Immigration
A Ballot of Hope
I can’t really pinpoint the first time I became politically engaged. I can’t remember a moment where politics wasn’t on my mind.
Immigration
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Immigration
CDF Calls for an Investigation into the DHS's Misconduct and Mistreatment of Children During Removal Processes
We, the undersigned 56 organizations, write to request an investigation into serious and flagrant problems in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) expulsion of unaccompanied children (UCs). We are especially concerned by DHS’s use of extended involuntary stays for UCs in hotels under the custody of the contractor MVM Inc. DHS and its contractors have violated the rights of unaccompanied children. It is imperative that OIG and CRCL give as full an account as possible as to these practices and how they have been committed.
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Immigration
How to Protect Children in the Age of Aggressive Immigration Enforcement
The Child Thrive Action Network today released a toolkit for protecting immigrant families facing deportation. The toolkit includes sections to help service providers and community members speak out and advocate against enforcement that harms children in immigrant families, as well as guidance for parents, service providers, and community members working to protect families at risk of being torn apart.
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Child Health
The Children’s Protection Act Will Bring Children’s Health and Wellbeing to the Forefront of Rule-Making
While proposed regulations often have a significant impact on children, that impact is rarely made explicit as part of the formal regulatory process. Currently, federal agencies are not required to analyze or share how regulatory changes could impact or harm children. To address this issue, House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced the Children’s Protection Act to better ensure our regulatory process prioritizes the health and wellbeing of our children.
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Immigration
Cruelty Is the Point: The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Family Separation Policy
“We need to take away children,” then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions told prosecutors in May 2018, according to a draft Department of Justice report obtained by the New York Times. The prosecutors in the room reportedly recoiled, but this is what followed: thousands of immigrant children ripped from their parents, a global outcry, and our ongoing national and moral disgrace.
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