LCWR Statement on Children Crossing Borders Alone

Thanks to General Leadership Team CCVI

"We call upon Congress and the administration to address the root causes of forced migration and to join with the international community and partners in the Americas to fashion a regional response to what is clearly a regional crisis".

Please read: https://lcwr.org/media/lcwr-statement-children-crossing-borders-alone is a short article which gives very helpful points on advocacy.

--- Take Action Today: Nearly 5 Million Children May Lose Access to the Child Tax Credit
http://www2.americanprogress.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=354

---  Migrant children require humanitarian response:
http://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/address-humanitarian-crisis-of-unaccompanied-children-in-immigration-detention?bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1404758929

-- For one unaccompanied alien child, a journey to Elkhart was harrowing: http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/2014/07/21/Javier.HTML

--- Deportations, border security will worsen child crisis: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/212873-deportations-border-security-will-worsen-child-crisis

--- See more resources at:

http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/2014/06/16/unaccompanied-children-advocacy-resources/