“A damning United Nations report says that 7 million children are deprived of their liberty worldwide, from children imprisoned on the U.S.-Mexico border to the missing children of ISIS fighters. The Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty says that at least 410,000 of those children are detained in jails and prisons, where violence is…
“[Last] Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from three lawsuits demanding the Trump administration preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA. The Obama-era program has granted protection from deportation and a work permit to at least 700,000 undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children. The court’s conservative majority appeared…
“Dr. Scott Allen is under contract with the Department of Homeland Security to oversee the conditions at the border detention facilities, but he’s speaking out against these child jails. He says many children are ill and more are vulnerable to getting sick. In addition to having poor access to adequate resources, these children are likely…