Focus on unaccompanied minors continues

The situation for unaccompanied minors at the border continues to create headlines. Protests are continuing and have spread to Arizona where many are calling for the children to be deported immediately, but this would be against current law, and due process.

Growing protests over where to shelter immigrant children hits Arizona

The Catholic church has already taken an active role in helping the children and families and Pope Francis has taken a strong position in support of the child migrants:

Pope Francis: Immigrant Children Must Be 'Welcomed And Protected'

I recently learned of a new resource called TRAC immigration (h/t Karen Crawford):

"TRAC's Immigration Project is a unique new multi-year effort to systematically go after very detailed information from the government, check it for accuracy and completeness and then make it available in an understandable way to the American people, Congress, immigration groups and others."

They just posted data on unaccompanied children and how they fare in court:

New Data on Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Court

The ACLU has also posted a commentary on children in immigration court and how they fare without a lawyer:

Children Shouldn’t Be Left Alone in Immigration Court

New Republic has posted an article that focuses on the TRAC data on children in immigration court:

A recent Gallup poll shows that concern about immigration has grown dramatically:

The public’s concerns over immigration just skyrocketed