A Canadian case demonstrates how government agencies with interlocking missions fail to work together, particularly the immigration and child welfare systems, providing an interesting international comparison.
Read the OpinionFederal Judge William Alsup temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects certain immigrants from deportation.
Read the StoryAnalysts say that Trump’s immigration crackdown is creating a public health crisis among children leading to increases in child patients with sleep and eating disorders, anxiety, depression and stress that they said have been induced by Trump’s policies and words. These problems could lead to increased adult cases of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, severe depression and anxiety.
Read the StoryAn official plan to separate children from their parents is being considered by the Trump administration in order to stop a surge of Central American families and unaccompanied minors coming across the Mexican border.
Read the StoryThe Trump administration is considering a plan to separate parents from their children when families are caught entering the country illegally, according to officials who have been briefed on the plans in order to discourage border crossings.
Read the StoryICE agents in Philadelphia have found courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants, causing legal experts to worry that enforcing immigration laws in Philadelphia’s courtrooms is potentially preventing the criminal justice system from functioning properly.
Read the StoryA report released by the ACLU of Texas shows how Texas state troopers have become “frontline enforcers” of our country’s immigration laws, and have been especially cruel under the Trump Administration.
Read the ReportThis resource was created for parents and teens who are new to the U.S., and for the service providers who work with them, with topics ranging from cultural identity to school and community engagement to higher education, and more. Available in English, Arabic, and Spanish.
Get the GuideNPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with the acting director of ICE, Thomas Homan, about immigration enforcement over the last year and this administration’s policy proposals for the future.
Listen to the InterviewA fact sheet addressing anticipated regulations forcing millions of families to choose between the denial of status (or even deportation) and public benefits.
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