This article highlights the collaboration between representatives from the Mexican Government with advocates, lawyers, judges, workers from the Department of Child Safety, and representatives from Arizona. The goal of these work groups is to achieve the best outcomes for children and families when parents have been detained or deported.
Read ArticleThis opinion piece discusses the often overlooked issue of some immigrants not having a home to return to, as result of being undocumented and having grown up in the U.S. and never seeing their “home” countries.
Read ArticleThe judicial battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protected 690,000 young unauthorized immigrants from deportation, has just been extended by several months as a result of a ruling from the Supreme Court.
Read ArticleThe New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsut against Trump administration officials over what it called prolonged detention of immigrant children, blaming recent shifts in U.S. government policy for keeping children locked up without cause.
Read ArticleA massive network of volunteers is trained to jump into action when reports come in about detentions of illegal immigrants, to document their treatment and provide legal advice.
Read ArticleThe National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of immigrant teenagers who came to the United States alone and later were transferred from government shelters to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers when they turned 18. Many, including the lead plaintiffs, came to the U.S. seeking safety from dangerous situations at home and were awaiting reunification with family or sponsors.
Read ArticleThe ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of Ms. L. and her daughter S.S. who were separated upon arrival to the U.S. after fleeing the Congo and trying to seek asylum. The suit argues that the separation of Ms. L. and her daughter is in blatant violation of the due process protections of the Fifth Amendment since the two were separated without justification or even a hearing.
Read ArticleA discussion of the new Family First Prevention Services Act, which addresses a range of issues in public child welfare.
Read ArticleAn analysis of President Trump’s call to close “glaring loopholes in our laws” that gang members are allegedly taking advantage of to “enter the country as unaccompanied alien minors.”
Read ArticleThis report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2016.
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