This story highlights the importance of the CHIP program. As a result of Congress missing its October 1st deadline to fund the proram, 31 states and the District of Columbia may run out of federal dollars for the program by March 2018.
Read the StoryA 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has reportedly been detained by immigration authorities after passing through a checkpoint in an ambulance to receive emergency gall bladder surgery.
Read the StoryA summary of the recent Annie E. Casey Foundation report that examines disparities in opportunities for children of immigrants and explores the toll the threat of losing their parents to deportation or detention can take on those children.
Read the StoryActivists say the jump in dads and kids is a result of a US crackdown on moms crossing the border with children. “We see as many fathers with children as pregnant women or moms with kids. It used to be so rare,” said one immigrant service provider.
Read the StoryThe father of recently drowned children speaks out about the loss and its connection to the family’s precarious immigrant status.
Read the StoryA Liberian immigrant woman living in Delaware has been charged with the deaths of an infant son and 5-year-old-boy due to fear of deportation after her boyfriend was detained.
Read the StoryAccording to the National Immigration Law Center, greater numbers of undocumented individuals are forgoing medical care and appointments, even for their U.S.-citizen children, for fear of deportation.
Read the StoryFollowing one women’s declaration of fear about miscarrying while in detention, others have spoken out about the lack of adequate medical care provided to pregnant, detained immigrants.
Read the StoryA list and descriptions of some of the stipulations offered by the Trump administration as a part of any protective legislation for DACA recipients.
Read the StoryThe Trump administration is looking to eliminate protections for unaccompanied minors in exchange for protection of Dreamers.
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