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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is Now Accepting Applications for Research Scholars Program

By | Opportunities

National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is Now Accepting Applications for Research Scholars Program

Applications due March 18, 2020 by 5:00PM ET

The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is now accepting applications for their Research Scholars Program. The Center will award up to two stipends of $7,500 for a 12-month period to scholars interested in pursuing research in one of the Center’s four research priority areas.

Link to Apply

Congress Passes Vital Funds to Address Causes of Migration, Child Welfare at Border

By | In the News

Congress Passes Vital Funds to Address Causes of Migration, Child Welfare at Border

Jennifer Podkul, The Hill (January 9, 2020)

Last month, the House and Senate passed several funding bills that will provide critical funds for the care of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children. This funding also attempts to help improve the conditions in some of the countries where many of these children have fled.

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Mexican Migrants Removed from Border Camp after Family Separation Threat

By | In the News

Mexican Migrants Removed from Border Camp after Family Separation Threat

Reuters (January 8, 2020)

After state police threatened to separate parents from their children, Mexican authorities took action by removing almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez which is across the border from El Paso, TX.

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Some “Remain in Mexico” Migrants Will Have to Travel 340 Miles for U.S. Court Hearings

By | In the News

Some “Remain in Mexico” Migrants Will Have to Travel 340 Miles for U.S. Court Hearings

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (January 2, 2020)

Some asylum-seekers who have been returned by U.S. authorities to northern Mexico will now have to travel more than 340 miles to be able to attend their hearings in American immigration courts.

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