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

Tag: Deportation

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…”