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All posts tagged "immigration"
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3.0KNewsFamilies Move From the Shadows to Power in West Phoenix
When someone broke into Viri Hernandez’s West Phoenix home in 2012, she called the police. But she quickly realized the officers who...
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2.1KGrantsSoutheast Rural Community Social, Environmental and Economic Justice Grants
Subject: Community, Social Change, Rural Youth, Education, Juvenile Justice, Environment, Health | Deadline: May 9, 2019 | Amount: $5,000 - $15,000
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2.2K► ReportsPreparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
The Urban Institute uses the most recent and comprehensive data available to show the rates of enrollment of immigrant children in early...
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2.6K► NewsmakersCathy Cha Named President of Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Cathy Cha has been named president of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, capping off a two year period of transition...
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1.8K► ReportsA Right To Be Heard: Listening to Children and Young People on the Move
UNICEF recently released this report, based on a comprehensive global survey, conveying the perspectives of and the challenges faced by the world's...
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3.8KOpinionTrump Endangers Immigrant Children, Against Every Child Welfare Principle
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have squarely targeted the most vulnerable: children. Like most people, I was outraged last summer when I...
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3.8KNewsTexas Report: Deportation Fear Hurts Health of Whole Immigrant Community
Punitive immigration policies create public health issues affecting entire communities, two advocacy groups say in a new report focusing on families in...
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Trump 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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2.4KOpinionCentral 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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2.2KNewsScholarships, 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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2.5KOpinionToday’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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6.5KOpinionI’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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2.0KOpinionSudden, 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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3.2K► 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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2.4KVideosHighlights 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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1.8KGrantsRefugee 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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Noncitizen 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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6.9KNewsTrump’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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4.1K► 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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3.4KOpinion#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...
