Chelsea, Massachusetts has a large population of individuals who identify as Honduran, Salvadorian or Guatemalan and the community is greatly influenced by these identities. As a result of this, there is less push back against immigrants in this city and more acceptance.
Read the ArticleNew Mexico Immigrant Law Center staff visited the facility in Artesia that is holding more than 600 women and children. They share what they saw and what was discussed with the individuals they spoke with in the facility.
Read the ArticleICE lawyers in immigration courts are arguing for “no bond” orders against mothers and children fleeing gang violence, poverty and chaos in Central America. Their argument is that setting these refugees free on bond will only encourage more migrants.
Read the ArticlePresident Obama defends taking executive action after issuing executive orders on immigration reform and corporate tax inversions.
Read the ArticleTop administration officials are trying to determine how far President Obama can act on immigration reform through executive action while remaining on the right side of the law. President Obama is being provided options for changing deportation policies before the end of the summer.
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Discusses the lawsuit filed that would require the government to appoint a lawyer to all minors facing deportation as well as the statistics that support the suit. These statistics show that 90% of youth who do not have legal representation are deported while 47% with lawyers are allowed to stay.
Read the ArticleDue to the inability to come to an agreement on how to address the immigration crisis, Congress leaves on recess, leaving President Obama forced to “act alone”. This article discusses the routes that President Obama may take in order to address this issue.
Read the ArticleDescribes the experience of case managers working with children who have fled their home countries in Central American countries, and the difficulties they are experiencing, as well as the similarities among their clients’ cases.
Read the ArticleThe NASW releases a brief that highlights steps and actions social workers can take in order to help with the immigration crisis.
Read the ArticleChildren are “fleeing for their lives,” often by themselves at enormous risk, to the United States and other countries throughout the Americas from the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
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