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A Win for NYC Students: Our work this summer on the new discipline code
Over the past many weeks I’ve traveled to all corners of the City and across all five boroughs to attend community engagement sessions set up by the Department of Education (DOE) to discuss needed reforms to the Student Code of Conduct.
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Child Health
Without deferred action, sick immigrant children are at greater risk
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently eliminated non-military “deferred action,” forcing sick children and their families to choose between life-saving medical treatment or the risk of deportation.
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Gun Violence
Why are so many black children in St. Louis being killed by guns?
As gun-related deaths continue to devastate communities across the nation, families and lawmakers in St. Louis are looking for answers.
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Immigration
We Oppose the Trump Administration's Dangerous Flores Rule
The Children’s Defense Fund opposes the Trump administration’s dangerous Flores rule and is proud to support litigation efforts to fight its cruelty.
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NYC Freedom Schools Summer 2019
As summer winds down and students start heading back to school, I wanted to remember the Freedom Schools in New York City this summer that were full of fun, fellowship and freedom! From Red Hook all the way to the Bronx, Freedom Schools served over 400 young people ages 5 to 18 years old.
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Child Health
Perpetuating cruelty, the Trump Administration won't provide flu vaccines to migrant children and families
Within the same week that the Trump Administration released two new final rules that perpetuate cruelty to immigrant children and families, news broke that the administration is not vaccinating migrant children or families they are detaining, and has no plans to do so ahead of the next flu season.
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Immigration
Families Don't Belong in Jail
A Trump administration overhaul of the standards that govern the treatment of migrant children in U.S custody is dangerous for children.
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Child Health
The problem with vaccine exemptions
Today, all 50 states and the District of Columbia appropriately have laws requiring school-age children and those in child care facilities to be vaccinated against dangerous and sometimes deadly vaccine preventable diseases.
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