The spread of the coronavirus is worldwide and can now be found in expected and unexpected places. From an ICE detention center for unaccompanied minors to remote indigenous Amazon tribes, the coronavirus is infecting humans everywhere. Yet, in the…
Immigration, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Did Trump administration get it right blaming court ruling for increase in families arriving at the Southwest Border?
By Tom Wong LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on the Center for American Progress website.) In a recent notice of proposed rulemaking, the Trump administration claimed that the Flores settlement agreement led to an increase in the…
Local News, Midwest, zNew Headline
Rep. Gutierrez decries plan to deport immigrant children
By Alex Hernandez Extra News Rep. Luis Gutierrez is against a bill aimed at restricting the rights of children captured at the U.S. border. “Right now, there is an urgent humanitarian crisis on our southern border. Children are risking…
Social Justice, zNew Headline
National initiative launches to help drive donations to organizations helping unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. custody
LatinaLista — There’s not a newscast these days that doesn’t lead with the humanitarian crisis happening on our southern border. The reasons for the unprecedented influx of Central American children are heartbreaking enough, but news of local organizations overwhelmed…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Biden gets stern with Central American leaders about addressing root problems for mass migration of unaccompanied children
By Anna Bevan LatinaLista GUATEMALA CITY — Vice-president Joe Biden visited Guatemala today to discuss what President Obama has described as the “humanitarian crisis” of tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American child migrants illegally crossing the border between…
General, Guest Voz
Guest Voz: The unnecessary suffering of the ‘lost boys and girls’ of the Americas — in the U.S.
By Elizabeth Kennedy LatinaLista (Edtor’s Note: The following is a condensed version of the report “Unnecessary Suffering: Potential Unmet Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Alien Children” published in the Feb. 2013 issue of JAMA Pediatrics) Mental illness is one…