HealthandHumanServices

GOP-led Florida House committee advances Ron DeSantis' anti-child agenda

A 12-year-old Latino child pleaded with a Florida House committee last week to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda targeting vulnerable asylum-seeking children and other migrants. The bill, HB 1355, would …

Thu Feb 10, 2022

Republicans scream about 'crack pipes' in a weird, racist throwback to the 1980s

The current hot Republican talking point feels like a retread from past decades: crack pipes, with the racial panic that the crack discourse always included. Sens. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Tom …

Wed Feb 9, 2022

Florida Republicans advance anti-immigrant bill targeting asylum-seeking children

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ongoing war on children got a thumbs-up in the state’s senate this week, when a committee approved an anti-immigrant bill that includes a provision that blocks …

Wed Jan 26, 2022

Some of the most important immigration news you have may missed over the holiday break

Quite a bit of news gets lost during the holidays, between vacations, staycations, visiting loved ones, or simply just tuning out for some mental health purposes. On an issue like immigration, even …

Mon Jan 3, 2022

Previous admin's attempt to end protections for asylum-seeking children gets thrown in the trash bin

The Biden administration has tossed out a plan by the previous administration to terminate the Flores settlement, a decades-old court agreement protecting vulnerable migrant children who are in U.S. …

Tue Dec 14, 2021

Extremist governor Ron DeSantis targets asylum-seeking children in so-called 'emergency' order

Florida’s extremist governor continues to endanger the safety of children in his state, last week issuing a so-called “emergency” rule blocking the license renewals of federally funded facilities …

Mon Dec 13, 2021

Roughly 1,300 children evacuated to U.S. from Afghanistan are waiting to be reunited with parents

CBS News reported in August that at least 34 Afghan children were classified as “unaccompanied minors” after being evacuated to the U.S. without parents. In the months since the Biden administration …

Sat Nov 13, 2021

Fort Bliss camp for children is facing yet another whistleblower complaint over abusive conditions

Fort Bliss, the unlicensed “emergency” camp for unaccompanied children near El Paso, is now the subject of a third whistleblower complaint. That complaint, filed by the Government Accountability …

Thu Sep 9, 2021

Greg Abbott order revoking licenses from sites housing migrant kids to go into effect in just hours

Dozens of facilities in Texas where the federal government holds unaccompanied children until they can be safely placed with a sponsor will be forced to operate without state licenses beginning within …

Mon Aug 30, 2021

At least 34 Afghan children have been classified as unaccompanied after traveling without parents

CBS News reports that a number of children evacuated from Afghanistan have been classified as unaccompanied minors after entry into the U.S. and transferred into the custody of the Department of …

Fri Aug 27, 2021

Biden admin sued over 'shockingly deplorable conditions' at temporary camps for migrant children

The Biden administration has been sued over “shockingly deplorable conditions” at a number of so-called “emergency” camps holding unaccompanied minors, with children’s welfare advocates alleging the …

Tue Aug 10, 2021

'Directly the fault of Greg Abbott': Dozens of sites housing migrant kids will soon run unlicensed

Earlier this summer, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to shut down facilities in the state where the federal government holds unaccompanied children until they can be safely placed with a sponsor. …

Mon Aug 9, 2021

'These allegations are horrific': Lawmaker calls for probe into abuses at camp for migrant kids

Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva is calling for an independent investigation into the Fort Bliss camp for migrant children, following a shocking whistleblower report detailing that a fire and water damage …

Tue Jul 13, 2021

Contractor running camp for migrant kids is fire and water damage repair company, report reveals

The private contractor managing the Fort Bliss prison camp near El Paso, Texas, is a fire and water damage repair company with absolutely zero experience in child welfare, two federal workers who …

Fri Jul 9, 2021

HHS Sec. Becerra to visit Fort Bliss camp for unaccompanied children following alarming reports

Conditions for unaccompanied children at the unlicensed prison camp near El Paso, Texas, have been so dire that officials have had to take drastic steps to ensure kids don’t harm themselves, including …

Mon Jun 28, 2021

Testimonials reveal Biden administration still has more work to do to protect unaccompanied children

While the Biden administration has made significant steps in getting unaccompanied minors out of dangerous Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities and to Health and Human Services (HHS) custody …

Tue Jun 22, 2021

Abbott's plan to finish wall, detain migrants panned as 'ridiculous piece of political theater'

Fresh off threatening to further displace vulnerable children who fled from Central America to the U.S. in search of asylum, full-time troll and part-time Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is now claiming he’ll …

Fri Jun 11, 2021

Hispanic Caucus urges HHS take additional steps to better protect lives of Latinos and immigrants

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is asking Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec. Xavier Becerra and White House Coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Zients for urgent additional action …

Thu May 6, 2021