Rather than ending the program, the Biden Administration is allegedly asking Mexico to accept even more people turned away at our border.
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This past August, our inaugural cohort of the Elizabeth Frankel Fellowship Program completed their 10-week summer fellowship with the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. Learn more about their work here.
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Arizona’s Governor Doug Ducey has joined Governor Abbott’s busing scheme, busing nearly 1,600 people to D.C. This is a critical moment for federal officials to coordinate with Chicago, New York, D.C., and any other cities where migrants are being relocated.
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Last year, members of the DePaul Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Program in the Young Center’s annual Waymakers Race. One of their students shares their story in the following piece.
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The regulation is intended to better protect DACA from legal challenges, however, no substantial changes to modernize or expand eligibility criteria were made to protect thousands of immigrant youth who remain shut out of the program.
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On Monday, the Biden administration announced it will end the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy which, for years, denied thousands of people —including over 21,000 children— when the policy was first implemented-- their legal right to seek asylum in the United States.
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At the Young Center’s most recent board meeting in June, Teresa Sullivan stepped down as Board Chair and former co-Vice Chair, Frances de Pontes Peebles was elected as the new Board Chair.
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The document was researched and co-authored with the help of our Elizabeth Frankel Fellows Oneida Vargas Molina, Rubí Rodriguez and Mary Ruiz De La O. We hope that our concerns and recommendations will be discussed with the United States representatives to develop concrete measures for accountability and reimagining an immigration system free of racial discrimination.
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The Children’s Safe Welcome Act –which is supported by 40 organizations across the country– aims to keep families together, prioritizes small shelters and family-based placements for children arriving to the U.S. alone, strengthens protections for children with disabilities, and advocates for children to be reunified with family as quickly as possible to minimize their time spent in government custody.
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Forty child welfare, legal, faith-based, medical, public health, humanitarian, and community organizations express their support for the Children’s Safe Welcome Act.
Today’s Supreme Court decision is a victory for organizations and advocates. President Biden must End Remain in Mexico.
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With your support, in 2021, we served 1,612 children facing deportation across the country.
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The Court’s decision will have dangerous, even deadly, effects on the health and lives of millions nationwide, especially communities of color and immigrants who are disproportionately impacted by restrictions on reproductive health care and face ongoing anti-immigrant hate, xenophobia, racial violence, and criminalization.
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This Sunday marks the national observance of Juneteenth, a holiday honoring the delayed emancipation of enslaved African descendants in Texas. But thousands of Black immigrants are still unable to access asylum, safety, and family unity as a result of persistent racial discrimination, structural barriers, and anti-Black, anti-immigrant policies—including Title 42 and Remain in Mexico.
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Join us for Reimagine, our annual benefit, which will take place on Wednesday, June 22, at 7:30pm ET. We will come together online, with exciting speakers an award ceremony, and more, to celebrate immigrant children and reimagine an immigration system where they are respected and protected.
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Today marks the anniversary of two historic victories in the immigrant rights and children’s rights movements: 40 years of the landmark Supreme Court decision which protected the right to free, K-12 public education for every child, regardless of their immigration status; and 10 years since the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Yesterday, a devastating mass shooting resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Read our statement here.
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April is Medicaid Awareness Month and a chance to celebrate the impact access to affordable health care has made in the lives of millions of people around the United States. Unfortunately, however, thousands of children are deprived of the benefits of Medicaid access because of their immigration status.
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