Migrant Children

Gee, Dolly, What Are You Going To Do About All Those Kids?

The federal judge who has enforced a longstanding requirement that migrant children be released from detention within 20 days seems to…

Southern Door Swings Open for Cheap Child Labor

Failing to turn back unaccompanied minors at the border, the Biden administration is enabling an influx of cheap labor into the…

Biden Administration Caught In a Child Migrant Controversy of Its Own Making

The Biden administration found itself in a predictable pickle in early February when rising numbers of unaccompanied minors were arriving…

How Illegal Migration Fuels Child Labor in American Suburbia

In a November 19 story – co-published with Mother Jones and El País – ProPublica Illinois’ Melissa Sanchez shines a…

Abandonment Issues Haunt Children at the Border

While questions concerning the whereabouts of parents of 545 unaccompanied migrant children grabbed headlines last month, the rescue of a…