Tag Archives: Immigration
In ‘Homelands,’ Alfredo Corchado Punctures the Myth of the American Dream
At once personal and political, this nuanced book is a sober reminder that today’s immigration challenges are the result of decades of misguided American policy.
If ever there were a time to read Alfredo Corchado’s latest book, Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration...Read More
What We Owe to the Children Ripped from Their Parents at the Border
Researchers have called “adverse childhood experiences” the single most powerful factor in health, social and economic well-being, a hidden epidemic more damaging than cancer or heart disease.
When my oldest child, Bryce, was a toddler, I lost him on an elevator. I was very pregnant with my next baby. As we headed for our hotel room with stroller and ...Read More
Williamson County Votes to End Contract with Detention Facility Holding Separated Mothers
In the face of activist pressure, commissioners voted to end the county’s involvement in the incarceration of immigrant mothers and women at the 512-bed T. Don Hutto Detention Facility.
In a victory for immigrant advocates in a conservative, law-and-order community, the Williamson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday voted to cut ties with a d...Read More
As a Pediatrician, I Know There’s No Way to Jail Migrant Families Without Hurting Kids
If we really care about migrant kids, we can’t stop at ending the obvious atrocity of family separation at the border.
In my daily life as a pediatrician, I sometimes care for kids who have been removed from their homes — just the day before, or even that same day — by Child...Read More
Despite Trump’s Executive Order, This Mom Still Doesn’t Know if She’ll See Her 3 Kids Again
“Every minute that I am separated from my kids is anguish,” says a Guatemalan mom who’s been apart from her kids for more than a month and isn’t even sure where they are.
A Guatemalan mother and her three children had already spent two weeks in a for-profit family detention center in South Texas when U.S. immigration authorities ...Read More
Agentes de E.U. Impidieron Asilo a esta Familia. Después, Fueron Detenidos en México.
Parece que las autoridades mexicanas se han sumado a los esfuerzos de inmigración de Trump al impedir que migrantes no mexicanos busquen asilo en Estados Unidos.
Agentes de E.U. Impidieron Asilo a esta Familia. Después, Fueron Detenidos en México. Parece que las autoridades mexicanas se han sumado a los esfuerzos de in...Read More
U.S. Agents Blocked This Family from Seeking Asylum. Then Mexico Detained Them.
Mexican authorities appear to have joined in Trump’s immigration crackdown by blocking non-Mexican migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
U.S. Agents Blocked This Family from Seeking Asylum. Then Mexico Detained Them. Mexican authorities appear to have joined in Trump’s immigration crackdown by ...Read More
It’s Time to Decriminalize Immigration
Congress should repeal the law that allows for kids to be ripped away from parents and for migrants to be criminalized en masse at the border.
This week, the news has been dominated by horrifying scenes from the border of children being ripped apart from their parents who the federal government is crim...Read More
Texas Officials Allow 15 Immigrant Shelters to Hold More Kids than Licenses Permit
To accommodate Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, Texas officials have allowed at least 15 shelters to hold more than 700 additional kids, records show.
In recent months, Texas officials have granted permission to at least 15 immigrant youth shelters to cram in more kids than their child-care licenses allow, acc...Read More