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May 25
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Anguish at Southwest border as more immigrant children are separated from parents

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Anguish at Southwest border as more immigrant children are separated from parents

Suzanne Gamboa and Daniella Silva, NBC News (May 22, 2018)

Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a goal to criminally prosecute 100 percent of people crossing the border illegally — including families with children. Those who are charged with improper entry — a misdemeanor on the first infraction — are jailed and separated from their children. Previously, most parents had been allowed to remain with their children in family shelters while awaiting asylum cases or deportation proceedings.

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May 25
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Holding Migrant Children on Military Bases:  What You Need to Know

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Holding Migrant Children on Military Bases:  What You Need to Know

Mark Nevitt, Just Security (May 22, 2018)

While the Trump Administration has been careful to state that a decision has yet been made about housing the migrant children on military bases and the DoD has not received formal tasking, choosing this path would continue the trend of widening the military’s role in immigration enforcement more broadly. It follows the announcement made last month that state National Guard units would assist DHS and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in immigration enforcement.

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May 22
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Adverse childhood experiences retard mental development

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Adverse childhood experiences retard mental development

Letters Editor, Cincinnati Enquirer (May 21, 2018)

The science is clear that adverse childhood experiences, known as ACEs, profoundly impact brain and child development. Removing a child from a nurturing parent is a strong ACE and this new policy is likely to have both short and long-term harmful consequences for the child.  In addition to the immediate cruelty of separation, many children will experience changes in brain neuropathways, epigenetic profiles and immune system dysfunction.  These changes result in life-long behavioral, mental and physical health disorders.

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May 22
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Border crackdown results in immigrant parents and children being separated

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Border crackdown results in immigrant parents and children being separated

Aaron Nelsen, Houston Chronicle (May 13, 2018)

The Trump administration this month did not dispute a New York Times report in federal court that more than 700 children, among them at least 100 younger than 4, were separated from an adult who claimed to be their parent. Now, immigrant advocates are bracing for those numbers to dramatically increase as the administration ratchets up prosecutions of immigrants who illegally cross the border with Mexico.

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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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