MIAMI (AP) — During the first Trump administration, families were forcibly separated at the border.

Now parents inside the United States are being arrested by immigration authorities and separated from their families during prolonged detention inside the country.

Three recent migrants told The Associated Press that their journeys were sources of deep pain and uncertainty because they marked the possible start of permanent separation between loved ones. Associated Press photographers documented the human toll.

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Jakelin Pasedo

Jakelin Pasedo and her two young sons arrived in Miami in December 2024 and received refugee status while Pasedo cares for the boy and works cleaning offices. Their husband and father, Antonio Laverde, who left Venezuela in 2022, was arrested in June at his sha

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