Summary: This report by the National Council of La Raza and the Urban Institute, details the consequences of immigration enforcement operations on children’s psychological, educational, economic, and social well-being. The report profiles three communities that experienced large-scale worksite raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the past year: Greeley, Colorado; Grand Island, Nebraska; and New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Further information

Forced Apart - Families Separated and Immigrants Harmed by United States Deportation Policy (June 2007)
Locking Up Family Values: The detention of immigrant families (February 2007)
Better Care Network

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Paying_price_ncr.pdf

Organisation:

National Council of La Raza

Attachment Link:

http://www.crin.org/docs/Paying_price_ncr.pdf

Countries

United States

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