As the border wall fight continues, the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols have forced many, including families fleeing violence, to remain in Mexico through the duration of their asylum cases.
A group of US residents whose federal “temporary protected status” is under threat embarked on a tour across the country that will end in Washington, DC, where they will ask Congress to pass legislation allowing them a chance to stay in the country.
RAICES says “no” to a hefty donation from Salesforce, citing its contract with US Customs and Border Protection.
As the current administration is pressured and ordered by federal courts to reunite immigrant children forcibly separated from their parents at the border, nonprofits are often left to actually make it happen, often fighting the US government’s own resistance or incompetence.
A Philadelphia-based nonprofit tried to donate new Spanish-language books and handmade bookmarks as a gesture of friendship to children caught in the “zero tolerance” nightmare. Who wins when such kindness is thwarted?
How does a Texas nonprofit want to use the $20 million in donations it has received? Taking a page from the “bail out” movement, RAICES has offered to pay off bonds for parents separated from their children. But the federal government has demurred.
The volunteer-staffed National Families Together Hotline will work to find the parents of detained children, almost as a private investigator would, and then staff will help connect parents to free legal services.
Last week, the White House issued an executive order that ended the policy of separating children detained by customs from their parents. But reuniting the 2,300 children already separated from their parents has been slow going.
How should someone feel about joining a viral fundraising campaign? Slate argues that the RAICES campaign is one we can embrace.
After days of pressure from citizens, lawmakers, and the media, President Trump signed an executive order to stop the separation of children and families at the border. However, it’s not quite time to celebrate.
