Major Minor Violations: Children, Race, U.S. Immigration Policy and Practices - 5/9/2022

Conversation Overview

This week we will be in conversation with Aura Bogado, an award winning investigative reporter whose work focuses on immigrant children in federal custody. Aura's passion for social justice, her concern for the experiences of migrants, immigrants, and refugees, and her attention to intimate detail, make her a compelling storyteller. Join us for this powerful and insightful conversation!

Please note, per request of our invited guest, this edition of Messy Conversations will not be recorded.

Guest Bios

Aura Bogado is a senior reporter at The Center for Investigative Reporting, an Andrew Carnegie fellow, and a data fellow at the University of Southern California Annenberg School’s Center for Health Journalism. Her impact-driven work covers immigration, with a focus on migrant children in federal custody. She's earned a Murrow Award, a Hillman Prize, and an IRE medal, and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award and an Emmy nominee. She's a graduate of Yale University.

Additional Resources

An adolescence, seized - RevealA 10-year-old Honduran girl came to the United States seeking asylum. Instead, she was detained – away from her family – for nearly seven years.

The DisappearedFor six years, a North Carolina family has tried to find out what the U.S. government did with its children after they were separated at the border.

Aura Bogado Articles

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