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These Young People Were Told They Could Stay in the U.S. They Might Get Deported Anyway.

Some 26,000 immigrant children who claim abuse, neglect or abandonment must remain effectively undocumented for years, despite being eligible for green cards.

News • 01.28.2021

500,000 Kids, 30 Million Hours: Trump’s Vast Expansion of Child Detention

U.S. Customs and Border Protection carried out almost half a million child detentions during the Trump administration, data shows. More kids were held for 72 hours or more.

Analysis • 10.30.2020

Coronavirus Leaves Foster Children With Nowhere to Go

New placements, family visits and child-abuse investigations falter across the country.

Coronavirus • 03.24.2020

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