Resources

Almost Half of Americans Want Undocumented Kids Deported Right Away

HuffingtonPost (July 16, 2014)

A poll finds that 47% of Americans believe that deporting children to their home country as soon as possible should be a priority and solution for tackling the border crisis.

San Francisco Considers Resolution to Aid Migrant Children

New America Media (July 16, 2014)

Discusses a resolution from San Francisco that would ensure that children awaiting immigration proceedings have access to housing and social services.

LA Street Gangs Spread To Central America Causing International Threat

NPR (July 16, 2014)

Renee Montagne talks to Carlos Dada of ElFaro.net in El Salvador and Robert Lopez of the Los Angeles Times about the violence which has motivated thousands of children to try to escape to the U.S.

Debunking Myths About Flood of Central American Children

Public News Service (July 15, 2014)

An El Salvadorian immigrant woman shares her story in order to shed light on current mass migration of Central American women and children.

U.S. sends first planeload of moms, children back to Honduras

The Morning Call (July 15, 2014)

This article discusses the first wave of immigrants to be transports via plane back to Honduras, as the US continues to try to tackle the immigration crisis.

Assisting kids is not new to U.S.

Houston Chronicle (July 15, 2014)

This brief article describes the story of an immigrant who became successful, in order to give hope to young immigrants during a difficult time where there is much debate and high tension about current immigration crisis.

Maryland town says ‘no’ to hosting unaccompanied immigrant children

The Washington Times (July 14, 2014)

A proposal to put unaccompanied immigrant children in an abandoned Army Reserve post in Westminster is nixed after opposition from local government and residents.

For Immigrant Children Crossing Border, Fears Meet Court Backlog

NPR (July 14, 2014)

Audie Cornish talks with Michelle Abarca, a supervising attorney with the Americans for Immigrant Justice, on how the surge in unaccompanied children has impacted her organization. Abarca also recommends ways of coping with the influx.

Why they come: To escape violence

Honduran city has highest murder rate in the world • Local businesswoman setting up shelter for children

El Paso Inc. (July 13, 2014)

A successful El Paso businesswoman and her husband who already have a facility used for housing immigrant children hopes to use a former corrections facility in order to be able to house additional children seeking asylum.