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Inside the search for the parents separated from children at the border By: Newsy Staff and last updated 2021-05-21 09:06:51-04 Sandra Ortiz and Bryan Chavez are among the four migrant families recently reunited in the U.S. by the Biden administration. The reunion came nearly four years after they were separated by the Trump administration as part of an effort to deter illegal immigration. More than 1,000 families have yet to come back together — and Newsy has learned at least three dozen families will get the chance to reunite in the coming weeks. "I'm hopeful that withi...

Migrant families reunite after years apart: 'it feels like a dream' By: Newsy Staff and last updated 2021-05-06 22:47:30-04 This is the moment Sandra Ortiz sees her son Bryan in person for the first time in more than three years. Theirs is one of the thousands of families who were separated under a Trump administration policy meant to deter illegal border crossings. "It feels like a dream like I was just in the car and I was like, this is finally happening," said Bryan Chavez, the 18-year-old who was separated from his mother.  Later that night, Keldy Mabel Gonzáles, a mot...

May 6, 2021 The Biden administration has begun reuniting the more than 1,000 migrant families who are still separated due to a Trump-era policy. SHOW TRANSCRIPT This is the moment Sandra Ortiz sees her son Bryan in person for the first time in more than three years. Theirs is one of thousands of families who were separated under a Trump administration policy meant to deter illegal border crossings. "It feels like a dream, like I was just in the car and I was like, this is finally happening," said Bryan Chavez, the 18-year-old who was separated from his mother.  Later that night, Keldy Mabel...

Updated: 10:05 PM CDT May 5, 2021 By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Bryan Chávez carried a bundle of Mother's Day balloons as he headed toward the border.It had been more than three years since the last time he saw his mom in person — the day when authorities separated them in 2017. Chávez was 15 at the time, and he feared this moment would never come. Even after he recently learned they'd finally be reunited, he couldn't believe it."I was like... am I actually going to see her today or not?" Chavez said. "Because you never know. I was just in the car and I was just thinking, ...

For 18-year-old Bryan Chavez, Tuesday felt like a dream. It was the first time he'd seen his mother in nearly four years after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.