Central America

Seeking Safe Haven: Central American children hope to find refuge across U.S.-Mexico Border

All StoriesSara Cline04/29/20160

About an hour south of Tucson, on the other side of a fence that demarcates the United States from Mexico, a humanitarian crisis unfolds as tens of thousands of child migrants from Central America cross the border. Over the past five years, more than 140,000 children from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have made the…

Justice delayed: Immigration courts drown in backlogged cases

All StoriesKendal Blust03/24/20160

U.S. immigration courts nationwide are struggling under severe backlogs, despite the addition of nine immigration judges announced in February. Immigration spending has not kept pace with money spent on border enforcement, leaving courts with steadily increasing caseloads and wait times. These backlogs mean hundreds of thousands of people are in limbo for an average of…