Tagged: unaccompanied minors
Written by Kara DeDonato This month’s news digest provides an update on the child migrant crisis before turning to the blocked executive action and immigration news closer to home in New York. A brief update on the child migrant crisis In February, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned that many of the children who are picked up by immigration officials in the US and Mexico might face persecution by local street gangs, known as ‘maras’, if...
Written by Kara DeDonato This month’s News Digest focuses on the president’s expected executive order on immigration, and examines the actions of Republicans in both the House and Senate as they threaten to dismantle important legislation protecting young immigrants. The Digest also takes a look at the legal process in overburdened courts for the first cases of unaccompanied minors and families who have recently crossed the border from Central America; and concludes with a celebration of New York’s immigrant...
Written by Kara DeDonato The surge of unaccompanied minors continues to be at the forefront of immigration news and is a primary focus of this month’s news digest. Additionally, the July Immigration News At a Glance takes a look at the breakdown of immigration reform on the federal level, the importance of immigrants in American culture in honor of the Fourth of July, and new developments in addressing immigrant needs in New York State and City. Border surge crisis –...
