217 Days and Counting: Trump's Rules Slow the Release of Migrant Children to Their Families

Dressed in a pink sweater, the 17-year-old put her head between her hands, weighing her grim choices from the empty room of a shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York. During a video call to an immigration court in Manhattan, she heard a lawyer explain to a judge how the new regulations imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration (for DNA testing, income verification, and more) have hampered efforts to meet with her parents in the US for more th…

217 days and counting: Trump's rules slow the release of migrant children to their families

Releases of immigrant children in U.S. custody have slowed dramatically since the Trump administration increased vetting of people seeking to take care of them.

WASHINGTON- Dressed in a pink sweater, the 17-year-old girl put her head in her hands, weighing her grim choices from the empty room of a shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York.During a video call to an immigration room in Manhattan, she listened as a lawyer explained to a judge how the new regulations imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, for DNA testing, income verification and more, have hampered efforts to meet with her parents in t…

Dressed in a pink sweater, the 17-year-old rested her head in her hands, weighing her grim options from an empty shelter room in Poughkeepsie, New York. During a video call to an immigration courtroom in Manhattan, she listened as a lawyer explained to a judge how new regulations imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration — for DNA testing, income verification and more — have hampered efforts to reunite with her parents in the United Sta…

As aggressive government efforts to reduce migration have taken shape, including unprecedented deportations of men to prisons in other countries, migrant children are being separated for long periods from the relatives they hoped to live with upon arriving in the United States.