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“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities - ProPublica

April 1, 2021

After ignoring signs that shelters were filling quickly, agencies are scrambling to get thousands of kids out of Border Patrol jails. But new “emergency” facilities skirt safety standards, while facilities accused of abuse are still getting grants.…

US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities - Associated Press

March 27, 2021

The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety.…

Police-Free Schools Movement Faces First Major Test As Students Return to Classrooms After a Traumatic Year Away - The 74

March 24, 2021

Now, as students trickle back into schools for the first time in a year in many places, including the city where Floyd was killed, districts that severed ties with police departments face their first big test.…

The Humanitarian Challenge of Unaccompanied Children at the Border - The New Yorker

March 23, 2021

For the past year, the southern border has been largely closed, under restrictions imposed by the Trump Administration and maintained by President Biden. But the new Administration has decided not to turn away unaccompanied minors, for humanitarian reasons. Last month, nearly ten thousand children…

U.S. races to find bed space for migrant children as number of unaccompanied minors in government custody hits 15,500 - CBS News

March 21, 2021

The U.S. government on Saturday was housing approximately 15,500 unaccompanied migrant minors, including 5,000 teenagers and children stranded in Border Patrol facilities not designed for long-term custody, according to government data reviewed by CBS News.…

Emergency sites in Texas for migrant children raising safety concerns - Associated Press

March 19, 2021

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Children At The Border: What’s Biden Doing To Address The Crisis? - Public Radio East

March 17, 2021

There’s a surge of migrant children crossing the southern border. When it comes to immigration, a long-term challenge besets a new administration. We discuss what the Biden administration is doing to address the crisis at the border.…

Backlog of migrant children in Border Patrol custody soars to 4,200, with 3,000 held past legal limit - CBS News

March 16, 2021

Children interviewed on Thursday by lawyers conducting oversight as part of a federal court case reported sleeping on the floor; being hungry; only showering once in as many as seven days; and not being able to call family members…

‘Very young, very scared’: Migrant children languish in US custody, lawyers say - ABC News

March 15, 2021

As the number of unaccompanied minors at the southern border keeps growing, legal advocates checking on conditions for migrant children held in U.S. custody report many are afraid, unable to contact family members and have limited access to the outdoors.…

Vivió una dura infancia, creció en un ambiente violento, pero superó los obstáculos y ahora trabaja por los jóvenes - Univision

March 13, 2021

Frankie Guzmán relata que desde que sus padres se divorciaron empezó a enfrentar diversas situaciones que con el pasar de los años se fueron complicando. Llegó a parar en una prisión de California acusado por robo y, tras 6 años privado de la libertad, le…