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Evangelical Immigration Table

July 13, 2021 Interview by Hannah Masraff Unaccompanied children are minors under the age of 18 who arrive at the border without a parent or legal guardian. After being encountered by U.S. Border Patrol, these children are processed by the Department of Homeland Security and are then transferred to an Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) […]

WCNC-TV

Bethany reps say they have a contract with the U.S. government to open this transitional foster care program for unaccompanied migrant children in the Queen City.

WJRT

The Alma Planning Commission has tabled its recommendation on a proposed shelter for young migrants after a lengthy public hearing on the topic took place on Monday.

WRCB-TV

The organizations are asking legislators to make sure facilities have the resources they need to care for the kids.

Grand Rapids Business Journal

A community task force that has spent over 40 years resettling refugees is gearing up to help more people this year after President Joe Biden raised the ceiling of how many refugees can enter the U.S. in 2021.

The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chris Umphlett and his family worked in small ways to help the 12-year-old girl from Honduras — who barely uttered a word when she arrived after crossing the Mexican border alone — feel comfortable in their Michigan home.

WSOC TV

A program will place children in Charlotte who have been separated from their families at the Mexican border.

WMUR

Some of the children who crossed the Mexican border alone are placed in foster homes, where families make them homecooked meals, take them on bike rides and tuck them in at night

USA Today

WIVT - NewsChannel 34

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chris Umphlett and his family worked in small ways to help the 12-year-old girl from Honduras — who barely uttered a word when she arrived after crossing the Mexican border alone —…