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It is past time for the state to ensure that every child enters school ready to learn and that they are enrolled in a well-resourced educational system that is responsive to their cultural identity. Continue Reading
This is the story of a family that faced seemingly every possible hurdle under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Continue Reading
A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to reunite children with their parents by Thursday — but officials’ own data shows that will be nearly impossible. Continue Reading
On the brink of being released and reunited with children, migrant parents are held at a South Texas facility in a sort of limbo — not free to leave, but without access to phones or commissary accounts that regular detainees get. Continue Reading
Despondent minors are often pressured into taking psychotropic drugs without approval from a parent or guardian. Continue Reading
A young man’s recent death was followed by other suicides in a Baltimore neighborhood. Continue Reading
The chart lays out what happens to immigrant children separated from the adults who brought them to the U.S. It shows three outcomes. Only one ends in reunification. Continue Reading
The Trump administration has summoned at least 70 children under 1 year old to immigration court for their own deportation proceedings since Oct. 1. Continue Reading
The case of Liah Ferrera Amaya shows the extensive vetting immigrant families must submit to in order to retrieve their children from U.S. custody — even if it means putting themselves at risk for deportation. Continue Reading
In letters scrawled by hand, five immigrant fathers detained in New Mexico describe being separated from their children at the border and the uncertainty of when — or whether — they will be reunited. Continue Reading
Parents should have time to make an ‘informed, non-coerced decision’ about whether they want to leave the country with their children, the ACLU had argued. Continue Reading
We owe it to mothers, families and society to support breastfeeding. Continue Reading
Tears dissolved into smiles as the two walked out of the Bokenkamp Children’s Shelter in Corpus Christi on Friday. Continue Reading
Chasing the adults, we keep punishing the kids. Continue Reading
Maria Vandelice de Bastos, who was detained and separated from her disabled grandson in New Mexico last year, has been released from federal custody. But her ordeal is far from over after an immigration judge dismissed her asylum case. Continue Reading