Kimberly Pineda-Chavez has turned 19 while awaiting her fate in a federal immigration detention center in South Georgia. Fellow detainees helped the Collins Hill High School student celebrate last month by singing “Happy Birthday” in Spanish. Outside the sprawling complex in Ocilla, the Buford woman’s deportation case is attracting national […]
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Central American immigrants, wary of recent raids sweeping up young people, adjust to a life of fear
15 Mar
by Foster, on News
When Wildin David Guillen Acosta left his apartment to head to high school one chilly morning in January, two immigration agents were waiting. Acosta, 19, immediately threw himself on the ground and yelled for help. As his father watched from the window of their garden apartment in a scruffy southeast […]
Can a 3-year old represent herself in immigration court? This judge thinks so.
4 Mar
by Foster, on News
By Jerry Markon March 4 at 12:26 PM A senior Justice Department official is arguing that 3- and 4-year-olds can learn immigration law well enough to represent themselves in court, staking out an unconventional position in a growing debate over whether immigrant children facing deportation are entitled to taxpayer-funded attorneys. […]
The superintendent of Arlington Public Schools is seeking to reassure immigrant families who are afraid to send their children to school amid threats of deportation. “Teachers, administrators and Board members have heard reports that some families in our community are fearful to send their children to school,” Superintendent Patrick K. Murphy wrote […]