Discusses publication of “Detained or Deported: What about my children? What to do if you can’t be with them” by the Women’s Refugee Commission and the resources/toolkit available in publication.
Review the ToolkitReports 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 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 MemorandumActivists 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.
Read the ArticleGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the launch of the Office for New Americans, the first statewide office with a sole focus to assist our state’s immigrants in their efforts to contribute to the economy and become a part of the family of the New York.
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