SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- A year-old boy who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children was back in the arms of his parents Friday, five months after he was taken from his father at the U.S. border. Johan Bueso Montecinos arrived in San Pedro Sula and was reunited with his parents. But he didn't recognize them at first. "I kept saying Johan, Johan, and he started to cry," said Adalicia Montecinos. She broke down crying, adding that "he suffered everything that we have been suffering." But after a short while, his father won him over by playing ball. Within an hour, the tiny boy laughed as he received kisses from both parents outside a center where they finished final legal paperwork before heading home. And so ended the extraordinary journey of a baby whose short life has ranged from Honduran poverty to a desperate dash across the U.S. border to the front pages of the world's newspapers. Montecinos said she could not be happier to have … [Read more...] about Honduran baby reunited with parents after border separation didn’t recognize them at first
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Border Patrol will stop referring migrant parents who cross into the US illegally with children for prosecution, official says
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post Published 10:15 am, Thursday, June 21, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery … [Read more...] about Border Patrol will stop referring migrant parents who cross into the US illegally with children for prosecution, official says
A caller says he has your child and demands a ransom: Is it real or a ‘virtual kidnapping’ scam?
By Erika I. Ritchie | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: June 20, 2018 at 1:22 pm | UPDATED: June 20, 2018 at 11:54 pm LAGUNA NIGUEL – It’s been two months, and Kathie Gross is still rattled by what she calls the “most terrifying experience” of her life. The 49-year-old mother had just left a spin class at Monarch Bay Plaza and was driving home on Crown Valley Parkway when her cellphone rang. She answered and heard what she thought was her daughter Jordan’s terrified voice: “Mom, Mom! They took me and these men put me in a van.” Kathie Gross, 49 at her home in Laguna Niguel on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 was a victim of of a virtual kidnap attempt and for 15-minutes she was convinced that her 12-year-old daughter had been kidnapped. Only after her daughter’s school confirmed that she was safe did Gross realize the she was a victim of a scam. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Kathie Gross, 49, at her home in … [Read more...] about A caller says he has your child and demands a ransom: Is it real or a ‘virtual kidnapping’ scam?
Separating kids from parents at the border mirrors a ‘textbook strategy’ of domestic abuse, experts say — and causes irreversible, lifelong damage
A four-year-old boy weeps in the arms of a family member as he and others were apprehended by border patrol agents after illegally crossing into the US from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, May 2, 2018. Reuters/Adrees Latif Under Attorney General Jeff Sessions' new "zero-tolerance" immigration policy, everyone who attempts to cross the border — even those seeking asylum — are being prosecuted. Because of the way that policy is enforced, almost 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in six weeks. Experts, mental health groups, and human rights organizations all say this could cause serious, lasting harm to children and their parents. Here's how forced family separation affects people for the rest of their lives. Tent cities. Mass trials. Suicides. Reports about what's happening to children and families who arrive at the US-Mexico border have shocked many, from White House reporters to conservative religious leaders. A Honduran woman told … [Read more...] about Separating kids from parents at the border mirrors a ‘textbook strategy’ of domestic abuse, experts say — and causes irreversible, lifelong damage
‘A ticking time bomb’: MS-13 threatens a middle school, warn teachers, parents, students
Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post Published 11:04 am, Monday, June 11, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery … [Read more...] about ‘A ticking time bomb’: MS-13 threatens a middle school, warn teachers, parents, students