Rosa Maria Hernandez, an immigrant child with cerebral palsy, has been released from a federally funded shelter in San Antonio, where she had been held for 10 days after undergoing surgery. She was detained due to the fact that she was an undocumented immigrant traveling without her parents.
Read the StoryAs Trump moves to sanction countries that don’t accept deportees, analysts warn that U.S. residents of Vietnamese origin no longer have the same protections.
Read the StoryA new program in Italy is connecting adults with unaccompanied child migrants to help them enroll in school, apply for healthcare and gain legal status, offering both practical guidance and essential emotional support.
Read the StoryUndocumented immigrant teens are being held in detention centers while not knowing how long they will be in there for and not having access to legal representation. One teen shares his experiences with sexual harassment and assault, in addition to the living conditions experienced by many youth being held in these detention centers.
Read the StoryOn October 8, 2017, the White House issued an Immigration Principles and Policies Statement. The statement focused on changes to border security, unaccompanied alien children, asylum reform, swift border return, the expansion of the definition of inadmissible aliens to the United States, interior enforcement, immigration authority, partnerships with states and localities, visa overstays and a merit-based immigration system. This article highlights the key points from the statement.
Read the UpdateThis story highlights the importance of the CHIP program. As a result of Congress missing its October 1st deadline to fund the proram, 31 states and the District of Columbia may run out of federal dollars for the program by March 2018.
Read the StoryA 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has reportedly been detained by immigration authorities after passing through a checkpoint in an ambulance to receive emergency gall bladder surgery.
Read the StoryA summary of the recent Annie E. Casey Foundation report that examines disparities in opportunities for children of immigrants and explores the toll the threat of losing their parents to deportation or detention can take on those children.
Read the StoryActivists say the jump in dads and kids is a result of a US crackdown on moms crossing the border with children. “We see as many fathers with children as pregnant women or moms with kids. It used to be so rare,” said one immigrant service provider.
Read the StoryThe father of recently drowned children speaks out about the loss and its connection to the family’s precarious immigrant status.
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