California Leads Multi-State Legal Battle Challenging Controversial Immigration Rule Nearly 20 US states –including the District of Columbia – are suing the Trump administration over a new rule that would lift important protections for child migrants and allow the government to detain children in immigration detention facilities indefinitely. According to Reuters, the lawsuit filed in …
And What the Government is Doing About This Harmful Policy A former UN Special Rapporteur is bringing forth concerns about President Donald Trump’s recent controversy over the way undocumented children are being treated at the southern American border should not distract Canadians from what is happening inside our own country. Francois Crepeau, a law professor …
Canada Condoning U.S. Violations Towards Central American Families Despite the UNHCR’s Explicit Request to Help In recent months, more than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents and held in southern U.S. detention centres. Children are held, sometimes for months, while their parents’ refugee cases are processed. Reports from the American Civil Liberties Union …
Immigration to Canada Means Social, Educational, and Mental-Health Support for Traumatized Children Canada has stuck by its promise to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees, but plenty of work remains. Syrian refugees face unique challenges upon resettlement, and Canada must support those who are most vulnerable. Forced to flee their homes, separated from their families, many …
