Immigrants experience increased fear and concern due to a draft proposal by the Trump administration that could deny permanent residency or citizenship to immigrants who have utilized public assistance programs or are anticipated to access them in the future.
Organizations allege that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) repeatedly forced parents into signing forms that relinquish their right to be reunified with their children.
Read MoreTom Crea of the Boston College School of Social Work discusses the types of trauma he has witnessed among children separation from their families as a result of immigration enforcement and need for trauma-informed care.
Read MoreUnaccompanied migrant children living in Fresno face greater challenges than their coastal counterparts when it comes to fighting to stay in the U.S.
Read MoreTrump administration officials acknowledged that they have no system for tracking the tens of thousands of migrant children who are released from federal custody each year after traveling to the United States alone.
Read MoreThe federal Department of Health and Human Services doesn’t adequately track unaccompanied immigrant minors who enter the United States after placing them with sponsors, putting the kids at “significant risk for trafficking and abuse,” says a new report from Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman.
Read MoreMigrant children fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries are even more vulnerable if they’re deported back once they arrive in the U.S. and Mexico, in part because they return to worse conditions than those that prompted them to leave in the first place…
Read MoreIllegal-immigrant children are slipping through the federal safety net designed to protect them from abuse, Senate investigators said in a new report released Wednesday that found no federal agency willing to step up and accept responsibility for them once they’re released into the community.
Read MoreAlthough the Trump administration has ended its policy of family separation as a deterrent against illegal immigration, experts are concerned that migrant children are not receiving adequate care at detention facilities and may experience long-term health implications due to detention and separation.
Read MoreThis article explores the history of family separation in the U.S., pointing out that while many aspects of the current administration’s approach are unprecedented, many aspects have a long history in U.S. immigration policy.
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