New immigrant enforcement plans will target adults and minor children who entered the country together and have orders of deportation.
The Trump administration is reopening the Karnes and Dilley detention centers in Texas in order to detain immigrant families with children.
A bill allowing public schools to refuse to enroll children without legal immigration status is advancing in Tennessee.
The Dept of Justice has dropped a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of unaccompanied minors by staff of Southwest Key Programs after HHS stopped placing children in their shelters.
Children in immigrant families in Texas are facing increased bullying.
A new non-citizen registration requirement is poised to cause harm and separation to millions of immigrant families.
A recent memo from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is spreading misleading information about undocumented immigrants use of food and nutrition programs, and could create a chilling effect among eligible immigrant and mixed-status families.
The Trump administration has ended a contract that provides essential legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children navigating the immigration legal system.
CICW Director speaks to the trauma and mental health needs of unaccompanied minors, which compound many of the challenges they face while resettling in the U.S., like housing insecurity.
On March 21st, the Trump administration terminated funding for legal counsel for 26,000 unaccompanied children, cutting them off from essential legal services and forcing them to represent themselves alone in immigration court. This comes at the same time that the administration moves to increase the deportation and detention of children. You can take action now to protect these vulnerable children by sending a pre-written, customizable letter to your representatives (click link above), calling for the restoration of the Unaccompanied Children Program and legal services for unaccompanied children.
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