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The number of children uninsured shot up by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, despite a strong economy, according to a recent study by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. In 2018, 4.1 million children were uninsured. That’s in stark contrast to 2016, when there was a low of…
The Trump administration separated 1,556 more immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border than previously disclosed to the public, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday. Most of the children are very young, 12 years old and under, according to The Washington Post, including more than 200 considered…
Children who have been separated from their parents at the border are showing signs of severe trauma,clinicians told investigators with a government watchdog. Some kids think their parents have been murdered, others believe their parents abandoned them at the border. They also complain about symptoms of sickness even though medically…
In Florida, the Homestead migrant child detention camp that has housed about 14,300 undocumented children in total since March 2018,is emptying out. Health and Human Services (HHS) told AP News that all children who had been at the facility are now with family members or at smaller state-licensed centers. The…
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said on Sunday that 350 migrant children are in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody — down from 2,500 last month. “On June 1 we have 2,500 children in our custody; 1,200 had been with us over three days. Now that we have…
A senior government official and Homeland Security Department doctor said that he thinks the children in migrant detention centers are getting the same care as his own children. “I’m a doctor and a parent. I’m very comfortable in my own skin, and I would do for these folks what I…
Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Mark Morgan will become acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner on July 5. The announcement was made just hours after the resignation of John Sanders on Tuesday. CBP apprehends and first detains migrant parents and children crossing the U.S.-Mexico…
Unable to stop the flow of migrants coming to the border and entering the United States, the current White House has decided to do one of the only things they think they can do – punish the unaccompanied children in federal custody. English classes, recreational programs and legal aid for…
The Hershey Company (a DiversityInc Noteworthy Company) and the government of Cte d’Ivoire have announced a new partnership to increase the company’s sourcing of cocoa processed in Cte d’Ivoire. They also agreed to expand Hershey’s successful Energize Learning initiative to Cte d’Ivoire, aiming to improve nutrition, increase school enrollment, attendance…
Alabama just made it much harder for LGBT parents to adopt children from certain adoption agencies. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 24, titled the Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act, which “prohibit[s] the state from refusing to license or renew the license of a child placing agency on…
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