Immigration + Youth Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 21, 2009

“They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families

November 19, 2009

There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States

October 28, 2009

Immigrant Children Lost in Education Reform – interview with Ruby Takanishi, president and chief executive officer of Foundation for Child Development

October 26, 2009

Detained immigrant children face legal maze in U.S. – 7,211 children entered the U.S. illegally in 2008 by themselves – As many as 50% of those kids went before judges with no lawyer

October 7, 2009

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services on Tuesday dropped its claim that Maria Gurrola’s four children be removed from her care filed after allegations that Gurrola and her husband knew of a plan to sell the baby before the Sept. 29 kidnapping. – Yair Antonio Carrillo saga

September 21, 2009

Thousands of Young People from California to New York Stage Events to Raise Awareness of DREAM Act

August 25, 2009

In 2008, Mexican consulates located along the southern U.S. border handled the repatriation of 17,772 unaccompanied minors, 83% of them boys.

Arizona Leads in Repatriations of Undocumented Minors to Mexico

August 24, 2009

‘Which Way Home’ tracks child migrants’ dangerous journeys – Documentarian Rebecca Cammisa follows desperate youths as they risk injury and death to enter the U.S. to find work or missing parents.

August 16, 2009

Mr. President, It is time to grant a moratorium on deportations of youth raised in the U.S. until immigration reform is passed

April 15, 2009

Nearly 75% of illegal immigrants’ children were born in the USA and are citizens, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center. – (nice interactive map)

December 21, 2008

Una cuarta parte de las y los jornaleros migrantes mexicanos son niñas y niños menores de catorce años. Así lo informaron las organizaciones Ririki Intervención Social e Infancia en Movimiento, en boletín de prensa, en el marco del Día Internacional del Migrante, a conmemorarse este próximo jueves 18 de diciembre.

November 18, 2008

Many immigrants’ kids remain in Latin America

November 17, 2008

Politics of Humanity: ICE’s and Border Patrol’s Child Abuse Policy

October 20, 2008

‘Kids in Need of Defense’ (KIND) Launched by Microsoft, Angelina Jolie, Major Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments – New Children’s Advocacy Organization to Provide Legal Assistance for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in U.S.

September 18, 2008

A Broward teenager fighting deportation with help from classmates and his art teacher could learn Thursday whether he can stay or must go back to his native Mexico. Meynardo Garcia

September 10, 2008

U.S. teen: ‘I felt like there were no dreams for me’ – Julie Quiroz – (CNN picks up that: 3 million U.S. citizen children are believed to have one undocumented parent and tells this Latina’s story)

August 17, 2008

Dept. of Homeland Security has deported over 90,000 children under the age of 17 to Mexico without a parent or caregiver

July 10, 2008

Play portrays lives of illegal immigrants – Plaza Midwood show aims to offer particular insight into the experience of children. – North Carolina

June 23, 2008

U.S. immigration courts declare 13-year-old must be separated from his only parent and deported back to El Salvador alone (Latina Lista)

June 18, 2008

Abandoned two-year-old is the poster child for immigration debate (Latina Lista)

June 11, 2008

Boy Scout (Jose Andrade) Facing Deportation Learns New Meaning of “Be Prepared” » VivirLatino

June 9, 2008

U.S.-born children feel effects of immigration raids – Federal agents say they try to act humanely when a parent is arrested, but advocates charge that youngsters are often traumatized and are sometimes left without supervision.

May 22, 2008

What will become of Postville’s undocumented students? – Iowa

May 8, 2008

Are Immigration Authorities Going After School Children Now? – If true, then it’s hard to imagine the cruelty that resides in these people’s hearts

Berkeley students protest ICE raids – California

May 5, 2008

UW-Milwaukee Students Participate in Immigrant Rights March – (30,000 strong in Milwaukee)

May 1, 2008

Immigration rally to support tomato pickers – Riverside, California

April 28, 2008

Son of Elvira Arellano returns to Chicago for May 1 immigration rallies – (I still have to say that the utilization of a child for this cause disturbs me)

April 1, 2008

Ferritor Lecturer to Focus on Immigrant Children in Arkansas – University of Arkansas

February 18, 2008

Student’s deportation roils New Mexico town

February 11, 2008

Undocumented students share their stories – watch the video about the book “Documented Dreams”

Citizen or illegal? Children of two worlds

January 28, 2008

Did You Know? 500: The number of children who were separated from their parents, left uncared for, and who faced economic instability as a result of the immigration raids conducted in Colorado, Nebraska, and Massachusetts in 2007. Most of these children are U.S. citizens.

January 8, 2008

Over 200 Arizona State University students couldn’t prove legal status – charged out-of-state tuition

January 2, 2008

News: Group aims to recruit Minuteman youth – Southern California

December 28, 2007

Tulsa ICE Officials Use 16-year-old Son as Bait to Trap Undocumented Family (Latina Lista)

December 10, 2007

Mexican kids risk death to get into U.S.

November 6, 2007

Did You Know? A study released last week by the Urban Institute and the National Council of La Raza says there are about five million U.S. children with at least one undocumented parent.

October 31, 2007

Study: Kids of immigration raid arrestees face mental problems

October 28, 2007

Kids of illegal immigrants live in fear but pursue American dream

October 8, 2007

It’s Been a Bad Week to Be an Immigrant Child in the U.S.A. (Latina Lista)

September 26, 2007

QUOTE: “I’m disappointed for thousands of young people whose lives are just in limbo,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. added. “They want to move on with their lives and do good things, and unfortunately we haven’t been able to pass the laws to make that happen.” – in reference to the Dream Act

September 24, 2007

Children of immigrants form ethnic identity at early age

September 19, 2007

The Fate of the Dream Act Rests on Mobilizing the Truth (Latina Lista)

August 29, 2007

Settlement Reached on Behalf of Detained Immigrant Children Underscores the Flaw in U.S. Immigration Law (Latina Lista)

August 23, 2007

A little boys tears – Saul Arellano

August 21, 2007

Boy, 8, is in eye of immigration storm – Saul Arellano

“They clearly wanted to silence her’ – Deported activist’s plight revives debate on parents being torn from U.S.-born children – Elvira Arellano

July 23, 2007

Young illegal immigrants avoid detention centers, but avoid deportation hearings

Immigration law hits students – Colorado

July 16, 2007

Raising Young Voices for Illegal Mexican Immigrants

June 17, 2007

Migrant education shows young Hispanics striving to assimilate

May 13, 2007

Mexican students learn struggles of immigrant workers – Westchester, New York

May 2, 2007

Latina Lista: A Plan to Make Care of Migrant Children in Federal Custody Transparent

May 1, 2007

Hundreds of worried Latino students rally for immigration reform

Students protest in Salt Lake City

April 30, 2007

Mexican Children are Migrating Alone to the USA

California students urged to avoid May 1 immigration rallies

April 29, 2007

Deportations strand young U.S. citizens – Illegal immigrants’ American-born kids have right to stay — but doing so can often mean great hardship

April 9, 2007

Immigrants’ children eligible for services even if parents aren’t

April 8, 2007

Immigrant students use writing to open a window into their world – Houston

April 4, 2007

Kids of illegal immigrants forced to choose when parents are deported

March 14, 2007

Raids on illegal immigrants draw student protest – Providence, Rhode Island

March 9, 2007

The Littlest Deportees

February 22, 2007

Latina Lista: Will Latino Teen Lobby Group Send the Right Message to Congress when Asking to Stop Immigration Raids?

Hispanic youths launch movement against mounting deportations – Chicago

January 31, 2007

Vote Keeps Illegal Immigrants In Detention Center – Children who aren’t charged with any type of crime will remain behind bars in Williamson County. – Texas

January 26, 2007

Immigration agents release snatched teen

January 25, 2007

Children of illegal immigrants are caught in a web of conflicting public policies – California

January 10, 2007

2 Honduran, Guatemalan youths are among the lucky few – Phoenix

Health plan for children of illegal immigrants draws ire of GOP – Washington State

January 8, 2007

ACLU, state settle case over aid to illegal aliens children – Indiana

January 3, 2007

Arizona’s colleges struggling to enforce new tuition statute

December 27, 2006

What about the children? What about illegal immigrants’ children? – Iowa

December 17, 2006

Future holds uncertainty for immigrants children (after raid) – Utah

December 15, 2006

Yale students sue federal officials over immigration raid – Danbury, Connecticut

Chicano student group riles conservatives – Rep. Charles Norwood of Georgia vs. MEChA

Kids of those arrested in Marshalltown skip school – Iowa

December 14, 2006

Latina Lista: High School Student Touched by Swift ICE Raid Asks “What Rights do I Have?”

December 13, 2006

Raid was 9/11 moment, say Marshalltown’s Mexican teens – Iowa

December 12, 2006

Judge: Wilson Four were wrongly targeted – Arizona

November 17, 2006

Gustavo Jimenez Jr. has a voice we can’t ignore – Texas

November 9, 2006

Students denounce new Arizona immigration law

October 24, 2006

Last fiscal year, the Border Patrol apprehended 115,000 unaccompanied minors, up from 98,000 in 2001. Almost 7,800 children landed in the federally funded system of shelters last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, 2005 — 25 percent of them girls, 20 percent under 15.

September 28, 2006

What will happen to Kayla? – Parts 4 y 5

September 25, 2006

Anguish arises out of threat of deportation – Part two of an immigration series from the Charlotte Observer – North Carolina

What will happen to Kayla? – - Part One of an immigration series from the Charlotte Observer – North Carolina

Did You Know? Every day, legal experts say, families are split up when an illegal immigrant is arrested.

Did You Know? An estimated 3.1 million children born in the U.S. have at least one parent living here illegally

September 6, 2006

Yet Another Poll on Immigration Shows Juventud is Ok With It » VivirLatino

September 5, 2006

Latino brothers tackle learning curve in Longview, Washington State

August 14, 2006

Their futures at stake, Hispanic youth with and without legal status catalyze a new activism.

August 5, 2006

Immigrants enter college with appetite for success

July 5, 2006

Teens’ possible illegal status nixes entry in robotics contest. Phoenix, Arizona

May 12, 2006

Mexican kids try to sneak across border

April 26, 2006

Skipping school to support immigrants sparks debate in Danbury, Connecticut

April 25, 2006

Students plan to join Latino day of protest in Glenwood Springs, Colorado

April 19, 2006

Two teens talk about immigration

April 17, 2006

Mexico says more children found crossing border illegally

April 13, 2006

Denison Hispanic students march in immigration protest. Iowa

Two teens talk about immigration

April 12, 2006

Lincoln Latinos talk, don’t walk. Teacher offers students an alternative to protest in Des Moines, Iowa

Immigration battle gives new hope to undocumented students

April 11, 2006

Students rally for reform in California

Tecumseh students worried about immigration proposals in Lafayette, Indiana

High school students join in at UT demonstration in Austin, Texas

April 8, 2006

Hispanic students worried about immigration bill in Raleigh, North Carolina

Hispanic lawmakers differ on students going to march

April 6, 2006

Aurora students to march on downtown. Illinois

April 5, 2006

Estero High students protest immigration proposals in Naples, Florida

April 4, 2006

Group of University of Nevada – Reno students made trip to L.A. to join 500,000 marchers

March 31, 2006

Students in Las Vegas, Nevada renew walkouts over immigration policy

Immigration debate awakens Latino youth

900 walk out of schools in second day of student marches in Arizona

March 30, 2006

Walkouts Dwindle at L.A. Schools but Not Elsewhere

Oceanside schools ordered closed after immigration protests. California

School, Hispanic leaders discourage student walkouts in Oklahoma City

Some Hispanic students disagree with walk-out. Tucson, Arizona

Marshalltown Hispanic students march on immigration issue. Iowa

March 29, 2006

Thousands of Students Protest HR4437 in San Diego (Bunch of pictures to look at)

Local teens brave the rain to protest immigration legislation in Whittier, California

March 28, 2006

Teen says repercussions of walkout worth it in Houston, Texas

February 26, 2006

Immigration bill backers train youths for advocacy. Illinois

January 30, 2006

“Latino students from around the state” (Georgia) “are petitioning the U.S. Senate for support for an act that could grant illegal immigrants legal status for six years after high school graduation.”

October 14, 2005

Immigration status can cost teens their dreams