Pay or Die

Opinion The New York Times Sonia Nazario

IT’S MONDAY: TIME TO PAY THE GANGS. A bus owner wearing a red knit hat waits for the call he’s gotten every Monday morning for…...

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Plight of Children is Lost in Immigration Debate

Op-ed Houston Chronicle Stan Perry

As a pro bono immigration attorney for children immigrants and refugees over the past five years in Houston, I am struck by how little the…...

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Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Could Face A Return To Danger

Op-ed The News & Observer Julie Petrini

I’m a technology lawyer who has helped companies like Microsoft, Skype and Polaroid navigate the web of national and global laws that govern telecommunications, cloud…...

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To Help a Dreamer, Why Do We Have to Hurt Her Cousin?

Opinion The New York Times Sonia Nazario

Last August, Lesli Gonzalez, 22, got a phone call at 6 a.m. Did she know Doralinda Lopez de León, a Guatemalan girl who said she…...

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These Are Children, Not Bad Hombres

Opinion The New York Times Sonia Nazario

Last year 7-year-old Kendra Cruz Garcia and her 10-year-old-brother, Roberto Guardado Cruz, crossed the Rio Grande alone. When their tiny boat reached the shore, they…...

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Angelina Jolie: Refugee Policy Should Be Based on Facts, Not Fear

Opinion The New York Times Angelina Jolie

Refugees are men, women and children caught in the fury of war, or the cross hairs of persecution. Far from being terrorists, they are often…...

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How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer

Opinion The New York Times Sonia Nazario

San Pedro Sula, Honduras — Three years ago, Honduras had the highest homicide rate in the world. The city of San Pedro Sula had the highest homicide…...

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Immigrant Children Desperately Need Lawyers

Letter to the Editor The New York Times Wendy Young & Meg McCarthy

It is alarming that a government lawyer responsible for training immigration judges who hear unaccompanied children’s cases stated that the small children who flee to…...

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Young Refugees

Letter to the Editor The New York Times Wendy Young

Children in Central America facing grave harm from pervasive violence need a timely and effective way to gain safety, which the Central American Minors program…...

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