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This article from ABC News describes some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in foster care in the United States. “Young people in care who are Black or brown are already facing, some might say, insurmountable challenges and obstacles in order to transition into successful early adulthood,” said Lyndsey Collins, president of the non-profit First Star. “Then when we couple that with the pandemic and the realities that the virus is impacting Black and brown communities to a higher degree than other communities ... it's a reality that we have to be … thoughtful around…
This article from KQED describes how the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted efforts to reunite families separated by U.S. immigration policy.
Rep. Patricia Williams of the US state of Florida, a foster parent herself, is calling on the governor of Florida and the state Department of Children and Families "to institute a moratorium on young people aging out of the foster care system, to help them avoid the two-pronged health and economic crises of COVID-19 without state support," according to this article from the Miami Times. "Other states – including California, Illinois, Michigan and Rhode Island – have taken steps to delay the transition for foster children who are nearing adulthood as COVID-19 continues to spread," says the…
"Trump administration officials ejected nearly 9,000 unaccompanied migrant children from the U.S. without court hearings — taking no precautions to protect them from traffickers," according to this article from the Huffington Post. "Department of Homeland Security officials have suspended humanitarian protections for most migrants crossing the border, claiming that public health law takes precedence over asylum, immigration and anti-trafficking safeguards during a pandemic, according to CBS."
"At least 8,800 migrant children who arrived at the southern border without their parents have been swiftly expelled from the country and denied U.S. refuge during the pandemic under an emergency policy," according to this article from CBS News. "In addition to the unaccompanied minors, approximately 7,600 members of migrant families with children have been expelled from the U.S.-Mexico border since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a public health order authorizing these expulsions in mid-March."
"Hundreds of migrant children have been held in hotels and guarded by government contractors in recent months as part of a secretive new system that advocates warn puts kids in danger," says this article from CNN. According to the article, "more than 570 unaccompanied minors and more than 80 children traveling with family members have been detained in hotels since officials began invoking a public health law to restrict immigration in March."
"No one has eyes on these children," says attorney Neha Desai of the National Center for Youth Law. "If there's no one who has the ability…
"Since March, the Trump administration has pushed thousands of migrant children back to their home countries without legal screenings or protection, citing the risk that they could be carrying COVID-19 into the United States," says this article from ProPublica. "But by the time the children are boarded on planes home, they’ve already been tested for the virus — and proven not to have it."
According to the article, children who have tested negative for COVID-19 are being denied the usual protections, including the chance to seek asylum. "To apply the expulsion order to children, however,…
"African American children are more likely to live in grandfamilies (aka grandparents and other relatives raising grandchildren, kinship care) than the general population of children," says this article from PRNewswire. "These children are dramatically overrepresented both in kinship foster care and among grandfamilies who live outside the formal foster care system."
The article calls attention to Generations United's new tool kit, which "provides essential information to help organizations better serve African American grandfamilies during [the COVID-19 crisis] and into the…
This article from Time tells the story of one mother in the U.S. who is faced with the decision to either separate from her two-year daughter, releasing her to a sponsor, or keep her daughter in detention with her, waiving the girl’s right to be released. Either way, the mother, Maria, will not be able to leave detention herself.
"As COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, court orders from two different lawsuits have created a situation that lawyers and advocates are calling another form of family separation," says the article. "Now, parents in…
This article from the Atlantic explores the impacts of school shutdowns, social distancing, and lockdowns on children during the COVID-19 pandemic and how supportive caregivers can mitigate the harms of social isolation. The article notes "the good news is that children—especially young children—are surprisingly resilient as long as they have at least one supportive adult in their life."
The author of the article spoke to Jack Shonkoff, a pediatrician who directs Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, who states that “the most important thing that all children need is a…