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Surge In Migrant Children At Government Shelters As Trump Admin Pushes ‘Zero Tolerance’
Nearly 11,000 migrant children are in government custody without their parents, according to federal health officials — a 22 percent increase from April as the Trump administration has ramped up prosecution of parents who cross
What You Need To Know About The ‘Missing’ Migrant Children
This weekend, Twitter was abuzz with reactions to a story about federal agencies losing track of about 1,500 migrant children. The conversation evolved to be about the condition of children who cross the border, and
The Real Immigration Crisis Isn’t ‘Missing’ Children. It’s Family Separations,”
Thousands of Twitter users spent the weekend asking #WhereAreTheChildren? The viral hashtag sprang up in response to a now widely shared New York Times article noting that the federal government had been unable to make contact with 1,475
The 1,500 “Missing” Migrant Children: An Immigration Expert Explains What You Need to Know
In late April, a top Health and Human Services official told Congress that his agency had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children who had recently left government custody. Those remarks came under intense and renewed scrutiny
US Scrambles to Explain Accounts of ‘Missing’ Children
The Trump administration is pushing back against news reports that it has lost track of almost 1,500 immigrant children who came to the United States as unaccompanied minors. “The Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program was
Where Are The 1500 Missing Kids?
KIND President, Wendy Young, speaks to Ian Masters on family separation and the reports of the nearly 1,500 “missing” children. Click here to listen: http://archives.ianmasters.com/content/may-29-where-are-1500-missing-kids-autocrats-prefer-rigged-elections-outright-dictatorship-4
Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ At The Border Is Causing Child Shelters To Fill Up Fast
The number of migrant children held in U.S. government custody without their parents has surged 21 percent in the past month, according to the latest figures, an increase driven by the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” crackdown
Trump Culpa A Los Demócratas De La Separación De Familias Inmigrantes Que El Mismo Ordenó
Siguiendo su estrategia de proyectar en sus enemigos políticos la responsabilidad de asuntos que le corresponden como presidente, Donald Trump pretende culpar a los demócratas de la nueva política de su gobierno que ha resultado
Demand That The US Stop Separating Families At The Border
Many Americans have expressed outrage at horrific accounts of parents who have arrived at the border to escape violence and poverty only to have their children, some of them toddlers, taken away from them. This
How To Help Immigrant Children Separated From Parents At U.S. Border
Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump Administration’s intent to separate parents and children who have illegally entered the United States through the southwest border. Now it’s happening — and regardless of