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immigrant children

How Republicans Are Willfully Endangering Immigrant Kids

GOP lawmakers often claim they want to protect children, but their policy decisions tell a different story.

by Trudy Taylor Smith

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‘Baby Jails’ Chronicles America’s ‘Shameful’ Treatment of Migrant Kids

by Isabela Dias

Child Protective Services Refusing to Help Child Crime Victims with Immigration Visas

by Laura Marie Thompson

Guatemalan Mom, Son Win Surprise Victory for Sanctuary Movement

by Gus Bova

Child welfare advocates, social workers and asylum-seekers described sterile, prison-like conditions in Texas' immigrant family detention centers, which the state is currently considering licensing as child care facilities. Feb 04, 2016

Health Agency to Press Forward with Licensing Child Detention Centers

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

undocumented immigrants Oct 02, 2015

State: Birth Certificate Lawsuit a Ruse to Validate Foreign ID’s

by Andrea Grimes

undocumented immigrants Jul 23, 2015

Dismissal of Birth Certificate Case Would Leave Many U.S. Citizen Children in Limbo

by Melissa del Bosque

Inside this month's print issue

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our September/October 2026 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

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DREAM act protestors Jul 16, 2015

Legislators ‘Alarmed’ by State’s Refusing Birth Certificates for Children of Undocumented Parents

by Melissa del Bosque

Jul 13, 2015

Children of Immigrants Denied Citizenship

by Melissa del Bosque

Jul 18, 2014

Observer Radio Episode 67: Getting the Facts Straight on Immigrant Kids

by Jonathan McNamara

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Jul 15, 2014

Health Officials: Risk of Disease from Immigrant Children Low

by Rachel Pearson

Jul 10, 2014

Disease Threat From Immigrant Children Wildly Overstated

The Central American kids arriving in Texas are likely to be better-vaccinated than children in Texas.

by Rachel Pearson

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