ARTICLE TAG

immigration

1/30/2026

Make Plans for Your Kids, Minnesota Advocates Urge Immigrant Parents in ICE Crosshairs

Minnesota families are now making plans for someone to care for their children if immigration agents whisk them away.

12/29/2025

Top Stories of 2025: The Disappearing of Axel Pecero

Jeremy Loudenback reported on a foster youth advocate who now sits at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, swept up in Trump’s immigration dragnet.

10/17/2025

California Governor Signs Bills Protecting Children and Families Facing Federal Immigration Crackdown

California lawmakers passed a package of bills to protect residents from the Trump Administration’s aggressive use of deportation and detention.

Wendy Young

9/22/2025

Pay-to-Play Protection for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Safety in the United States

Imagine a 12-year-old girl arriving alone at the U.S. border, desperate for safety. She is fleeing a gang member in Central America who had raped her and was threatening her with death unless she became his “girlfriend.” 

A young boy facing deportation proceedings without legal representation, as shown in the film "Unaccompanied: Alone in America."

7/17/2025

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s About-Face on Protecting Abused and Neglected Immigrant Youth from Deportation

A young boy facing deportation proceedings without legal representation, as shown in the film “Unaccompanied: Alone in America.” Photo credit: Linda Freedman
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration for abruptly ending a policy protecting immigrant children and youth who fled their home countries due to parental neglect, abuse and other maltreatment.

2/3/2025

ICE Enforcement Official Tapped to Lead Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Triggering Alarms

ICE official Mellissa Harper has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about children and their families could be shared for arrests and deportations.

2/13/2023

After Decades Locked up, a Former DC Resident Adjusts to Freedom

Third in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood who was sent to die in prison and where his life would lead.

2/10/2023

Trust, Talk and Teachers: Assessing Trauma Among California Youth

This summer, the California Surgeon General’s Office is set to debut a youth-trauma-informed training video for K-12 teachers.

Youth Services Insider
NCYL Leader Jesse Hahnel Steps Down

10/19/2022

NCYL Leader Jesse Hahnel Steps Down

Jesse Hahnel, longtime executive director of the National Center for Youth Law, is leaving the Oakland-based organization.