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Read MoreSB4 Will Inevitably Separate Families and Hurt Immigrant Children
Read MoreOur organizational values, including our commitment to being child-centered in all that we do, compel us to speak in this critical moment.
Read MoreSeparated families deserve a fair shot at justice after the extraordinary trauma and loss they wrongfully experienced. Right now, these families remain in limbo.
Read MoreWe urge Members of Congress reject this supplemental bill and instead to invest in humane and effective policies to improve border management and protect the right to asylum.
Read MoreWith this month marking the three-year anniversary of Liz’s passing to complications from cancer, the Young Center continues to remember Liz’s light, contributions, and brilliant legacy and will host the Elizabeth Frankel Waymakers Race in September.
Read MoreCutting off access to this area also puts the lives of migrants in danger because medical providers will be unable to reach people in need of help in a timely fashion.
Read MoreThe guidance, specifically announced by the DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) which oversees all immigration courts, reflects more than a decade of advocacy by the Young Center and other organizations to fundamentally change the courtrooms in which children carry the burden to prove, without the guarantee of an attorney, that they are eligible for protection in the United States.
Read MoreAfter being sent to cities like Chicago and New York, many immigrant families face overcrowded shelters where there have been reports of unsanitary conditions and lack of access to basic medical and mental health care.
Read MoreWe strongly reject any proposal that threatens the safety and unity of immigrant families and urge the Biden Administration and Congress to oppose these and other anti-immigrant, anti-asylum policies as part of the ongoing supplemental funding negotiations.
Read MoreReports have surfaced that President Biden is considering devastating tradeoffs that would severely restrict children and families' access to asylum in exchange for more military funding for Ukraine and Israel.
Read MoreThe settlement also purports to limit just some, rather than all, family separation at the border in the future.
Read MoreA report released this weekend from a federal court monitor found that U.S. border agents are, once again, separating migrant children from their parents, allegedly to "avoid overcrowding” in their facilities.
Read MoreJudge Hanen’s ruling does NOT affect the status of current DACA recipients. As of now, DACA remains intact for current recipients and renewals will continue to be processed.
Read MoreThe use of this footage is shocking and dehumanizing, and ICE should immediately discontinue it.
Read MoreTroopers working under Governor Abbott’s Operation Lone Star have torn apart at least 26 fathers from their children, charging the fathers with trespassing and holding them in state criminal custody while their spouses and children are transferred to Border Patrol agents.
Read MoreOn this day five years ago, the U.S. government failed to reach a court-ordered deadline to reunite families unlawfully separated under the Trump administration’s Zero Tolerance policy. To this day, hundreds remain separated.
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