By year’s end, it is expected that more than 70,000 unaccompanied children will have crossed the United States-Mexico border to flee violence, persecution and death threats in their countries of origin, mainly Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. (CHCF) calls for the Obama administration to desist from plans to detain and expedite the deportations of child refugees from Central America. Read CHCFs full statement: https://dropbox/s/xqq79ecml8jrlk5/Bringing%20Relief%20and%20Hope%20to%20Unaccompanied%20Children%20Crossing%20the%20Border%2008-04-2014.pdf Learn more about the children crossing the border and the dangers they are fleeing by reading the UNHCR report Children on the Run. unhcrwashington.org/children/reports (Image reproduced under a Creative Commons license: Creative Commons Lanquin stares (https://flickr/photos/alexschwab/7182097355/in/photolist-bWE8jK-bsbGkn-gka8A-6t9TgR-6te3eJ-9TdTXT-4BTg8j-6te6hN-6temdm-71tpFi-6XcxvQ-71tpui-71tpqD-6tasAD-6temHf-6ta5ue-6taQnp-6t9TDk-71CmPy-6te6Eb-6te2ed-6teDgj-6t9khg-6te6RG-6t9YcT-6tekV1-6ta5fF-6tacEM-6tadWp-6ta5Ke-6te72L-6taedg-6t9Y3t-6teCMh-6teD33-6tacmx-6te23y-6t9SDx-6t9Xhk-6tdspw-71xp8C-6tatXv-6tasZi-6tatjX-72k6oE-6tabGF-6tdfJS-9jjbVh-71CkeJ-71ChVU) by Alex Schwab is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/)
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:35:36 +0000