In USA Alone: Immigrant Kids Who Helps


	In USA Alone: Immigrant Kids Who Helps

nedhamson1

8-4-2009 2:15 PM

60 views

tags:

human rights, immigrant children

nedhamson1 says:

This program from the Vera Institute is one of many organizations that helps and they have a super program - that you might want to know about and/or support.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from August 4, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/207da17b-f031-49b3-8fca-57d8b10c3bb9/FD2E1CE7-9BB4-408D-9E28-D61BA20BDF64/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.vera.org/project/unaccompanied-children-program" href="http://www.vera.org/project/unaccompanied-children-program" style="font-size: 11px;">www.vera.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vera.org/project/unaccompanied-children-program"><H1 class="title"><SPAN class="cufon cufon-canvas"><CANVAS width="205" height="25"></CANVAS><SPAN class="cufon-alt">Unaccompanied </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="cufon cufon-canvas"><CANVAS width="121" height="25"></CANVAS><SPAN class="cufon-alt">Children </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="cufon cufon-canvas"><CANVAS width="98" height="25"></CANVAS><SPAN class="cufon-alt">Program</SPAN></SPAN></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vera.org/project/unaccompanied-children-program"><P>The Unaccompanied Children Program coordinates a nationwide effort to increase volunteer, or pro bono, legal representation for immigrant children with no parents or adult guardians to assist them as they undergo removal (deportation) proceedings. These children may be fleeing poverty, war, or other dangerous circumstances on their own, or they may have lost contact with an adult along the way. They are held in shelters or detention centers across the United States which are run by the Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vera.org/project/unaccompanied-children-program"><P>Currently, Vera staff oversee 14 <A href="http://www.vera.org/centers/partners #UAC">nonprofit agencies </A>that provide legal assistance to children in Chicago, New York City, Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, and at four sites in Texas—Harlingen, San Antonio/Corpus Christi, Houston, and El Paso. At each site, children receive:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vera.org/project/unaccompanied-children-program"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.vera.org/img/7BF840F9-4EAB-40E5-8910-0FAEA1ACD8A1" alt="Susan Shah_thumb.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FD2E1CE7-9BB4-408D-9E28-D61BA20BDF64/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips