Hispanic Community July 2018

More Than 300 Older Children Split At Border Are Reunited [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration said Thursday that it has reunified 364 children ages 5 and older with their families after they were separated at the border, still leaving hundreds to go before a court-imposed deadline a week away. The Justice Department reaffirmed in a court filing that it has identified 2,551 children who may be covered by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's order.

Hispanic Community July 2018

US Deporting Crime Victims While They Wait For Special Visa [Beyond Education]

For victims of crime on U.S. soil who are living here illegally, a special visa program provides their only clear path to citizenship. But as Republican President Donald Trump's administration has taken a harder line on immigration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to be stepping up the detention and deportation of people who have applied for the so-called "U visa."

Hispanic Community July 2018

Immigrant Children Describe Treatment In Detention Centers [Beyond Education]

The children's descriptions of various facilities are part of a voluminous and at times scathing report filed in federal court this week in Los Angeles in a case over whether the Trump administration is meeting its obligations under a long-standing settlement governing how young immigrants should be treated in custody.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Judge Temporarily Halts Deportation Of Reunified Families [Beyond Education]

A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to any deportations of reunited families who were separated by the Trump administration after crossing the southwest border. The American Civil Liberties Union had asked Judge Dana Sabraw to delay deportations a week after reunification.

Hispanic Community July 2018

NY Sends 3rd Set Of Volunteers To Aid Puerto Rico Rebuilding [On A Positive Note In Education]

A third set of 100 New York college students and construction workers is headed to Puerto Rico to help rebuilding after Hurricane Maria's heavy blow to the island last year. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the volunteer deployment Sunday. It's the third since the start of June.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Pompeo Travels To Mexico To Meet New Leftist President-Elect [Beyond Education]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead a Cabinet-level delegation to Mexico on Friday on the heels of a sea-change election there that could offer a chance for the neighbors to repair strained relations — or make them worse. U.S.-Mexico ties have deteriorated significantly under President Donald Trump, who campaigned on building a border wall and who has repeatedly blamed Mexico for economic and social problems in the United States.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Detaining Immigrant Kids Is Now A Billion-Dollar Industry [Beyond Education]

Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade, an Associated Press analysis finds. Health and Human Services grants for shelters, foster care and other child welfare services for detained unaccompanied and separated children soared from $74.5 million in 2007 to $958 million in 2017.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Exhausted And Subdued, Reunited Families Return To Guatemala [Beyond Education]

Chartered flights full of deportees from the United States regularly arrive in the Central American country, but Tuesday's flight was among the first containing families separated at the border under President Donald Trump's contentious zero-tolerance policy. More than 2,300 children were separated from their families before a June 20 order stopping the practice.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Medical Experts Worry About Testing DNA To Reunite Families [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration's use of DNA testing to match migrant children separated from their parents is justifiable as a last resort, medical experts say, but raises a host of ethical problems. That includes the risk of damaging the family fabric by revealing that an adult thought to be the biological parent really is not.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Protesters Targeting Northeastern U Over $2.7M ICE Contract [Education News]

Northeastern University students and community activists are demanding the school cancel a multimillion-dollar research contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal spending data show that Northeastern has received $2.7 million from ICE over the last two years. Northeastern says the grant isn't funding research that has anything to do with immigration enforcement.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Reunited Immigrant Children Scooped Up Into Parents' Arms [Beyond Education]

Lugging little backpacks, smiling immigrant children were scooped up into their parents' arms Tuesday as the Trump administration scrambled to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite dozens of youngsters forcibly separated from their families at the border. The Justice Department said more than 50 children under age 5 could be back in the arms of their parents by the deadline at the end of the day.

Hispanic Community July 2018

Dozens Of Immigrant Children Will Be Reunited With Parents [Beyond Education]

Dozens of immigrant children will be released from detention centers and reunited with their parents Tuesday. A government lawyer said Monday at least 54 children under the age of 5 would join their parents by a court-ordered deadline, only about half the 100 or so children covered by the order. The Trump administration was working on final background checks for another five children ahead of Tuesday's deadline.