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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Immigrants and the Foster Care System

When parents deported, kids often land in foster care, By Perla Trevizo, October 4, 2015, Arizona Daily Star: “When parents in this country illegally are detained or deported, their children often are left behind — and some end up in state custody. Because of a lack of uniformity across agencies and across states, the outcome of each case depends largely on individual attorneys, caseworkers, judges and even detention centers…”