Tag Archives: immigrant children
Child Protective Services Refusing to Help Child Crime Victims with Immigration Visas
The agency’s blanket ban on issuing certifications puts an already vulnerable group in a precarious situation.
For the past eight months, Texas Child Protective Services has quietly rejected requests for help from undocumented children who are the victims of crime....Read More
Guatemalan Mom, Son Win Surprise Victory for Sanctuary Movement
The pair took sanctuary in an Austin church eight months ago, hoping to avoid deportation back into danger at home.
Immigrant experts say pressure from an Austin church and others in the sanctuary movement may have prompted an unusual form of relief for a Guatemalan pair....Read More
Health Agency to Press Forward with Licensing Child Detention Centers
The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has submitted a proposed rule that would create a new child care licensing category for detention center...Read More
State: Birth Certificate Lawsuit a Ruse to Validate Foreign ID’s
Attorneys for the state of Texas argued in federal court in Austin on Friday that a lawsuit joined by dozens of undocumented Texans has nothing to do with their...Read More
Dismissal of Birth Certificate Case Would Leave Many U.S. Citizen Children in Limbo
On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman to dismiss the lawsuit undocumented immigrant families have brought agai...Read More
Legislators ‘Alarmed’ by State’s Refusing Birth Certificates for Children of Undocumented Parents
Two legislators have weighed in on the controversy over Texas’ refusal to grant birth certificates to some children of undocumented families. On Wednesday, Se...Read More
Children of Immigrants Denied Citizenship
Though the 14th Amendment says otherwise, Texas has refused to issue birth certificates to children who were born in the state to undocumented parents. In respo...Read More
Observer Radio Episode 67: Getting the Facts Straight on Immigrant Kids
Rachel Pearson joins us to talk about whether immigrant kids from Central America pose a disease threat to Texas. Spoiler: They don't....Read More
Health Officials: Risk of Disease from Immigrant Children Low
While fears of immigrant children carrying disease persist, public health experts on the front lines offer reasons for calm....Read More