8 Challenges of Growing Up as a Second-Generation Immigrant
Gary Drevitch, Psychology Today (January 10, 2023)
This article explores common challenges that children of immigrant parents may experience.
Undocumented children can now get public health insurance in New Jersey
Karen Yi, Gothamist (January 10, 2023)
New Jersey has expanded its state health insurance program to all children regardless of immigration status.
‘We Are Happy to Help Them’: Migrant Influx Leads to Surge in Student Enrollment at Miami-Dade Schools
Ari Odzer, NBC Miami (January 17, 2023)
Miami-Dade public schools are working hard to provide support to the over 13,000 new immigrant students who have enrolled in the school district since October.
The federal government is investigating the possible human trafficking of children who cleaned slaughterhouses
Laura Strickler & Julia Ainsley, NBC News (January 19, 2023)
DHS is investigating the possible human trafficking of 50 children, including some under the age of 13, who were allegedly illegally employed cleaning multiple slaughterhouses in the Midwest.
Detained immigrant minors deserve more than two calls per week
Annalise Keen, Minal Giri, & Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, The Hill (January 21, 2023)
Physicians call on ORR to increase opportunities for familial contact for children in its custody beyond its minimum of two 10-minute calls per week.
Grandmothers, grandchildren separated at border, despite U.S. move to reunite migrant families
Rick Jervis, USA Today (January 23, 2023)
Countless immigrant families experience needless separation at the border due to policy that requires separating children from nonparents, including grandparents, aunts or uncles, siblings, etc.
YWCA program helps new immigrant families
Ashley Opina, The Free Press (January 29, 2023)
The New American Families program at a YWCA in Mankato, MN works to integrate immigrant and refugee families into the community, including through a Parents as Teachers curriculum.
The pandemic robbed thousands of New York City children of parents. Many aren’t getting the help they need
Liz Donovan & Fazil Khan, The Hechinger Report (January 30, 2023)
Over 8,700 children in New York City have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID, and immigrant families and families of color have been disproportionately impacted.
School builds ‘Newcomer Experience’ to teach recent immigrants
Tim Blotz, Fox9 (December 1, 2022)
A Minneapolis school has created a program called the Newcomer Experience that provides academic and language support to non-English speaking immigrants integrating into the school system.
The Law That Led To Trump’s Family Separation Crisis Has A Racist History. Now These Attorneys Are Fighting Against It In Court.
Adolfo Flores, Buzzfeed News (December 4, 2022)
A group of lawyers are using a novel argument to challenge the Trump era zero tolerance policy stating that the illegal entry charges used to separate parents from their children under this policy are inherently racist.
