In light of the expanded immigration enforcement actions under the Trump administration, immigration attorneys are warning that without preventative measures, family separation will lead to more children in foster care and struggles for parents to regain custody from outside the United States.
Read the ArticleA new report indicates that the increase in immigration arrests of people living in the U.S. under the Trump administration is having a devastating impact on long-term immigrants with strong ties to the US.
Read the ArticleThe Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration across the southern U.S. border may drive a new wave of Central American youth to attempt the dangerous journey through Mexico to escape rampant gang violence in their home countries.
Read the ArticleLouisiana sheriffs have not signed onto the 287 (g) agreement, which authorizes specially-trained local law enforcement to identify undocumented immigrants and alert ICE, after booking them into a parish jail.
Read the ArticleA letter to the editor highlighting the impact of immigration enforcement on family separation and the need for discretion when children are involved.
Read the LetterA pediatrician describes his experience of interacting with children in immigration proceedings.
Read the StoryA Touro College Graduate School of Social Work symposium discusses the daily struggles and long-term challenges that undocumented immigrants and their U.S.-born children endure when faced with parental deportation.
Read the ArticleAn educator and Peruvian immigrant shares about her experience as a new child in a new school in a new country and about what immigrant children face today.
Read the ArticleFive Central Americans claim the government is keeping them in the dark about their children’s whereabouts and giving them no choice but to plead guilty to reunite their families.
Read the ArticleThe Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, a national organization that represents hundreds of child welfare and juvenile justice service providers, is concerned that the tax reform plan moving through both chambers of Congress is setting up a perfect storm of funding troubles for nonprofits in the sector.
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