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Interest in fostering migrant kids booms as Americans get vaccinated, pandemic restrictions lift

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

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Families fostering migrant kids offer what shelters cannot

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 —…

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Border Chief Forced Out as Kamala Harris & Trump Plan Separate Trips to Texas

CBN News

Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first visit on Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office, following criticism from members of both parties for failing to go earlier despite her role leading the Biden administration’s response to a steep increase in migration.

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Shelter for young migrants could come to former nursing home in Alma

WJRT News

Bethany Christian Services is looking to bring the shelter to the former Warwick Living Center.

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When Celebrating Adoption, We Must Celebrate Birthmothers Too

Christian Headlines

When Celebrating Adoption, We Must Celebrate Birthmothers Too by Donna Nicholson - Christian breaking news commentary.

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Guest column: Move beyond fears and recall Alma’s history of immigration

The Morning Sun

I have followed with great interest and concern the local discussions of the proposed housing of migrant young people at the Warwick Living Center.

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TN lawmakers concerned about migrant kids going to foster homes, program began in '70s

WTVC

There's long been a need for foster families in our area. Now some lawmakers are expressing concerns that a system that has at times been overwhelmed, now is using some foster families to house unaccompanied migrant children. However, it turns out the refugee foster program is actually decades old, and some say it could be a better placement than residential shelters including one in Chattanooga.

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Dozens of migrant children could be houses in Mid-Michigan former nursing home

WEYI

FLINT, Mich - A proposal by Bethany Christian Services is in the works to house dozens of unaccompanied migrant children at a former nursing home in Alma that was forced to close due to COVID-19. Bethany Christian Services Executive Branch Director Krista Stevens says right now the plan calls for 36 children to stay short term at the facility while they work to reconnect them with their family. READ MORE:Alma in mid-Michigan considering a request to house migrants.

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