Children facing deportation in immigration courts are increasingly at risk as the Trump administration moves to cut legal funding for unaccompanied minors, leaving many to navigate a complex legal system without representation that could determine whether they stay in the US or face deportation.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid for tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children.
A DOGE staffer gained access to a sensitive government database containing personal information, mental health records, and family details of unaccompanied immigrant children, raising serious privacy and security concerns.
Children with parents at risk of deportation are experiencing increasing stress and anxiety amid intensified immigration enforcement.
Pediatricians speak out against the Trump administration’s expanded use of detention facilities targeting established immigrant families in the U.S., warning that separating children from their communities causes significant harm to their physical and mental health.
Tennessee continues to pursue legislation aimed at overturning the long-standing U.S. constitutional right to free public education for children, regardless of their immigration status.
The Trump administration has failed to comply with a court order to continue funding legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children.
U.S. citizen children with immigrant parents are expressing fears of being deported themselves amid the Trump administrations ramped up immigration enforcement efforts.
Federal immigration enforcement officers have been conducting welfare checks at the homes of unaccompanied children in the Houston area and nationwide.
Immigration advocates are raising concerns that the Trump administration is expanding family detention beyond recent border crossers to include families with long-standing ties to the U.S.
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