Astrid Galvan, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, migrants who are applying for asylum in the United States go through a processing area at a new tent courtroom at the Migration Protection Protocols Immigration Hearing Facility, in Laredo, Texas. The U.S. government on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles away in Juarez, Mexico. Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico...

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Asylum seekers sent back across border

by Astrid Galvan Associated Press, and Christopher Sherman Associated PressJanuary 2, 2020

PHOENIX — The U.S. government on Thursday began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles away in Juarez, Mexico.Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that…

File - In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, teen migrants walk in line inside the Tornillo detention camp in Tornillo, Texas. The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking potentially millions of dollars in damages on behalf of thousands of immigrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. The ACLU and other attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, against past and present Trump administration officials in federal court in Tucson alleging the government violated...

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ACLU suit seeks damages for separated immigrant families

by Astrid Galvan Associated PressOctober 4, 2019

Eleven-year-old Ezra Magallanes speaks with the media at a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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El Paso deaths climb to 22; Trump to visit

by Astrid Galvan Associated Press, Morgan Lee Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressAugust 5, 2019

FILE - In this July 17, 2019 file photo, migrant children sleep on a mattress on the floor of the AMAR migrant shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday, July 30, 2019 that more than 900 children have been separated from their families at the border since a judge ordered last year that the practice be sharply curtailed. The ACLU says about one of every five children separated is under 5 years old. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

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ACLU: US still separating families at border

by Elliot Spagat Associated Press, and Astrid Galvan Associated PressJuly 31, 2019

People hold signs that read “families belong together” in both English and Spanish during a vigil at Alice Hope Wilson Park in Brownsville, Texas to advocate against the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Pregnant teens vulnerable in border centers

by Astrid Galvan Associated PressJuly 4, 2019

A U.S. Border Patrol Agent walks between vehicles outside the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas.

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Premature baby found in Border Patrol facility in Texas

by Astrid Galvan Associated Press, and Garance Burke Associated PressJune 13, 2019

Visitors are shown at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, Oct. 30, 2014. The federal government plans on replacing barriers through 100 miles of the southern border in California and Arizona, including through a this national monument and a wildlife refuge, according to government documents and environmental advocates.

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Border wall to go up in national monument, wildlife refuge

by Astrid Galvan Associated Press, and Nomaan Merchant Associated PressMay 15, 2019

A volunteer helps a young immigrant from Central America traveling with family seeking asylum move to a makeshift resource center, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in downtown San Antonio. The surge of migrants arriving at the southern border has led the Trump administration to dramatically expand a practice it has long mocked as "catch and release." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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US expands ‘catch and release’ amid surge in migrants

by Cedar Attanasio Associated Press, and Astrid Galvan Associated PressApril 3, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Saturday.

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DACA recipients see little reason to hope in latest proposal

by Astrid Galvan Associated PressJanuary 23, 2019

This April 7, 2018 image provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows members of the New Mexico Army National Guard liaison team visiting the U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector Intelligence Operations Center. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

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Troops deployed at border limited in scope of action

by Astrid Galvan Associated PressOctober 31, 2018