Morgan Lee, Author at Greenfield Recorder

This July 31, 2018 photo shows Honduran immigrant Iris Eufragio's 6-year-old son Ederson Eufragio in Rosedale, Maryland. The two were separated by U.S. authorities at the border with Mexico in mid-June. A federal class-action lawsuit is seeking money for damages and to fund mental health treatment for more than 2,000 children who were taken from the parents after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. (Courtesy of Iris Eufragio via AP)

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Immigrant families battle separation woes

by Julie Watson Associated Press, and Morgan Lee Associated PressSeptember 7, 2018

SAN DIEGO — A 6-year-old immigrant boy sobs at the school bus stop in suburban Maryland and begs his mother to promise she will not disappear again.A toddler in Honduras wakes up screaming and searches for the government social worker who cared for…

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, center, confers with one of his attorneys at a first appearance in New Mexico district court in Taos, N.M., on Wednesday on accusations of child abuse and abducting his son from the boy’s mother.

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Remains at New Mexico compound are missing boy

by Stephen R. Groves Associated Press, and Morgan Lee Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

Carla, second from left, from El Salvador, holds a package containing batteries and accessories for her ankle monitoring bracelet, seen on her left ankle, as she socializes with other migrant mothers at the Annunciation House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. Thirty-two parents separated from their children are staying at the home as they wait to be reunited with their children. If the Trump administration has any hope of complying with a judge's order to reunite thousands of migrant children and parents within 30 days, it's going to have to clear away the red tape and confusion many immigrants have encountered so far. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Frustration, heartbreak for migrant parents looking for kids

by Morgan Lee Associated Press, and Julie Watson Associated PressJune 27, 2018

A mother migrating from Honduras holds her one-year-old child in the back of a transport van after surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents Monday, June 25, 2018, near McAllen, Texas. They are part of a group that paid a smuggler to illegally get them across the Rio Grande River from Mexico to the United States. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Authorities abandon ‘zero-tolerance’ for immigrant families

by Elliot Spagat Associated Press, and Morgan Lee Associated PressJune 25, 2018