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May 22
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For immigrants, guardian plan would mean peace of mind

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For immigrants, guardian plan would mean peace of mind

Bitta Mostofi and David A. Hansell, Times Union (May 14, 2018)

As we reach the final months of this year’s legislative session, New York legislators have an opportunity to protect immigrant families at a time when increasing enforcement has created fear and uncertainty in our communities. A bill currently before the Senate would allow immigrant parents to appoint a “standby guardian” to ensure that their children are properly cared for in the event they are arrested or deported by ICE.

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May 22
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NJ immigrant families prepare to be split up under Trump

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NJ immigrant families prepare to be split up under Trump

Steph Solis, App.com (May 16, 2018)

An estimated 154,000 immigrants without legal status in New Jersey have a child, and the majority of those children were born in the U.S., making them citizens. Many of these parents, now targeted for deportation, are setting up plans to ensure their children are accounted for should they be separated.

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May 22
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Plight of children is lost in immigration debate [Opinion]

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Plight of children is lost in immigration debate [Opinion]

Stan Perry, Chron (May 17, 2018)

As a pro bono immigration attorney for children immigrants and refugees over the past five years in Houston, I am struck by how little the fear-mongering and mischaracterizations of people from Central America seeking safety, like those traveling in the recent caravan of refugees from Central America, resonates with reality.

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May 22
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The Cruelty of Breaking Up Immigrant Families

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The Cruelty of Breaking Up Immigrant Families

The Editorial Board, New York Times (May 17, 2018)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that his prosecutors will file criminal charges against anyone crossing the border without authorization, rather than releasing them to await deportation. That legal escalation will tear apart more families with children, which now constitute 40 percent of people detained by American border agents.

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May 22
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New Trump immigration policy that separates families is cruel and could make a bad situation worse for kids

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New Trump immigration policy that separates families is cruel and could make a bad situation worse for kids

Dallas Morning News Editorial, Dallas News (May 18, 2018)

Thousands of vulnerable kids may be headed to Texas, which is already overwhelmed with problems in its own child-welfare system. The Trump administration is scouting three military bases in Texas as possible shelters for migrant children in its new get-tough plan to separate them from parents who’ll be prosecuted for illegally crossing the Mexican border.

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May 22
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ICE detains immigrant mom, holds her 18-month-old baby in a facility 120 miles away

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ICE detains immigrant mom, holds her 18-month-old baby in a facility 120 miles away

Gabe Ortiz, Daily Kos (May 17, 2018)

In Austin, Texas, an 18-month-old toddler is sitting in an immigration detention facility. He’s probably crying, with only strangers in a strange place to comfort him. He doesn’t want the strangers, though. He wants his mother, but his mother is herself detained, in another facility 120 miles away. They were torn apart by brutal tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):

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May 22
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Administration preparing to hold migrant children on military bases

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Administration preparing to hold migrant children on military bases

Nick Miroff and Paul Sonne, Washington Post (May 15, 2018)

The Trump administration is making preparations to warehouse migrant children on military bases, according to Defense Department communications, the latest sign the government is moving forward with plans to split up families who cross the border illegally.

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