Tag Archives: Unaccompanied Minors
Federal Court Denies Undocumented Teen’s Request for an Abortion
An appeals court Friday heard arguments on whether a federal refugee agency can block a minor in its custody from having an abortion.
UPDATE: Late Friday afternoon, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an earlier ruling ordering the federal government to allow Jane Doe to have an abortion...Read More
Ted Cruz Leads the House Over a Cliff on Border Bill
The House Republican leadership fails to pass emergency supplemental bill for influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America...Read More
Officials: Undocumented Children Won’t Break Texas Schools
Despite the freak-out over undocumented Central American children stealing desks from Texas kids, schools say they're prepared for next school year....Read More
Rick Perry on Child Refugees: Deport ‘Em All
Rick Perry has a plan for the thousands of refugee children streaming across the border from Mexico and Central America: Deport them at once. At a congressional...Read More
Obama: Spike in Children at Border ‘Urgent Humanitarian Situation’
President Obama issued a presidential memo Monday calling the huge number of unaccompanied children crossing the border—primarily into Texas—an “urgent hu...Read More
United Nations: Children Crossing the Border Qualify for Asylum
A majority of the unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border should qualify for political asylum, according to the Unit...Read More
Rio Grande Valley Becomes Epicenter of Growing Humanitarian Crisis
The U.S. Border Patrol recently released some stunning apprehension figures for the Rio Grande Valley. While the rest of the U.S.-Mexico border is still experie...Read More