unaccompanied children

The alleged offenses included inappropriate touching, solicitation of sex acts, nude photos, inappropriate relationships and sexual comments. In a statement, Southwest Key disputed the allegations in the DOJ lawsuit.

Specialized juvenile dockets will be available in 49 immigration courts around the country. Specially trained staff and judges will manage the cases.

Luis Zayas, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of the book “Through Iceboxes and Kennels: How Immigration Detention Harms Children and Families.”

The online tool connects young migrants to experts who can help them navigate the U.S. legal system and other resources.

Another group of unaccompanied children from Central America arrived in North Texas over the weekend.The 179 kids -- mostly boys ages 12 to 17 -- are…

Over the summer, Texas was in the spotlight for the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Two…

Those 2,000 immigrant children will not be coming to temporary shelters in Dallas County after all, the county's top elected official announced Thursday…

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One of every four kids who’ve crossed the border illegally in the last year or so is from Honduras and Texas has become ground zero in this latest…

When 2000 children from Central America come to North Texas later this month, they’ll be greeted by a burgeoning army of volunteers. Here's how local…

As the nation focuses its attention on unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, politicians and the media keep reaching for more extreme…

The numbers of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has jumped in the last few months, in part because of gang violence in Central…