Background Research

The story of Olivia O is set about 6 years ago (2017). I am not an investigative journalist, but I have been (somewhat obsessively) following the excellent reporting of others. I have tremendous respect for journalists and activists who have put their neck on the line and worked tirelessly to get this story out.

Some Reseach Links:

Separated

Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid

William D. Lopez

My Boy Will Die of Sorrow

A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines

Efrén C. Oliviares

UN Refugee Agency

Central American Refugee Crisis

ABC News

“Trump admin ran 'pilot program' for separating migrant families in 2017”

United States Senate

Report on child trafficking of unaccompanied minors/migrants

NY Times

“Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.”

No More Deaths/ La Coalición de Derechos Humanos

Disappeared: How US Border Enforcement Agencies are Fueling a Missing Person’s Crisis.

Separated: Inside an American Tragedy

This book is the story of award-winning NBC News correspondent and his attempts to find out the full truth behind the Trump administration’s systematic separation of families at the US-Mexico border.

The Secret History of Family Separation

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/trump-administration-family-separation-policy-immigration/670604/

Separated, Can't Contact her Son for Weeks:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/migrant-mother-recounts-experience-of-being-separated-from-her-son-in-detention

Lost in the desert:

https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/a-constant-search-for-clues-pima-co-houses-hundreds-of-unknown-immigrant-remains

From the Border, Into Foster Care

https://harvardpolitics.com/from-the-border-into-foster-care/

More LInks:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html#click=https://t.co/wgyFZZJmeA

https://apnews.com/46da2dbe04f54adbb875cfbc06bbc615

https://abcnews.go.com/US/migrant-father-claims-tricked-deported-child-refutes-homeland/

https://www.gq.com/story/us-border-concentration-camps/amp?__twitter_impression=true

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/06/19/us/trump-voters-family-separation/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-slavery-trafficking-uk-police-county-lines-home-office-a8925071.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/02/moises-saman-central-america-migrant-caravan-pictures/

https://twitter.com/pmingram/status/1146106185096974337?s=19

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061119_warren_verdict/scott-warren-trial-hung-jury-case-no-more-deaths-volunteer/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/28/i-gave-water-migrants-crossing-arizona-desert-they-charged-me-with-felony/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a2659fb3a517

https://time.com/5619800/drawings-migrant-children-border-detention-aap/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/us/politics/us-placed-immigrant-children-with-traffickers-report-says.html#click=https://t.co/bM8Lugpo4i

https://amp.elpasotimes.com/amp/1663750001?__twitter_impression=true

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5203545?__twitter_impression=true

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1032461#click=https://t.co/bRNCT03w0y

https://aldianews.com/articles/leaders/guatemalan-who-making-american-dream-come-true/51901

https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/410653-ap-migrant-children-may-be-adopted-after-parents-are-deported

https://theconversation.com/is-the-united-states-on-the-brink-of-a-revolution-123244

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/only-now-do-we-understand-the-true-cruelty-of-trumps-family-separation/2019/10/29/8294ef9e-f9cf-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html#click=https://t.co/jgaGcP7tJN

https://twitter.com/BridgetCambria8/status/1190085065126100992?s=19

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1000746?__twitter_impression=true

https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/migrant-children-are-being-given-to-an-adoption-agency-linked-to-betsy-devos-9j_wI0EkdEuS55b6qnzwsA

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/431668-thousands-of-migrant-children-were-allegedly-abused-in-us-custody-documents?amp&__twitter_impression=true

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1231420464901259266.html

https://flores-exhibits.org/#45

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/21/how-the-american-dream-died-on-the-worlds-busiest-border

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/migrants-fleeing-central-america-guatemala-honduras-el-salvador-family-taken-killed-study?__twitter_impression=true

https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/ice-plans-start-destroying-records-immigrant

https://twitter.com/KasieDC/status/1282476724798795776?s=19

https://twitter.com/ricardo_de_anda/status/1289405699680763905?s=19