Love without Borders: Grandfamilies and Immigration
Generations United (2018)
This report reviews policy and program recommendations to support immigrant grandfamilies.
How child migrants are put to work in unsafe and illegal conditions
Laura Barrón-López & Shoshana Dubnow, PBS News Hour (January 1, 2024)
This interview explores the dangerous jobs that many migrant children in the U.S. are working.
Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
Acacia Coronado & Paul J. Weber, AP News (January 3, 2024)
The Justice Department has sued Texas due to a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. without permission.
Children caught in the middle of political battle between New York and Texas over asylum seeker crisis
Ali Bauman, CBS News (January 4, 2024)
New York City’s mayor has taken various political actions in response to the buses of migrants sent from TX to NY, with ramifications for kids and families.
Migrant families with kids will have to leave NYC shelters starting this week
Karen Yi, Gothamist (January 8, 2024)
Many migrant families with children have been forced to leave New York City shelters as a result of a 60-day policy implemented by the mayor.
3 migrants drowned near area where Texas has denied entry to federal border agents
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (January 15, 2024)
A migrant woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande near an area of the border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented entry by Border Patrol agents.
Houston family torn apart by Trump policies shocked Congress could revive immigration law
Anna-Catherine Brigida, Houston Landing (January 16, 2024)
Against the backdrop of increasing calls for stricter immigration enforcement, a Houston family reflects on their experience of separation by deportation during the Trump administration.
Blame the USCIS’ immigration backlog for NYC migrant crisis
Felicia J. Persaud, Amsterdam News (January 16, 2024)
The growing backlog in the processing of immigration cases by USCIS is contributing to the recent migrant crises in major cities.
Opinion: Asylum-seeker children need a route to lawful immigration status
Liberty Aldrich, NYN Media (January 18, 2024)
This opinion piece reviews the dire need for a pathway to legal status for migrant children.
Immigration reform can keep millions of mixed-status families together
Phillip Conner, FWD.us (January 18, 2024)
1 in every 15 U.S. resident lives in a mixed-status household and stands to benefit from much needed immigration reform.
