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In this May 2018 handout image provided by Evelin Roxana Meyer, her son, Eduardo Almendarez Meyer, right, is seen alongside his father and her husband, Douglas Almendarez, in La Union, Honduras, a day before they left for the United States. The two were separated at the Texas border, and the father was deported. The 11-year-old boy remains in US government custody in a Texas shelter. (Evelin Roxana Meyer via AP)

Immigrant parents fight chaotic system for their children

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JULIE WATSON and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

Manuel Marcelino Tzah, left, and his daughter Manuela Adriana, 11, sit inside their apartment during an interview hours after her release from immigrant detention, Wednesday July 18, 2018, in Brooklyn borough of New York. The Guatemalan asylum seekers were separated May 15 after they crossed the U.S. border in Texas. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Parents wait by the phone hoping immigrant kids will call

By MORGAN LEE and CLAUDIA TORRENS - Associated Press

Hugs and sobs: Families separated in US return to Guatemala

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE TO JUNE 21, NOT 23 - In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 photo, migrant families rest from their travels to Matamoros, Mexico, along Gateway International Bridge which connects to Brownsville, Texas, as they seek asylum in the United States. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Authorities abandon ‘zero-tolerance’ for immigrant families

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Romulo Gonzalez Rodriguez and his 3-year-old daughter Genesis hug during a interview Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Provo, Utah. Gonzalez Rodriguez spoke about the anguish of being separated from his 3-year-old daughter, Genesis Gonzalez Lopez, for seven days in November after arriving to the U.S. port of entry in San Diego. Gonzalez Rodriguez said he fled his hometown of Champerico, Guatemala to seek asylum in the United States after he was kidnapped and extorted by captors who cut his eye out and nearly killed him. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Guatemalan man recalls fear, agony of separation from child

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this June 8, 2018 photo, Aa couple of tourists kiss with the view of the volcanoes, Fuego, left, Acatenango, center, and Agua, right, in the background, from a point in the climb to the Pacaya Volcano, in San Francisco de Sales, Guatemala. Volcano tourism is the life blood of villages like San Francisco de Sales, perched near Pacaya’s peak, and for locals it is a question of learning to live with a generous monster. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Living with a monster: Tourism at a Guatemala volcano

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

People attend the funeral of Erick Rivas, 20, who died in the hospital after suffering burns from the eruption of the Volcan de Fuego, which in Spanish means Volcano of Fire, at the cemetery in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Wednesday, June 6, 2018. On the day of the eruption, Sunday, Rivas was returning home from the town of San Miguel Los Lotes after visiting his girlfriend, who survived. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

The Latest: Guatemala says 109 confirmed dead from volcano

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Nashua church sending supplies for Guatemala volcano victims

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Firefighters work in the disaster zone blanketed in volcanic ash near the Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," in the El Rodeo hamlet of Escuintla, Guatemala, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. The fiery volcanic eruption on Sunday in south-central Guatemala killed scores as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

New evacuations near Guatemala volcano set off panic

By Mark Stevenson and Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

Neighbors stand outside a temporary morgue near Volcan de Fuego or Volcano of Fire in Alotenango, Guatemala, Sunday, June 3, 2018. One of Central America's most active volcanos erupted in fiery explosions of ash and molten rock Sunday, killing people and injuring many others while a towering cloud of smoke blanketed nearby villages in heavy ash. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Guatemala volcanic eruption sends lava into homes, kills 25

By Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, blows outs a thick cloud of ash, as seen from Alotenango, Guatemala, Sunday, June 3, 2018. One of Central America's most active volcanos erupted in fiery explosions of ash and molten rock Sunday, killing people and injuring many others while a towering cloud of smoke blanketed nearby villages in heavy ash. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

Volcano in Guatemala kills 6

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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the dedication ceremony of the Guatemala Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday May 16, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

Israel, Palestinians spar over new Jerusalem embassies

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

In this April 19, 2018, file photo, Guatemala's General Attorney Thelma Aldana, who sent a president to prison and broke up a number of high-level corruption rings, stands moments before a group photo with prosecutors in Guatemala City. The biggest trophy on her wall from four years in office: Taking down a network allegedly led by then-President Otto Perez Molina, who is accused of defrauding the state of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Thelma Aldana, Guatemala’s crusading prosecutor, exits amid praise, threats

By Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013 file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983) attends a pre-trial hearing at court in Guatemala City. According to his lawyer, Rios Montt died Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Guatemala City of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press

7th person charged in teen forced labor case at egg farm

By JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas told her followers on Twitter that racial animus is to blame for a Dec. 18 seat-stealing controversy on United Airlines. A customer wants an apology from United for giving her first-class ticket to the Democrat, although United claims the ticket was forfeited on an app before the flight. (Image: Twitter, Jean-Marie Simon)

Woman accused of racism by Sheila Jackson Lee is human-rights activist

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Adventure dentist brings dental help to far-flung locales

By SARAH SCHILLING - Associated Press

This photo taken Nov. 29, 2017, shows Des Moines school Superintendent Thomas Ahart, his wife Jami Bassman Ahart, and son Eli Bassman, 6 standing for a photo with Jennifer Galdames, 17. Galdames is living with the family after her parents were deported to Guatemala. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Iowa superintendent opens home to teenage immigrant

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Removing Government Intervention Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Team Trump vs. the radicals who would deny indigenous peoples a share of prosperity

By William Perry Pendley

In this recent photo, Bloomsburg University Clinical doctorate of Audiology program student Bethany Noll, who has traveled to several third world countries through the Entheos Audiology Cooperative, an audiology cooperative that promotes best practices and giving as a part of modern hearing healthcare delivery, poses in Bloomsburg, Pa. (Keith Haupt/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise via AP)

Hearing loss leads to calling for doctoral student

By KRISTIN BAVER and Press Enterprise - Associated Press