A Crisis Facing Immigrant Children in America

Host John Carlos Frey speaks with Rachel Jordan, Managing Attorney at Safe Passage Project, a New York City-based nonprofit organization providing free legal representation to immigrant and refugee children facing deportation. The conversation covers who unaccompanied minors are, why they come to the U.S., and the legal protections that were designed to shield them — protections now being systematically dismantled by the current administration. 

Rachel explains that most of Safe Passage's clients are children fleeing gang violence, gender-based persecution, abuse, or extreme poverty in Central America, with a growing number coming from Venezuela, Ecuador, and West Africa. Many are eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), a designation requiring a court finding that a child has been abused, abandoned, or neglected — yet the administration has worked to strip these children of work permits, deferred action, and legal stability, leaving them in prolonged economic and legal limbo. 

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