Democracy Forward wants to know if the Trump administration’s cancellation of an $11 million grant to a Catholic organization resulted from the president’s spat with Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war. Critics of the president believe the award was…
Trump plans call center in Nashville to deport children
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to escalate the Trump administration’s child deportation campaign with a call center in Nashville, Tenn. “In the notice posted to a government contracting website on Tuesday, ICE officials said there is an ‘immediate need’…
Trump will pay migrant children to leave US
The U.S. government plans to pay $2,500 to unaccompanied migrant children who voluntarily deport themselves from the country, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a memo to attorneys representing noncitizen minors. The policy affects undocumented immigrant children…
Despite court order, Trump still denies unaccompanied children legal counsel
Unaccompanied migrant children continue to face immigration judges without legal assistance despite a court order to resume the service. More than a dozen nonprofit legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration in March to renew $200 million…
Trump attacks the lawyers defending immigrant children
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order April 1 requiring the Trump administration to resume funding legal services for unaccompanied minors with cases in immigration court. This on-again, off-again drama has taken multiple turns in the past month, including…
Trump codifies ‘brazen attack on immigrant children’ as groups sue to stop him
More than a dozen nonprofit legal organizations have sued the federal government to reinstate a legal services program that provides attorneys and other assistance for thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children. The White House cut $200 million from the Unaccompanied Children…
Trump takes away legal representation for unaccompanied minor immigrants
Editor’s note: Late Friday, Feb. 21, the Trump administration appears to have rescinded its stop-work order and will allow legal representation for unaccompanied minors to resume. We will update this story as more information becomes available. As part of…
SBC agency wants to make sure migrant children who are pregnant can’t get abortions
While most Americans are concerned with either helping or hindering unaccompanied minors from crossing the southern border into the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention has a different concern: Preventing pregnant migrant children from accessing health care and abortion services….
Children fleeing alone need our compassion and protection
Violence, conflict and oppression seem to be everywhere these days. The horrors in the Middle East, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Haiti and many more places are devastating to contemplate. And the dangerous flight for safety they spur: Life-threatening travels on overcrowded…
As unaccompanied children surge across the border again, Baptist ministries retool
A massive facility for immigrant children run by a Baptist-affiliated nonprofit has been reopened after sitting dormant for 20 months. The Carrizo Springs Influx Care Facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, is operated by BCFS, formerly known as Baptist Child and…