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December

Landmark asylum ruling has helped fewer domestic violence victims than hoped

AAP works to address needs of immigrant children in latest surge

  • By: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • 12/29/2015
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Only 2 states say Guard could house immigrant children

Immigrant allies prepare for potential deportation raids

El Salvador Is On Track To Become World Homicide Leader

Honduras braces for US deportation of its citizens

Immigrants' Fate Depends on Access to Lawyers

Churches Open Their Doors On Christmas To Immigrants Seeking Refuge From DHS Raids

Gastonia police deny visa aid for immigrant victims

  • By: Charlotte Observer
  • 12/25/2015
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Immigration raids shouldn't be used against refugees, say advocates

U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border

Immigrant deaths along Mexico border decrease, but critics are left wondering

Wave of migrant children has Texas towns scrambling to set up housing

State panel looking at ways to improve education of immigrant children

The Refugee Jail Deep in the Heart of Texas

Unaccompanied children crossing southern border in greater numbers again, raising fears of new migrant crisis

Experts Urge Texas Not to License Immigration Lockups As "Child Care" Centers

Stranded at the Mexican Border, More Kids Face Immigration Court Alone

Shelters for Immigrant Children to Open in Texas, California

U.S. Is Bracing for Influx of Central American Migrants

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 12/10/2015
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Children Send Christmas Wishes To Kids In Immigrant Detention

U.S. to Open Shelters for New Surge of Youths Crossing Southwest Border

Courts adapting to challenges posed by growing immigrant populations

Increase of El Salvadorian mothers coming through McAllen

November

San Salvador hosts regional migration conference

  • By: Latin Correspondent
  • 11/25/2015
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Samaritans On The Central American Migrant Route

When family ties fray, migrant kids can land on streets

  • By: Al Jazeera America
  • 11/24/2015
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Judge: No "Emergency" to License Detention Centers

Young immigrants are at risk from sponsors with criminal records, senators say

With Asylum Out Of Reach, Some Minors Seek Out Special Visas

Once alone and undocumented, teen finds family in immigration court

How a Maine nonprofit uses writing to help immigrant kids find a sense of belonging

Under 16 and ordered deported — with no lawyer

Utica schools accused of segregating, denying immigrants, refugees equal education

Central American migrant program reunites first teens with families in US

Ankle Monitors Weigh on Immigrant Mothers Released From Detention

More Central Americans fleeing violence to enter U.S., suggesting another major surge

As Asylum Seekers Swap Prison Beds For Ankle Bracelets, Same Firm Profits

Judge hears arguments over licensing of immigrant detention centers

Fired Miami social worker gets 1 1/2 years in prison for extorting families of refugee children

Honduran teen, who entered U.S. as unaccompanied child, awaits word on fate

The Girl Who Broke Free: Building A New Life In America #15Girls

Mexico Border Crackdown Endangers Migrants: Report

Red Tape Slows U.S. Help for Children Fleeing Central America

Texas Governor Abbott issues warning over immigrant detentions

Brutal Borders

Court gives new protection to unauthorized immigrants under 21

UN Refugee Agency Sounds Alarm on Violence Against Women in Central America, Mexico

  • By: Latin America News Dispatch
  • 11/02/2015
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Guymon Public Schools Experiences Immigrant Influx, and Adapts

Report: Inspections at immigration detention centers conceal human rights abuses

October

Torn between two worlds

Immigration lawyers receive award for pro bono work

What happens to kids caught in Mexico’s migrant crackdown?

  • By: Al Jazeera America
  • 10/29/2015
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Meet young migrants risking their lives to reach the US

  • By: Al Jazeera America
  • 10/27/2015
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California law aims to help immigrants who are victims of crimes; thousands could benefit

State warns Berks County Residential Center to stop detaining immigrant children

Unaccompanied minors find refuge in San Antonio

U.S., Mexican scholars launch ambitious dialogue on Central America migration issues

Four migrants flee Tucson shelter, yet another concern for immigration system

How Immigration Detention Centers Retraumatize Women And Children Fleeing From Violence

Local Photographer Takes Stunning Portraits of Young People Who Crossed into the US Alone

Immigration report finds systemic detention failures

A Year Later: The School System That Welcomed Unaccompanied Minors

Fleeing violence, finding detention: One family's year in US lock-up

  • By: Al Jazeera America
  • 10/17/2015
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'War zone' at the border: abuse of migrants in Mexico rises

Immigrant family detention centers apply for child care licenses to stay open

Immigrant kids have it better than their parents when it comes to English

Young, [Undocumented], and Alone

California governor approves bill to help immigrant crime victims

Desperately-Needed Interpreters Are In Short Supply

Quicker release for detained migrants but also greater risk

Between Borders: American Migrant Crisis

A homecoming racked with guilt and shame for Guatemalan migrant children

  • By: Al Jazeera America
  • 10/05/2015
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The Surreal Reasons Girls Are Disappearing In El Salvador: #15Girls

‘When Immigration Caught Me, I Was Happy’

September

Suspected child smugglers arrested

  • By: San Diego Union Tribune
  • 09/26/2015
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U.S. buying anti-immigration ads in other countries

Migrant Crisis: A History of Displacement

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 09/22/2015
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Ice Awards Contract To Private Prison Company That Was Just Slammed In Federal Report

Border Patrol: Family, children arrests at border jump 52 percent, White House concerned

US Appeals Immigration Family Detention Decision

ABA Announces Mini-Grants for Projects Expanding Pro Bono Attorneys Representation of Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants

  • By: ABA Working Group on Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants
  • 09/16/2015
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Discrimination begins early and immigrant preschoolers notice, report says

CA bill protecting immigrant crime victims awaits Brown's approval

  • By: San Diego Union Tribune
  • 09/11/2015
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Translating School to Immigrant Parents

A year after border surge, Salvadoran family tries to adapt to life in Maryland

New program to help non-English-speaking immigrant students get started at JeffCo schools

Detained Immigrants Face Challenges Despite Ruling

Teaching a global nation: Supporting immigrant students in a place where they are not the minority

Obama moves on Central American migrant children questioned

Teaching a global nation: US classrooms are becoming an unlikely immigration battleground

Central America: How a Drought Affects Migration

August

Through Soccer, Teen Migrants Rebuild Lives And Get Chance To Meet Pope

A Year After Obama Declared a “Humanitarian Situation” at the Border, Child Migration Continues

Immigration judge's absences questioned

N.J. Supreme Court rules in favor of abused immigrant children fighting deportation

Don't hand your children over to 'coyotes', Jeh Johnson warns Central Americans

Unaccompanied Children from Central America, One Year Later

U.S. Man Admits Forcing Immigrant Teenagers Into Egg Farm Work

Judge Fighting Family Detention Has Personal Connection To Immigration

Immigration Crisis Shifts From Border to Courts

One murder every hour: how El Salvador became the homicide capital of the world

Judge orders US to release detained immigrant children 'without delay'

Love thy neighbour: the Texas town welcoming undocumented migrants

Analysts See U.S. Border With Mexico As More Secure Than It's Been In 40 Years

As immigration backlog surges, some overwhelmed judges retire

Young immigrants placed in sponsor homes are at risk of abuse, experts say

Artists Transform Heartbreaking Letters From Detained Migrants Into Gripping Works Of Art

US Ads Target Illegal Immigration From Central America

Lawyers: Immigrant Family Detention Still Lengthy and Unsafe

Central American Deportation Cases Dominate U.S. Immigration Courts

  • By: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
  • 08/14/2015
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Children's immigration status in civil liability suits won't be revealed under new law

Immigrant women, children left in limbo in San Antonio after release from detention centers

Obama plan leaves child migrants adrift

Journalist says conditions in Honduras are changing

US Launches Advertisements To Dissuade Central Americans And Mexicans From Crossing Border

  • By: International Business Times
  • 08/09/2015
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Obama administration asks judge to allow immigrant family detention

US accused of poorly treating women and children in immigration detention centres

Immigrant Families Surging Again At US Border, Homeland Security Says

  • By: International Business Times
  • 08/07/2015
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Despite immigration becoming heated issue, border security is less urgent this year

Some immigrant children are shut out of new preschool programs

UW law clinic students inspired to help immigrant families being held in detention

July

Incomprehensible

What’s Next for Immigrant Families in Detention?

Why is the Obama administration still fighting to keep immigrant families behind bars?

Astoria summer school helps children of migrant workers

A Texas nun greets detained immigrants at the gate to freedom

MS-13 gang is recruiting newly arrived migrant kids in New York, police say

Judge rules U.S. government should not hold immigrant children

After Court Ruling, 3 Immigration Detention Centers Could Close

Family Immigrant Detention Ruling Already Having A 'Groundbreaking' Effect For Women And Children

Irregularities abound at Texas migrant detention center

Inside El Salvador’s ‘War Without Sense’

I was an unaccompanied child: John Bul Dau

NYC Touts Progress on Helping Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

US Asylum Backlogs Soaring, Testing Patience For Those Fleeing Persecution

  • By: International Business Times
  • 07/20/2015
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Deportation Shelved for 1-Year-Old Honduran Boy

Mark-Viverito: ‘We Have to Humanize’ Immigration Debate

US border patrol violated agency rules in deporting thousands of children

How Four Dudes Skated from El Salvador to the U.S. to Flee Gang Violence

Immigrant Families Released Faster From Detention Centers

250 detained immigrant children given overdose of vaccine in Texas

Immigration judges make life-altering decisions in overbooked courts

  • By: Al Jazeera America
  • 07/06/2015
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Children Given Adult Dose Vaccine At Texas Immigration Detention Center

For some immigrant children, obtaining legal status doesn't solve all their problems

A Father In California, Kids In El Salvador, And New Hope To Reunite

Salvadorean Children Hope To Reunite With Parents Under U.S. Program

June

My Immigrant Students Don’t Test Well—But They’re Learning

N.J. Supreme Court case to decide fate of abused immigrant children

Child Migrant Crisis Endures on Mexico's South Border

  • By: Agence France-Presse
  • 06/27/2015
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A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies and Responses

  • By: American Immigration Council
  • 06/26/2015
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Immigrant families in detention: A look inside one holding center

Feds change rules to allow quicker release of immigrant families from detention centers

Democratic Members Say Reforming Family Immigrant Detention Isn't Enough

Democrats Tour Karnes City Facility, Demand End to Detention of Immigrant Women, Children

Mexico holding 49% more northbound migrant minors from Central America

Judge Reverses Deportation of Mother and Daughter, Orders Them Returned From Guatemala

Released Immigration Detainees Find Support At Greyhound Bus Station

  • By: Texas Public Radio
  • 06/22/2015
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Lawyers come from afar to represent immigrant mothers

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 06/20/2015
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Last year’s child migrant crisis is this year’s immigration court backlog

UN Study: Displacement Worst Ever Recorded

California on cusp of offering young immigrants health care

Teen mom who attempted suicide speaks out after deportation

Infants And Toddlers Are Coming To The U.S. To Work, According To Border Patrol

In Texas, volunteers rally to help immigrants and their children

Homeland chief to tour immigrant family detention center that critics call a prison

Hope and Despair as Families Languish in Texas Immigration Centers

U.S. to release several immigrant mothers from detention, but most remain

Immigration crisis shifts to Mexico

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 06/12/2015
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Palm Beach County schools make it hard for immigrants to enroll, feds say

Bishops: Use of immigrant detention centers 'a stain' on US administration

  • By: National Catholic Reporter
  • 06/11/2015
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Detention center receives child care license from state of Texas

  • By: National Catholic Reporter
  • 06/10/2015
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Senate GOP denies funds for lawyers for immigrant children

Why It’s So Hard To Get Migrant Kids In Rural Minnesota Through Immigration Court

Pressure builds to release mothers and children from immigrant detention centers

Caring for the nation’s immigrant children

A brief history of immigration and education in the US

The border surge, a year later: As crisis overwhelms system, philanthropy steps in

One year later, undocumented immigrant children quietly settling in Michigan

  • By: The Center for Michigan - Bridge Magazine
  • 06/02/2015
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Backlash Against Mass Family Immigrant Detention Grows As Senate Democrats Pile On

The border surge, a year later: Tens of thousands of immigrant children remain in limbo

May

How a School Network Helps Immigrant Kids Learn

House Dems urge Obama to end immigrant family detention

House Democrats call for end to immigrant family detention

Influx of Central American children poses challenges for schools

ACLU Lawsuit Battles for Escondido Facility for Undocumented Immigrant Children

Program Providing Legal Help to Immigrants Will Expand Beyond New York City

Immigration Agency's New Family Detention Rules Fail To Stop Criticism

Number of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Entering US Declining

Child immigrant detainees: 'There's an overwhelming sadness among them'

Catholic Leader Could Address Migrant Detention Centers During US Visit

  • By: International Business Times
  • 05/12/2015
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Scathing report calls for dismantling immigrant detention system

  • By: Catholic News Service
  • 05/12/2015
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Husband Begs Officials To Release His Wife And Daughter From Immigration Detention After 11 Months

Immigration Attorneys Allege ICE Is Making It Tougher To Help Women In Detention

A message for teachers of immigrant children: You make a difference

$2.2M awarded to house immigrant children in Michigan

  • By: Detroit Free Press
  • 05/05/2015
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Massive Backlog of Cases Saddle San Francisco Immigration Court

Hundreds call for end to detention of immigrant families in South Texas

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 05/02/2015
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April

How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about

‘The beginning of the end’ for Obama’s migrant family detention?

Residents of Karnes City Immigration Detection Facility Sue Over Conditions

Child migrants without lawyers pay a high price

Private companies profit from U.S. immigration detention boom

Undocumented Immigrant Youth on Constant “High Alert” -- Study

  • By: New American Media
  • 04/23/2015
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Advocates Sue a New York School District, Claiming Weak Programs for Refugees

'Mexico Is Doing the Dirty Work': Mexican Government Cracks Down on Immigration on US Behalf

Unaccompanied Undocumented Children Entering US At Lower Rate in 2015

Where Are the Children? For extortionists, undocumented migrants have become big business

As immigration reshapes Indianapolis, schools struggle to keep up

Bed Quota Fuels 'Inhumane' And 'Unnecessary' Immigrant Detention: Report

Lawyers say immigration judge's absence leaving clients in limbo

Mothers Launch A Second Hunger Strike At Karnes City Family Detention Center

Immigrant mother says long confinement at Texas detention facility has left children depressed

Undocumented Children Allowed To Sue For Legal Representation, Judge Rules

  • By: International Business Times
  • 04/14/2015
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Court win for immigrant-rights attorneys

Children Facing U.S. Deportation Allowed to Sue for Lawyers

  • By: Bloomberg Business
  • 04/13/2015
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Parents fighting for kids to stay in U.S.

“An urgent humanitarian situation”: Mexico and the new immigration battleground

A Federal Judge and a Hunger Strike Take on the Government’s Immigrant Detention Facilities

Latest on Americas Summit: CentAm chiefs seek less migration

Cuellar announces reimbursement opportunity for those affected by humanitarian crisis

Happy to give back: New York attorney aids young immigrants on same path

U.S. Government Holding Fewer Immigrants In Detention

Campaign underway to help Central American immigrants bring their children to the U.S.

Surge of Minors at Border Expected, But Not Like 2014

  • By: Arizona Public Media
  • 04/01/2015
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Women Reportedly On Hunger Strike In Texas Immigration Detention Center

  • By: International Business Times
  • 04/01/2015
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March

Federal Scrutiny of a Youth Immigration Program Alarms Advocates

Moms in immigration detention start hunger strike

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 03/31/2015
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Tri-county agencies describe challenges of helping immigrant children

Alert: Docketing Practices Relating to Unaccompanied Children Cases and Adults with Children

  • By: U.S. Department of Justice, EOIR
  • 03/30/2015
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In NY, Volunteer Attorneys Lend Voice, Legal Help, To Border Kids

Immigrant advocates take aim at Berks center

  • By: Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 03/24/2015
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ICE opens 400-bed immigrant detention center near Bakersfield

New York City Council Initiative Ensuring All Unaccompanied Minors in NYC Have Lawyers

Schools after the surge: Rush of undocumented students became fodder for immigration debate

How one small Midwest town has turned immigration into positive change

  • By: Christian Science Monitor
  • 03/14/2015
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Lack of pro-bono lawyers an issue for unaccompanied children in immigration cases

Inside the mind of an undocumented kid

Immigrant border surge dips; crossings forecast to rise in summer

States Not Equal On Deportation Of Immigrant Youth

Many Unaccompanied Minors No Longer Alone, But Still In Limbo

GAO Issues Report on Agency Response to Migration of Unaccompanied Children from Central America

  • By: National Law Review
  • 03/08/2015
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7,000 immigrant children ordered deported without going to court

Battle Over Attys For Immigrant Kids Heats Up In Seattle

House panel passes bill to send migrant kids home faster

NAACP objects to high schools for immigrant students

February

Unaccompanied Minors Talk Trauma at the Mission Neighborhood Health Center

Judge's ruling may free immigrant mothers and children from detention

Groups seek to help immigrant children get resettled on LI

Immigration Courts 'Operating In Crisis Mode,' Judges Say

What happens to undocumented kids when undocumented parents pick them up?

Judge Blocks Obama Administration From Detaining Asylum-Seekers As Immigration Deterrent

Conditions at for-profit immigrant detention facilities in Texas draw legal action

  • By: Institute for Southern Studies
  • 02/19/2015
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New York Compels 20 School Districts to Lower Barriers to Immigrants

How Lawyers Have Stepped Up to Help Unaccompanied Minors

In court, 'guardian angels' aim to help immigrants facing deportation

Policy may reunite immigrants, endangered children

Attorney aims to make a difference for city’s immigrant kids

  • By: Santa Fe New Mexican
  • 02/14/2015
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ACLU lawsuit seeks records for detained immigrant children

  • By: Arizona Daily Star
  • 02/12/2015
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Congress considers toughening standards on immigrants’ asylum claims

  • By: Lexington Herald-Leader
  • 02/11/2015
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LA schools to let lawyers help students with immigration

U.S. considers detaining more mother, child migrants

Expanded Central American Refugee Program Could Allow Spouses, Grandchildren To Legally Enter US

  • By: International Business Times
  • 02/10/2015
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Pope: 'Inhuman' Conditions for Migrants on US-Mexico Border

The Shame of America’s Family Detention Camps

Foreign Youths Find a Refuge With Foster Families

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 02/02/2015
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Obama wants $1 billion to curb Central American immigration

Seeking Asylum in Karnes City

Safety for immigrant victims put on hold by U-visa delay

January

United Methodist Home for Children houses children escaping Central America

  • By: Cumberlink Sentinel
  • 01/30/2015
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See What Undocumented Immigrants Carry Across the Border

Deported children face deadly new dangers on return to Honduras

Obama administration orders Border Patrol to ID which immigrants not to deport

U.S. Delays Thousands of Immigration Hearings by Nearly 5 Years

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 01/28/2015
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U.S. ads tell Central American migrants to stay home

'It was cold, very cold': migrant children endure border patrol 'ice boxes'

Central Americans pushed through immigration system as others wait

Legal Limitations: As children pour across the border, new state money will train local attorneys to take their cases

At MLK breakfast, 12-year-old calls for justice for 'immigrant children'

Court eases path to legal status for some undocumented minors

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 01/19/2015
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Immigrant families still coming, but in smaller numbers

  • By: Arizona Daily Star
  • 01/18/2015
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Immigrant Detention Center in Dilley, Texas Reveals Language Barriers, High Costs

Family Detention Center In Texas Is 'Utterly Unnecessary,' Says Immigration Attorney

Failed Trade And Migration Policies Contributed To Influx Of Unaccompanied Minors, Report Charges

Seven Southern communities that are welcoming immigrant children

  • By: Institute for Southern Studies
  • 01/13/2015
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Immigrant Children Surge Into Conn. Courts

  • By: Connecticut Law Tribune
  • 01/12/2015
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Immigration Reform News 2015: Thousands of Undocumented Immigrant Minors Apprehended by Border Patrol to Start Fiscal Year 2015

A child's English skills are a lifeline for some immigrant families

Communities reframe message to welcome immigrant kids

Immigration judges in Batavia grant less than 20 percent of asylum claims

Pro-bono Resource Center training attorneys to take unaccompanied children's cases