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Her Rapist Threatened to Make Her “Disappear.” Instead of Asylum, ICE Put Her in a Hotel and Sent Her Back. - ProPublica

August 4, 2020

Thousands of migrant children — including babies — have been expelled by the Trump administration since March. Some have been held in hotels without access to lawyers or family. Advocates say many are now “virtually impossible” to find.…

US government sued after report of detained migrant children at Hampton Inn hotels - US Today

July 27, 2020

Legal advocacy groups have sued the U.S. government to try to stop the expulsion of children believed to be detained in Arizona and Texas hotel rooms by the Trump administration under an emergency declaration citing the novel coronavirus.…

AP Exclusive: Migrant kids held in US hotels, then expelled - Associated Press

July 22, 2020

The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels, sometimes for weeks, before deporting them to their home countries under policies that have effectively shut down the nation’s asylum system during the coronavirus pandemic, according to documents obtained by The Associated…

Now Is the Time to Remake Our Schools With Equity in Mind - Education Post

July 15, 2020

This week, the school reopening conversation is largely about when we reopen schools. Some people, including our president, want schools to reopen widely, as soon as possible. That position is getting a lot of pushback from folks who cite public health concerns. For them, we…

Lawsuit: Kansas Agrees to Ambitious Foster Care Reforms - Chronicle of Social Change

July 10, 2020

Kansas has agreed to a slate of dramatic changes to its child welfare system aimed at ending housing and mental health failures that destabilize youth in foster care.…

Settlement could take Kansas foster care from ‘shockingly broken’ to model for nation - Kansas City Star

July 9, 2020

Kansas foster children will no longer sleep overnight in offices or be shuttled from home to home and, for the first time, will receive mental health screening when they enter care.…

“This is a first step,” group that sued Kansas foster care reacts to settlement - KSNT

July 9, 2020

The state of Kansas has settled a lawsuit with foster care advocates. In November of 2018, advocacy organization Kansas Appleseed brought the suit against the state along with national groups, Children’s Rights and the National Center for Youth Law. The organizations sued after countless stories…

We must end school policies that most harm our Black students - Ed Source

June 23, 2020

It’s imperative we remember that this violence is not just limited to Black adults. We must recognize that the United States has sanctioned centuries of violence against Black children, too.…

Is California’s last youth fire camp worth saving? - Cal Matters

June 8, 2020

California’s last juvenile fire camp could close due to state budget cuts. Though critics question putting young inmates in danger for as little as $1 an hour, supporters say it’s one of the few proven models for rehabilitation.…

In Surprise Move, Newsom Calls for an End to California’s Youth Prison System - Chronicle of Social Change

May 14, 2020

With coronavirus pummeling Californians’ health and economy like a modern day plague, few expected a line item buried in an otherwise deficit-driven budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday: After decades of the state running what was once the country’s most vast and notorious…