Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Sep 26, 2025SAFE REPATRIATION MEANS VOLUNTARY, DIGNIFIED, AND SAFE RETURN HOMEAs the Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to deport dozens of children over Labor Day weekend raises legal questions over when and how…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Apr 16, 2025How A Trusted Adult Can Make A Difference in the Life of An Unaccompanied Immigrant ChildBy Catherine Kutney, Young Center Volunteer Child D
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Apr 10, 2025The Immigrant and the Eggsby Iman Zamir, Young Center Volunteer Child Advocate
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Feb 3, 2025Don’t Forget Immigrants with Disabilities in Protection EffortsAcross the country, groups are springing into action to protect our communities from violent, harmful anti-immigrant actions like workplace…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Nov 27, 2024Sixteen years in, endless reasons to keep up the keep up the good fight for immigrant families and…This November marked my 16th anniversary at the Young Center. I had always hoped that years 2016 to 2020, marked by family separation and…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Aug 22, 2024The Rio Grande Valley: A place where grief and joy walk hand in handHave you ever had an encounter that so profoundly moves you that you feel a foundational shift in your soul? I have. Two weeks ago, I…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Jun 19, 2024Juneteenth: A Day to Demand Sustainable Action for Black and Brown ChildrenMany of us have attended dozens of protests over the past eight months and been struck by the youth leading on the frontlines. Amid…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Mar 25, 2024Meeting Migration Trauma with Trust, Generosity, and SupportOn Wednesday, March 13th, Young Center Executive Director Gladis Molina Alt gave the 28th Karen J. Honig Memorial Lecture at the UIC Jane…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Mar 21, 2024Celebrating Social Work Month at the Young CenterMy name is Tami Benchoam Rogers. I have been a Social Worker at the Young Center for almost five years. I was drawn to being a social…
Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights·Jan 30, 2024Volunteering with Unaccompanied Immigrant Children to Help them Find an Embracing EnvironmentPriscila Marroquin is a Young Center volunteer based in Chicago whose unwavering devotion to supporting immigrant children stems largely…
