July 30, 2014 By Carmen Sesin Growing up in extreme poverty with gang violence nearby in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 16 year-old Jenny (not her real name) said she always knew she wanted a better life and anxiously wanted to reunite with her parents. They had left for the US when she was a year and a half. The one-room adobe house …
GANG VIOLENCE PUSHES EVEN THE PROSPEROUS TO FLEE CENTRAL AMERICA – WLRN
July 29, 2014 By Constanza Gallardo The country is grappling with how to handle the influx of Central American children who have come to the United States over the past few months. And as Central America has become more and more violent, more families have been coming to South Florida too. Over the last year more than 55,000 families were apprehended …
CHERYL LITTLE ON THIS WEEK IN SOUTH FLORIDA
July 27, 2014 http://www.local10.com/news/this-week-in-south-florida-july-27/27170466
Cheryl Little on Issues with Helen Ferre
July 25, 2014 Cheryl Little appears on Issues with Helen Ferre – to discuss how AI Justice is serving unaccompanied immigrant minors. http://video.wpbt2.org/video/2365296975/
THE FACE OF IMMIGRATION – NBC 6
July 14, 2014 NBC 6’s Justin Finch has the story of two unaccompanied children who traveled from Central America to the United States to escape violence from drug traffickers. Watch the story.
CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAS: FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO SOUTH FLORIDA – THE MIAMI HERALD
July 13, 2014 MIAMI HERALD STAFF REPORT Children have arrived in the United States without their parents for decades, but over the past two years the number of unaccompanied minors — primarily from Central America — has become so large, it has been characterized as a humanitarian crisis. Watch the video. The number is unprecedented — more than 50,000 within …
MIAMI WAR VET IS NEW CITIZEN AND OUR KIND OF HERO – MIAMI HERALD
By Fabiola Santiago [email protected] “ I believed it was important for me to take photos and capture moments of bravery even if I had died doing so.” — U.S. soldier and war photographer Elisha Leo DawkinsFinally, Elisha Dawkins is a citizen of the land he loves. But what a saga — what a travesty on several fronts — it was for …
MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD TO SEEK EXTRA FEDERAL FUNDS AS UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT CHILDREN LAND IN MIAMI – MIAMI HERALD
Administrators say U.S. should provide extra money to educate a surge in children fleeing across the U.S.-Mexican border to Miami. BY DAVID SMILEY With scores of unaccompanied children landing in South Florida after streaming this year in unprecedented numbers across the U.S.-Mexican border, the Miami-Dade School Board warned Wednesday that an influx of needy children could create a financial crisis. …
A REFUGEE CRISIS OF EPIC PROPORTIONS ON US SOIL – CNN
Daniel’s journey: How thousands of children are creating a crisis in America By Moni Basu, CNN updated 1:03 PM EDT, Sun June 15, 2014 Daniel Penado Zavala was 17 when he made a heart-wrenching decision to leave his family behind in San Salvador and try to make a new life where it was safer. He saw gang members target and kill …
SURGE IN UNACCOMPANIED MINORS ACROSS MEXICAN BORDER IS FELT IN MIAMI – MIAMI HERALD
The transfer of arriving immigrant minors to South Florida shelters is taxing the services of local agencies serving immigrants. BY ALFONSO CHARDY The crisis of the thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the Mexican border is being felt across the United States, with Miami one of 10 cities where children are being sent for immigration proceedings as border shelters fill up. …