Editor’s Note: This reporting was produced in partnership with El Faro English.

Thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents at the border during the first Trump administration. And while a court ruled the government should reunite these families, hundreds still remain apart. 

In this episode, we travel to Guatemala to meet a father who was deported from the U.S. without his 14-year-old son. In theory the families should be able to reunify on U.S. soil. Lawyers and advocates are working tirelessly to track down missing families. But in practice, the new Trump administration is making these reunifications even more complicated.

You can read more about our investigation both in English and Spanish by visiting the Futuro Investigates website here.

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This episode was produced by Reynaldo Leanos Jr. and edited by Julieta Martinelli. It was mixed by Julia Caruso and Leah Shaw Dameron. Fact checking for this episode by Roxana Aguirre.

Featured photo by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.