Reports from Immigration and Customs Enforcement reveal that in the year 2013, there were 72,410 deportations of undocumented immigrants who were parents of U.S.-born children.
Read the StoryArticle discusses the finding that thousands of children fleeing violence from Central American countries are crossing the border, are being housed in ICE facilities, and are integrating into society by seeking education and other opportunities not afforded to them in their home countries.
Read the ArticleThe amount of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border has dramatically increased. While it is clear to the Obama administration, policymakers and the country as a whole that something needs to be done, there are no simple solutions to address the complex factors that are pushing unaccompanied children to come to the U.S.
Read ArticleSince October, authorities have captured more than 46,000 unaccompanied children, most of them from Central America, on the U.S. side of the border. Adam talks with WOLA’s Geoff Thale, Maureen Meyer, and Marc Hanson about causes and implications.
Watch the VideoWidespread abuse of unaccompanied immigrant children at the hands of U.S. border officials spurred a group of civil and human rights organizations to file a complaint seeking immediate agency reform.
Read the ComplaintThe Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which administers AmeriCorps, and the Department of Justice today announced “justice AmeriCorps,” a strategic partnership to increase national service opportunities while enhancing the effective and efficient adjudication of immigration proceedings involving certain children who have crossed the U.S. Border without a parent or legal guardian.
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A stream of articles documenting the immigration crisis with the authors listed as being the primary contributors of information.
Go to Stream of ArticlesPresident Obama addresses the influx of unaccompanied minors entering the U.s. and the subsequent humanitarian problem, requiring urgent response from the country’s leadership.
Read the MemorandumPresident Obama assigned responsibility for meeting the needs of the children taken into federal custody to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), describing the inflow as an “urgent humanitarian issue.” Governmental capacity to care for the caseload is overwhelmed as fast as it can be installed. Everyone knows that the current trend is unsustainable: a broader policy response must quickly follow on the humanitarian one.
Read ArticleActivists in Tacoma, Washington create a blockade around a bus of immigrants who are awaiting their fate in terms of what is going to happen to them. This creates a chain of activism across the nation that draws the attention of the Obama administration.
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