The ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union have filed an amicus brief with the New York State Court of Appeals challenging the termination of a father’s parental rights and addressing issues of race, national origin, and disability discrimination in child welfare proceedings, especially in cases where non-English speaking parents face communication barriers.
A new documentary “Separated” explores the first Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, which forcibly separated over 5,000 migrant children from their families.
Reports indicate that the incoming Trump administration will rescind longstanding policy which prohibits ICE from conducting immigrant enforcement operations in “sensitive locations,” such as hospitals, schools, and other places where children gather.
A new report indicates improvements to hygiene, food and medical care in US Border Patrol holding facilities, but found that Border Patrol agents routinely separate children from adult relatives during their time in custody.
A 2022 settlement that created requirements to protect the health of minors held in CBP holding facilities is set to end nine days after the Trump administration takes office.
Over 4 million U.S. citizen children live with an undocumented parent, placing them at potential risk of family separation given the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations.
This Statement for the Record details many of the harmful potential consequences of the Trump administration’s proposed mass deportations, including harm to families and the economy.
Tom Homan, the incoming Trump administration’s “border czar,” has indicated that family detention practices will return and that undocumented parents of US-born children will be deported with or without their children.
This article analyses claims from the incoming Trump administration that there are 300,000 missing migrant children.
Despite an eight-year ban that prohibits the US government from separating families at the border for purposes immigration deterance, resulting from a settlement in relation to the first Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy, advocates anticipate potential challenges by the incoming Trump administration.
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