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2026
¿Deportaciones: quienes y como?
La migración cambió rápidamente desde 2025 y con ello, a quiénes están deportando desde Estados Unidos...
​Justice in Motion’s Legal Manager Jenny Zimmerman discusses what we’re hearing from deported migrants and the tools and accompaniment available to those navigating these rapidly changing enforcement patterns.
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Camino hacia una vida plena Podcast
April 20, 2026​
Monitor Saint Paul, April 27, 2026
ICE agents have been documented using children to bait parents into compliance with immigration enforcement​. Featuring Justice in Motion’s Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Keeli Sorensen.​​​
2025
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations. Featuring Justice in Motion’s Legal Director, Nan Schivone.
The New York Times
Nov. 14, 2025
Torn Apart Under Trump Six Years Ago, a Guatemalan Father and Son Still Hope to Reunite
Thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents at the border during the first Trump administration. And while a court ruled the government should reunite these families, hundreds still remain apart. Featuring our Legal Director, Nan Schivone, and Gabriel Zelada, one of our Guatemalan-based Defenders.
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​Latino USA in partnership with El Faro English
October 24, 2005
Father and son reflect on family separation policy as ICE raids continue
ABC News spoke to a father and son who were separated during President Trump's first administration as they reflect on the process that led to a settlement between the federal government and the ACLU. Featuring Dora Melara, an Honduras-based attorney and member of Justice in Motion’s Defender Network.
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​ABCNews
July 3, 2025
Trump administration takes hundreds of migrant children out of their homes, into government custody
Justice in Motion Founder & Executive Director Cathleen Caron emphasized that these actions amount to a continuation of family separation under a different name and underscored the urgent need for policies that prioritize the rights and well-being of migrant children.​
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​CNN en Español Café CNN
October 24, 2005
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 13, 2025
Trump administration puts DEI at center of latest legal fight in San Diego family separation case
Government alleges contracted service provider's DEI program violates civil rights laws, while attorneys linked to separated migrant families say administration is trying to undermine settlement. Featuring Justice in Motion Legal Director, Nan Schivone.​​​​
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Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2025
Families Separated Under Trump 1.0 Now Fear They Will Never Be Reunited​
President’s team is still debating how to abide by a settlement requiring reunification. Featuring Justice in Motion Legal Director, Nan Schivone.
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The Guardian, January 17, 2025
Trump’s border policy tore apart many families. Nobody knows what happens to them now
Number of families that are still separated remains unclear, and a previous ruling offers separated families few protections from future deportation. Justice in Motion was recognized as a member of the Ms. L settlement court-appointed steering committee.​​​​​​​​
2024
Migrant families separated under Trump still feel the fallout and they fear his return to office
Sixteen-year-old Billy’s friends at his rural high school in the South don’t know he was one of thousands of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border... Featuring Justice in Motion Legal Director, Nan Schivone.​
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Associated Press​
October 26, 2024
The Migrant Families Separated Under Trump Are Still in Legal Limbo​
No longer in front-page headlines, thousands impacted by the “zero tolerance” policy have a long road ahead to stay in the United States. Featuring Justice in Motion’s Legal Director, Nan Schivone.
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Mother Jones​
February 27, 2024
Migrant farmworkers came to Florida for stability. They found danger.
Migrant farmworkers harvest watermelons in Chiefland on May 30. The workers, who were staying at a Days Inn hotel in Gainesville, were bused more than an hour to a farm in Levy County where they spent the day working in the fields from sunrise to sunset before returning to the hotel. Featuring Justice in Motion's Policy and Advocacy Manager, Jeremy McLean.
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Tampa Bay Times​
December 27, 2024
​​Tuscon Sentinel, November 11, 2024
Court orders feds to pay $6M as family separations lawsuit ends
The federal government will pay more than $6 million to the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations as part of a legal settlement over the Trump administration's disastrous family separations, a federal judge ruled last week. Justice in Motion is recognized as a member of the Ms. L settlement court-appointed steering committee.​
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Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 22, 2024
What You Can Learn From an Ambitious Joint Fundraising Campaign
Justice in Motion Founder and Executive Director Cathleen Caron was featured in an article about collaborative fundraising by Emily Haynes. "The way philanthropy is set up is very much more competition than collaboration. There's no question the way it's currently structured limits all of our impacts."​​​​
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Baptist News Global, March 4, 2024
Biden administration has been unable to clean up Trump administration’s mess of family separation, but Trump says he might do it again
Almost half the immigrant children separated from their parents by the Trump administration still haven’t been reunited, according to an investigative report in New York magazine. Justice in Motion Defender Gabriel Zelada is featured and provides a comprehensive picture of the network’s efforts during this time. Legal Action Director Nan Schivone provides insight and context.
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En Linea BC, Febrero 15, 2024
Lanzan colecta binacional de dinero para apoyo a 500 familias separadas por Trump
Organismos defensores de los derechos humanos de ambos países, iniciaron la colecta de tres millones de dólares para apoyar a 500 familias que fueron separadas por la política anti migrante del ex presidente Donald Trump. Featuring Justice in Motion Executive Director, Cathleen Caron.
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2023
​¿Cómo hace EEUU para encontrar a los padres de los niños que separó en la frontera?
En 2023, aún hay 100 padres migrantes que no han podido ser reunificados con sus hijos, tras haber sido separados durante el gobierno de Donald Trump con su política de cero tolerancia. ¿Sabes cómo se realizan las búsquedas para reunificar a estas familias? Justice in Motion’s family reunification work is prominently featured, including an interview with Executive Director Cathleen Caron and footage provided by a member of the Defender Network, Aroldo Palacios.​
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Noticias Univision​
July 11, 2023
'Like a kidnapping': Migrant family separated under Trump reunited after four years
The article includes coverage of Rebeca Sanchez Ralda, member of Justice in Motion's Defender Network describing her work and the challenges, obstacles and treacherous conditions Defenders face. Both Justice in Motion Executive Director Cathleen Caron and Defender Rebeca Sanchez Ralda are featured.​
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BBC​
May 8, 2023
Border Report, October 17, 2023
Migrant groups support proposed child separation settlement but want more
Settlement alone can't repair the harm done to these children but it is an essential beginning,' ACLU says. Featuring Justice in Motion’s Executive Director, Cathleen Caron.​​​​
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Centroamérica Economía, May 17, 2023
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador recently presented the Labor Mobility Program to US companies and trade associations, with the purpose of managing more sources of temporary work. Mentioning a Salvadoran Foreign Ministry official that met with Justice in Motion and other immigrant rights groups to discuss migration and labor opportunities for Salvadoran nationals.​​
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Prism Reports, April 14, 2023
An 18-month investigation by Prism, Futuro Investigates, and Latino USA found that the H-2A visa program—derived from the infamous Bracero Program—is rife with wage theft and exploitation. Justice in Motion Executive Director Cathleen Caron worked extensively with the reporter to help shape the coverage and is significantly quoted.​​​​​
2022
PBS Frontline​, December 6, 2022
After Zero Tolerance
FRONTLINE tells the story of a Honduran family’s struggle to reunite after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border three years earlier under the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Justice in Motion Executive Director Cathleen Caron is quoted in the film, commenting on the dilemma the deported parents faced. ​​
​​The Texas Observer, November 21, 2022
Biden Is Still Separating Immigrant Kids From Their Families
​The Texas Observer reports that family separation at the border persists under the Biden administration. Justice in Motion Legal Director Nan Schivone was interviewed and quoted in the article, commenting on the legacy of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.
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Newsweek, April 15, 2022
Biden May Open Reunification Process to More Families Separated Under Trump
Newsweek reports that the Biden administration may extend the reunification process to parents who were separated from their children by the Trump administration for misdemeanor offenses. Rebeca Sanchez Ralda, an attorney in Justice in Motion's Defender Network was interviewed and quoted, sharing details about the arduous search process. Justice in Motion Executive Director Cathleen Caron also was interviewed and described the trauma families suffered.
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Reuters, January 31, 2022