Biden Administration Violating Decree on Migrant Children, Court Filing Says

New York Times By Eileen Sullivan

The Biden administration is violating the terms of a longstanding court settlement that requires certain protections for migrant children in government custody, lawyers said in a motion filed…...

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‘I’m trying to be something’: the migrant kids struggling to make a new life in the US

The Guardian By Alexandra Villarreal

Cars and helicopters descended on Alex almost as soon as he crossed the Rio Grande River. He was an 11-year-old boy trying to see his…...

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Biden Administration Is Still Struggling to Care for Migrant Children

New York Times By Eileen Sullivan

At an emergency shelter in the Texas desert, migrant teenagers are housed in long, wide trailers, with little space for recreation and not much to do during…...

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Governor Murphy Signs Legislation to Allow Caregivers to Make Alternative Child Care Arrangements for Their Children

State of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation, A4640/S2886, amending New Jersey’s standby guardianship laws to expand caregivers’ ability to make prospective alternative arrangements for their children in case of an emergency. This new law will help streamline the process…...

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Thousands of migrant kids stuck in US border patrol custody -again

Type The Daily Star By Reuters, Roma, Texas

The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been steadily rising, an analysis of U.S. government data shows, as record numbers crossed the U.S.-Mexico border…...

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Immigrant Families Separated At The Border Are Finally Being Reunited, But Many Are Struggling Financially

Buzzfeed News By Adolofo Flores and Hamed Aleaziz

In the nearly four years she spent away from her sons in El Salvador after being separated at the border by the Trump administration, Lisy…...

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For Migrant Children in Federal Care, a ‘Sense of Desperation’

The New York Times Eileen Sullivan

Interviews and a Times review showed a shelter system with wildly varying conditions, some of which are far below the standard that the Biden administration…...

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Six steps to prevent continued crises at the US-Mexico border

Op-ed The Hill Jen Podkul

Apprehensions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border reached a 21-year high in April, and this week Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified about the border situation before the Senate…...

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Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Featured Article The Washington Post Garance Burke

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned…...

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