to Guard Migrant Children

by Ginger Thompson

July 16, 2019, 8:00 am EDT
Inmigrantes menores enviados a albergues de Chicago están traumatizados y enfermos, a veces con varicela o tuberculosis

por Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen y Duaa Eldeib

July 11, 2019, 5:47 pm EDT
Immigrant Children Sent to Chicago Shelters Are Traumatized and Sick, in Some Instances With Chicken Pox or Tuberculosis

by Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib

July 11, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims

by Melissa del Bosque

July 8, 2019, 2:06 pm EDT
Una de las pediatras que atendió a niños inmigrantes describe un patrón de brechas en la atención médica proporcionada en los albergues

por Michael Grabell

May 8, 2019, 11:55 am EDT
Pediatrician Who Treated Immigrant Children Describes Pattern of Lapses in Medical Care in Shelters

by Michael Grabell

May 3, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Zero Tolerance: Inside the Secretive Network of Immigrant Youth Shelters in Illinois

by Logan Jaffe

April 19, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
ProPublica and Partners Win Pulitzer Prize for MS-13 Coverage

by ProPublica

April 15, 2019, 3:13 pm EDT
5 Things You Need to Know About the Closing of Immigrant Youth Shelters in Illinois

by Logan Jaffe

March 15, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Para un niño inmigrante, ¿cómo resulta vislumbrar el sueño americano para que luego se lo arrebaten?

by Ginger Thompson

January 2, 2019, 12:00 pm EST
What’s It Like for an Immigrant Child to Have a Glimpse of the American Dream, Then Have It Taken Away?

by Ginger Thompson

December 28, 2018, 11:47 am EST
Salvadoran Girl Whose Cries Highlighted the Cruelty of Family Separation Policy Embraces New Life

by Ginger Thompson

December 26, 2018, 5:00 am EST
En los albergues para menores inmigrantes, los casos de agresión sexual se abren y cierran en un dos por tres

por Michael Grabell y Topher Sanders, ProPublica, y Silvina Sterin Pensel, en reporte especial para ProPublica

December 24, 2018, 11:40 am EST
In Immigrant Children’s Shelters, Sexual Assault Cases Are Open and Shut

by Michael Grabell, Topher Sanders, Silvina Sterin Pensel for ProPublica

December 21, 2018, 5:00 am EST
6-Year-Old Separated From His Father Tells Judge He Wants to Go Home

by Eva Ruth Moravec for ProPublica

December 14, 2018, 3:23 pm EST
Agency Policing Tent City for Immigrant Kids Lacks Experience Investigating Sex Crimes Involving Children

by Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell

December 14, 2018, 2:20 pm EST
Government Reverses Course, Sending 4-Year-Old Boy Back to His Father

by Ginger Thompson

December 12, 2018, 5:12 pm EST
Todavía hay familias que están siendo separadas en la frontera, meses después de haberse revocado la “cero tolerancia”

por Ginger Thompson

November 30, 2018, 3:00 pm EST
Un encausado se presenta solo al tribunal de inmigración. Tiene 6 años de edad.

por Eva Ruth Moravec, en reporte especial para ProPublica, junto con Ginger Thompson, ProPublica

November 30, 2018, 2:35 pm EST
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed

by Ginger Thompson

November 27, 2018, 4:45 pm EST
A Defendant Shows Up in Immigration Court by Himself. He’s 6.

by Eva Ruth Moravec, special to ProPublica, and Ginger Thompson, ProPublica

November 27, 2018, 4:45 pm EST
“Humanitarian Crisis” Looms as Arizona Threatens to Revoke Immigrant Children Shelter Licenses

by Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell

September 21, 2018, 6:40 pm EDT
Authorities Can Now Deny Visa and Green Card Applications Without Giving Applicants a Chance to Fix Errors

by Kavitha Surana

September 11, 2018, 12:52 pm EDT
Esto es lo que pasó a los 99 niños inmigrantes separados de sus padres y enviados a Chicago

por Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez y Duaa Eldeib

September 10, 2018, 12:54 pm EDT
Here’s What Happened to the 99 Immigrant Children Separated From Their Parents and Sent to Chicago

by Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib

September 10, 2018, 6:00 am EDT
Mientras pasan los meses en albergues de Chicago, menores migrantes contemplan fugarse y hasta suicidarse

por Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib y Jodi S. Cohen

September 7, 2018, 12:27 pm EDT
As Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide

by Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib and Jodi S. Cohen

September 6, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Trabajador acusado de abusar sexualmente a ocho menores de edad en albergue para inmigrantes

por Michael Grabell y Topher Sanders

August 6, 2018, 11:22 am EDT
Informes revelan supervisión “laxa,” actividad sexual en centros de acogida de niños inmigrantes en Chicago

por Duaa Eldeib, Jodi S. Cohen y Melissa Sanchez

August 6, 2018, 11:08 am EDT
Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter

by Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell

August 2, 2018, 6:50 pm EDT
Records Reveal “Lax” Supervision, Sexual Activity at Chicago-Area Shelters Housing Immigrant Children

by Duaa Eldeib, Jodi S. Cohen and Melissa Sanchez

August 2, 2018, 5:45 pm EDT
Refugios para jóvenes inmigrantes: “Si eres un depredador, es una mina de oro”

por Michael Grabell y Topher Sanders

August 2, 2018, 1:56 pm EDT