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All posts tagged "immigration"
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3.2KNewsTrump Policies Hurting Young People of Color, Immigrants Most, Report Says
America’s justice system is reverting to 1960s-style “law-and-order” policies that are exacting a heavy toll on communities of color, especially young people,...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayCentral American Kids Come To U.S. Fleeing Record-high Youth Murder Rates
Gang violence and expanding criminal networks have made El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala — an area of Central America known as the...
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1.9KNewsScholarships, Financial Aid Available for Undocumented Students in Some States
Can undocumented students go to college? Yes. No federal law prohibits the admission of undocumented students to U.S. colleges. But misinformation is...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayToday’s Immigration Policies Are Going to Affect Child-Serving Systems Tomorrow
On April 11, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum to all federal prosecutors along the southwest border of the United...
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6.0KGuest Opinion EssayI’m Not an Immigrant But I Still Fear Deportation
Like most children, I never realized the tremendous impact my father’s values and culture would have on me. My mother was mainly...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssaySudden, Lasting Separation From Parent Can Permanently Alter Brain Development
At birth, the brain is the most underdeveloped organ in our body. It takes up until our mid-20s for our brains to...
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2.8K► ReportsNeglect and Abuse of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The International Human Rights Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union outline the rise in reported abuse and neglect of immigrant children by...
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2.1KVideosHighlights of Immigration Coverage in Southern California
Students at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism have been shooting videos about the undocumented young people...
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1.5KGrantsRefugee Family Child Care Practice Development Grants
Subject: Child Care, Refugee Children, Immigration, Family Support | Deadline: May 15, 2018 | Amount: $150,000 - $187,500
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1.8K► ReportsNoncitizen Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: 2018 Update
The Annie E. Casey Foundation takes a look at the most important recent policy and practice changes regarding noncitizen youth in the...
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6.2KNewsTrump’s Immigration Policy Pushing Children Into Foster Care
The struggle to reunite a Congolese woman swept up in an immigration crackdown with her little girl — and to reunite countless...
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3.7K► ReportsOur Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children
The Center for Law and Social Policy documents mental and physical harm that our nation's youngest children are experiencing due to the...
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3.3KGuest Opinion Essay#MeToo, Women’s Marches, Democrats in 2018: 2 Youth Mentors Talking
Recently, the two sat down for a conversation as two mentors in the field to assess some of the major developments in...
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1.9KNewsYouth Workers Learn to Navigate in Turbulent Times
“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...
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5.9KGuest Opinion EssayChildren Suffer When a Parent Is Deported, Whether the Children Stay or Go
Between 2003 and 2013, an estimated 740,000 to 920,000 parents of children who are U.S. citizens were deported from the United States....
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2.1KNewsChildren of Color Face Higher Barriers to Success, New Casey Report Says
The children of immigrants make up less than one-fourth of the nation’s youth population yet account for 30 percent of children living...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssaySchool Relationships Helped Me Harness Power of Perseverance to Learn English, Use My Voice
I came to the United States two years ago, absolutely terrified of speaking in English. I was depressed because I had left...
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2.0KFrom the BureausPoetry Helps Young Angeleno Cope With Deportation of Family Member
Eleven-year-old Violeta Esquivel feels uncomfortable in President Donald Trump's America, especially after he announced the phasing out of the DACA (Deferred Action...
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2.7KNewsNearly 5 Million Latino Kids Risk Seeing Parents Deported, Report Says
Nearly 5 million Latino children run the risk of seeing their parents deported, a new study says.
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayTV Could Show How Immigrants Not Forgiven Juvenile Mistakes
Although there is a large and vast discussion throughout the United States around immigration, there is a subset of the population that...
