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8/22/2019

Advocates Say Trump’s Flores Rule Change is ‘a Call for the Mass Internment of Children’

Guest Writer

The Trump administration is expected to formally release new regulations Friday that would remove time limits on how long the federal government can detain migrant children. The new rules would end the 1997 Flores agreement which prevents the government from keeping detained minors in immigration custody for more than 20 days, whether they’re with their families or traveling alone.

1/23/2019

Immigration Rules Change Could Mean More Kids Separated From Parents

Guest Writer

Anti-poverty and children’s advocates are bracing for the fallout of proposed federal policy changes that would slash access to the social safety net for immigrant families, which could result in more children entering foster care.

7/11/2017

Top Five Threats to Child Welfare from the Senate Health Care Repeal Proposal

Opinion

Olivia Golden

The Senate’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to sharply cut Medicaid payments to states through so-called per capita caps can sound very abstract to social workers and policymakers coping with the day-to-day tragedies and crises of child welfare.

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