Nadine Sebai, Nina Sparling, Bruce Gil, The Public's Radio, Sept. 18, 2023 "The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating possible violations of child labor, overtime pay, and anti-retaliation...
Jules Ownby, EL PAÍS USA, Oct. 2, 2023 "Secret offices, weeks of waiting, calls from private numbers and confidentiality agreements. These are some of the features of the new U.S. immigration...
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, Sept. 27, 2023 "The U.S. will aim to resettle up to 50,000 refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean in the next 12 months as part of a Biden administration...
Janelle Retka, Samantha McCabe, Jiahui Huang and María Inés Zamudio, The Center for Public Integrity, Sept. 28, 2023 "As climate change accelerates natural catastrophes, the disaster...
[ Editor's Note: I put "surge" in quotes because migration into the USA has ebbed and flowed for 200 years. As one famous person said, be not afraid.] Cornell Keynotes, Sept. 22, 2023 ...
WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY Lorie Davidson, Vice President for Children and Family Services, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee ServiceFor a Hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on “Ensuring the Safety and Well-being of UCs”Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 10am
"...While considerable progress to safeguard UC has been made through legislation, we must continually improve family reunification practices so that incidents of trafficking or other harm are more readily prevented, identified, or mitigated. This testimony will focus on the following information: 1) the unique vulnerabilities of unaccompanied children, 2) LIRS’s experience serving this population, 3) a look at current protection provisions, 4) a review of ORR policy and practices, and 5) LIRS’s recommendations for ensuring the safety and well-being of UC."