Voices Urges the Senate to Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
Posted by Lendsey on Apr 19, 2013 at 11:08 AMVoice for America’s Children urges the Senate to work towards passing comprehensive immigration reform legislation that will help ensure that families stay together, particularly families of mixed status. For many undocumented immigrants, the path to citizenship is difficult, expensive and…
Moving Towards Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Posted by Lendsey on Jan 30, 2013 at 3:35 PMReflecting on America’s history as a nation of immigrants, President Barack Obama outlined his plan for comprehensive immigration reform. In three principles, the President proposed that immigration reform center on enforcement, deal with the 11 million undocumented individuals living…
Mr. President, Can You Hear Us?
Posted by Roberta Heine on Jan 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM2013 Children’s/Youth Inaugural Address
Yesterday, President Obama gave his second inaugural address, setting the tone and the agenda for the coming term: the economy, education, immigration and safety. Since children and youth under the age of 25 make up one-third…
Study: The DREAM Act-style benefits are a great deal for taxpayers
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Oct 11, 2012 at 3:04 PMVoices has long been a proponent of the DREAM Act, a bill that would prevent deportations of undocumented students who have kept clean records and were brought into the country when they were very young. It’s always been the right…
Deportation disrupting lives for U.S. children
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Aug 20, 2012 at 4:41 PMVoices intern Nicole Bibel guest blogs about a recent report on the impact of immigration enforcement policies
There are around 16 million “mixed status” families living in America, most of them U.S. citizen children and undocumented parents. They live in…
DREAM youths can now apply for protections
Posted by Lendsey on Aug 16, 2012 at 1:00 PMPresident Obama announced in June that he would stop deportation of some undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children. This week that promise goes into practice, as the administration begins accepting applications.
“They are Americans in every way but their citizenship”
Posted by Lendsey on Jun 18, 2012 at 5:37 PMLast week we shared news from the White House that many undocumented youth could be spared deportation if they’ve stayed out of trouble and were brought into the country when they were very young. We were excited; so were many…
Voices supports new protection for undocumented youth
Posted by Lendsey on Jun 15, 2012 at 5:41 PMThe Obama administration will stop the deportation of many young undocumented immigrants, the White House announced today. Child advocates have fought for years against the deportation of promising students who have kept clean records and were brought into the United…
How immigration laws can split U.S. families
Posted by Lendsey on Feb 6, 2012 at 5:04 PMABC News reports on a 5-year-old boy caught in a legal battle between biological and adoptive parents and between immigration law and parents’ rights. Undocumented immigrant Encarnacion Bail Romero says that she wants to be reunited with her son after she…
Inequity found for immigrant children in Colorado
Posted by rheine on Dec 26, 2011 at 6:27 AMThis month Voices member Colorado Children’s Campaign released a new report that finds gaps exist for children of immigrant families. The title, “Investing in a Bright Future for All of Colorado’s Kids: The Importance of Providing Early Childhood Care and…
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