None of this is “acceptable or necessary,” as one advocate said Liam Tadeo should have no worries, only excitement about starting kindergarten, having fun at recess with his friends, and coming home to his family after a day of learning and playing. Instead, the five-year-old has become the latest... Continue »
Trump and Stephen Miller have introduced a new low in their ugly mission to deport vulnerable immigrant kids It’s hard to imagine how much more of a dire situation the Trump administration can intentionally create for immigrant children, after allowing the federal contract that funded their legal representation to... Continue »
Children “who have fled violence, trafficking, and abuse” woke up Saturday without the legal support they were promised, said one legal service provider Thousands of immigrant children have been stripped of legal assistance and could be retraumatized by being forced to go through the complicated deportation court system alone,... Continue »
“I was nervous because it was my first time going to a court,” said one boy. The federal government is seeking to deport him to a country he doesn’t even know Kids deserve to be protected at all times, no matter their legal immigration status. Two recent analyses of... Continue »
This cowardly and despicable attempt to snatch migrant kids from their beds and deport them in the middle of the night would’ve succeeded if it hadn’t been for the quick actions of legal advocates and the courts The Trump administration’s failed attempt to kidnap dozens of Guatemalan children from... Continue »
Some of the ugliest acts from Donald Trump’s first term were directed at  the most vulnerable: children. These attacks included the shameful policy of ripping 5,500 weeping migrant children, including nursing infants and toddlers, from the arms of their loved ones. Despite the established traumatic effects of these policies... Continue »