Separated migrant caretakers feel emotional toll of U.S. policy

While a federal judge issued an order last year largely stopping the separation of migrant parents from their children at the border, the practice of separating extended family members from children has continued. In some cases, when children arrive at the border accompanied by relatives who aren’t their parents, the minors are held in the U.S. while their caregivers are returned to Mexico under a program known as Migrant Protection Protocols. (read more)