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The Texas Tribune and TIME have partnered to closely track the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Nicaraguan migrant Bernardo Calero wraps a bandage around the leg of his son, Grisber, on Sept. 13, 2018 in Reynosa, Mexico. The Caleros were traveling toward the Texas-Mexico border on Aug. 25, 2018 in a van with roughly 20 other migrants when uniformed assailants opened fire on them, leaving Grisber seriously injured.

Asylum Seekers Must First Survive Shootouts and Shakedowns in Mexico

McALLEN — Grisber Calero, a college student from violence-torn Nicaragua, i...

McALLEN — Grisber Calero, a college student from violence-torn Nicaragua, is lying on a hospital bed in this border city, minutes away from surgery. The athletic 21-year-old seems calm and jovial, but he admits he’s...

A mother from Guatemala, identified only by initials L.J., who was separated from her two children after entering the U.S. in May of 2018, is tearful while speaking to reporters about the separation during a news conference in Boston on Sept. 6, 2018.

Migrants Get a Second Chance at Asylum. But It's Still an Uphill Battle

Ruby Powers didn't rush to celebrate when her client, a Honduran mother who...

Ruby Powers didn't rush to celebrate when her client, a Honduran mother who has been separated from her 15-year-old son and detained for four months, passed her second "credible fear" interview to restart the asylum...

David Xol, his wife Florinda Bol and two of their sons at their home in San Miguel Limón. Xol made his way across Mexico with his third son, eight-year-old Byron. Xol was deported back to Guatemala; Byron remains in a shelter in Baytown. Carlos Sebastián/Nómada

Trump's Family Separation Policy Split This Family Apart. They're Still Not Back Together

Despite a legal team that includes celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, an ei...

Despite a legal team that includes celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, an eight-year-old Guatemalan boy separated from his father under Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy remains in a shelter in Baytown with no end in sight....

David Xol, his wife Florinda Bol and one of their sons at their home in San Miguel Limón, Guatemala. Xol made his way across Mexico with his third son, 7-year-old Byron, but was later deported back to Guatemala while Byron, now 8, remains in a shelter in Baytown.

'Where Is My Son?' A Migrant Father Was Deported in May. His Son Is Still in a Shelter.

SAN MIGUEL LIMÓN, Guatemala — Before he was deported in May, David Xol, an ...

SAN MIGUEL LIMÓN, Guatemala — Before he was deported in May, David Xol, an indigenous farmworker from Guatemala, made an urgent plea to U.S. officials at the immigrant processing center in McAllen. “There is no...

On U.S. soil a short boat ride from Mexico, Border Patrol agent Robert RodrÌguez, 38, checks a common landing area for people crossing the Rio Grande.

Asylum Seekers Say Illegal Crossings Were Their Only Option

MCALLEN, TEXAS — After a cop took Claudia to a field, grabbed her by the th...

MCALLEN, TEXAS — After a cop took Claudia to a field, grabbed her by the throat and threatened to kill her and her 7-year-old son Kevin this spring, it didn’t take long for the 26-year-old...

Central American asylum seekers wait at the bus station in McAllen to be taken to the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center on Aug. 2, 2018.

'It's Humiliating.' Released Immigrants Describe Life With Ankle Monitors

"At least for me, it's humiliating to carry it — really like some prisoners...

"At least for me, it's humiliating to carry it — really like some prisoners, on house arrest”

Central American asylum seekers wait at the bus station in McAllen, Texas, to be taken to the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center on Aug. 2, 2018.

President Trump Repeatedly Slammed 'Catch and Release' at the Border. Now He's Reinstated It

MCALLEN, Texas — After fleeing Guatemala, 25-year-old Silvia Guidel crossed...

MCALLEN, Texas — After fleeing Guatemala, 25-year-old Silvia Guidel crossed the Rio Grande last month on a raft with her three young daughters, walked in the South Texas heat for nearly an hour, and then...