Lenni Benson

WNYC senior reporter Beth Fertig discusses what's happening with families separated in the immigration crisis.

A look at the legal process of reuniting separated children in the New York area with their parents.

In the midst of President Trump's deportation plan, a look at how Mexico and the United States are moving forward and advice on those who might be fearing deportation.

The government created a program to help Central American children whose parents are already here come legally - but there's a lot of red tape involved.

Unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico border are also arriving in the New York area. Lenni Benson, professor of law at New York Law School and director of the Safe Passage Project, a non-profit that provides free legal counsel to immigrant children facing deportation, talks about why they're coming here, what kind of legal help they need and the bigger picture of children migrating to the US.