Los valores estadounidenses deben permanecer en el corazón de nuestra respuesta a los niños refugiados Washington, DC – Mientras el Congreso realiza diversas audiencias esta semana en relación con el aumento en la cifra de niños que huyen de la violencia en América Central buscando seguridad en Estados Unidos,...
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24 de junio de 2014
Homeland Security Hearing on Border Children Displays GOP Posturing
At today’s Homeland Security Committee hearing (“Dangerous Passage: The Growing Problem of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border“), House Republicans demonstrated an insistence on using the children at the border story to score cheap political points, regardless of the facts. More than once, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson emphasized the fact that the...
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24 de junio de 2014
Should We Treat Children Fleeing Violence as Kids or Criminals?
American Values Must Remain At the Heart of Our Response to Child Refugees With Congress embarking on several hearings this week related to the rise in the number of children fleeing violence in Central America and seeking safety in the United States, the question is what is going to...
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La crisis humanitaria en la frontera sur, donde en el último año la Patrulla Fronteriza ha detenido a unos 47 mil niños indocumentados que viajaron solos desde Centroamérica y México hacia Estados Unidos, sigue ganando la atención del público en general y colocando en aprietos al gobierno federal.
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24 de junio de 2014
Even though Jaime is married to a U.S. citizen, has a U.S. citizen baby, and has lived in this country for eight years, he’s facing deportation within a matter of weeks. Jaime is a great father and wonderful husband. His wife Keiko suffers from a seizure disorder, and Jaime...
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24 de junio de 2014
Joseline, 9, and Ariana, 7, are pleading to their President to let them stay in Columbus, Ohio, their home. Their mom, Esmeralda, could be deported by the Obama Administration within a matter of days, even though she’s been in the country for 14 years. With no other family nearby, Joseline, Ariana,...
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Violence in their home countries has prompted tens of thousands of children in recent years to cross international borders and make their way to the US and other countries. But when these youths — some as young as two years old — arrive in the US, they often face...
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