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Crime Bill Would Not Prevent Kids From Being Sentenced To Die In Prison, Advocates Say
Language that would protect minors from being sentenced to life without parole is not included in the First Step Act.
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Deported Parents Make Desperate, Last-Ditch Effort To Reunite With Separated Kids In U.S.
Parents who were separated from their children under Trump's zero tolerance policy are hoping for a second shot at asylum.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley Neglects Juveniles For Crime Reform Bill, Advocates Say
Child advocates worry that he will fail to get a juvenile justice bill to the finish line before the year ends.
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Doctors Say Using Tear Gas On Migrant Children Can Have Horrific, Long-Lasting Effects
Medical experts say tear gas can cause serious physical and psychological harm in children.
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Immigrant Children Are Being Detained For Months. Their Families Decided To Sue.
Lawyers say that due to the Trump's administration's recent crackdown on sponsors, children are languishing in detention for “egregious” amounts of time.
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Lawyers File Motion To Stop Trump’s Attack On Immigrant Children
Lawyers say that new Trump administration regulations could keep immigrant children detained indefinitely in unlicensed facilities.
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ICE Is Throwing A Record Number Of 18-Year-Olds Into Adult Detention On Their Birthdays
A recent crackdown on sponsors means teenagers are being shackled and sent to adult detention at unprecedented rates.
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Children In The Migrant Caravan Are Getting Faint, Feverish And Sick
Some immigration experts say the caravan, now crossing Mexico, is causing serious physical and mental health issues for children.
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ICE Is Sending Separated Children Home With No One To Pick Them Up
Immigration officials sent a 4-year-old separated child from the U.S. to Guatemala City without telling her family she was coming home.
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Trump Administration Deletes Important Information From Juvenile Justice Website
The changes reflect an agenda that ignores racial inequality.
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New Trump Rules Keep Immigrant Kids Locked Up Longer. This Mom Is Terrified.
Six weeks after Iris Cruz was fingerprinted so that she could pick up her 14-year-old, she still hasn’t seen her child.
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Migrant Children Describe Tent City As 'Punishment,' Experts Say
Hundreds of children have been sent to a tent city in Texas where basic child welfare standards do not apply.
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Christine Blasey Ford Is The 'Perfect' Accuser. Most Sexual Assault Survivors Are Not.
As a white, highly educated woman, Blasey is seen as more “credible” than other accusers.
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'I Was Raped': 4 Teens Recall Their Own Sexual Assault And Harassment
They paint a picture of sexual misconduct today that resembles Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged teenage offenses.
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These Teens Don’t Know Brett Kavanaugh. They Do Know About Rape Culture.
Despite coming of age in the Me Too era, most kids HuffPost spoke to said misogyny and harassment are ubiquitous in their schools.
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A Teen Just Like Christine Blasey Ford Is Being Assaulted Right Now
If sex ed programs taught consent, they could minimize the type of criminal behavior Brett Kavanaugh is being accused of.
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The Trump Administration Plans To Detain More Children And For Longer
The government plans to withdraw from a settlement that protects immigrant children from inhumane detention.
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Inside The Desperate Search For 343 Parents Deported Without Their Kids
The search for deported parents can involve three-day journeys to crime-ridden remote villages.
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The Catholic Church Ignores This Child Sexual Abuse Law
The church has a history of handling child abuse allegations internally ― which protects priests and endangers children.
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Migrant Kids Choose Between Possible Death And Never Seeing Parents Again
Returning to their home country could mean violence or death. But staying in the U.S. comes at a high cost.