Jeremy Raff
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John Moore / Getty Sick Migrant Children Are at the Whims of U.S. Border Guards
Agents repeatedly denied entry to a 7-year-old with a life-threatening illness. Why did they change their minds?
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He Fought for Migrant Kids. Then He Got Rich.
Juan Sanchez built his career fighting for migrant children. Later, he made millions off them.
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Robert Spriggs / Nana_Studio / Shutterstock / Katie ... How Family Separations Brought Down a Migrant Mogul
Juan Sanchez was once hailed as a champion for social justice. Then his network of shelters started taking in children split from their relatives.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic What a Pediatrician Saw Inside a Border Patrol Warehouse
Dolly Lucio Sevier evaluated dozens of sick children at a facility in South Texas. She found evidence of infection, malnutrition, and psychological trauma.
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Jeremy Raff The Chapel at the Border
A “cowboy priest” confronts the wall and the military presence on the banks of the Rio Grande.
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‘Christians Build Bridges, Not Walls’
At the U.S.-Mexico border, a priest tries to save his chapel, which is in the direct path of the proposed border wall.
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He Was a Drug Cop. Then His Daughter Overdosed.
A personal tragedy forces a narcotics officer to rethink his stance on the drug war.
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Aaron Raff A Narcotics Officer Ends His War on Drugs
Kevin Simmers locked up hundreds of drug users—including his own daughter—while the opioid epidemic raged. Now he wants 24-hour treatment on demand.
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Rebecca Blackwell / Reuters Some Immigrant Parents Fear Losing Their Children Forever
Immigrant children separated from their parents can spend months, even years, in American foster homes. There have even been rare cases in which state officials have authorized permanent adoptions without notifying deported parents.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Putting Family Separation on Film
A bonus video for Masthead members. And Jeremy Raff reflects on his documentary, The Separated.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic ‘The Separation Was So Long. My Son Has Changed So Much.’
U.S. border guards took a 6-year-old Honduran boy from his mother, and ultimately returned a deeply traumatized child.
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How Family Separation Traumatized Children
An unflinching look at one family's experience being forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Fear and Anxiety at Refugee Road
Hundreds of immigrants in Columbus, Ohio face an ICE crackdown.
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Trailer: The Fight to Reunify Separated Families
An upcoming Atlantic documentary follows a pro bono attorney on her quest to help a migrant mother get her son back.
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Jose Cabezas / AFP / Getty ICE Is a Godsend for One Small Town in Texas
After the immigrant detention center in Raymondville closed down, the local economy took a dive. Officials hope its reopening will bring an influx of cash and jobs.
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Courtesy / Getty / The Atlantic ICE Is Pressuring Separated Parents to Choose Deportation
Immigrants and lawyers say the agency is trying to “coerce or confuse” detainees into thinking deportation is the only way to get their kids back.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Kids Describe the Fear of Separation at the Border
Children who experienced the “icebox” say they didn’t know if they would see their parents again.
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The Lucky Ones
Migrant children describe crossing the border and spending days in a detention center.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Nine Days of Agony
From behind bars, a father searches for one of the 2,000 kids still separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Jeremy Raff Purgatory at the Border
Families fleeing gang violence are stuck at a pedestrian bridge between the U.S. and Mexico. They’re hungry, exhausted, and scared for their lives.
