Kids with Undocumented Parents Face Challenges in PA

Children in Pennsylvania born to parents lacking legal citizenship are running into hardships due to immigration enforcement.  Zain Lakhani with the Women’s Refugee Commission says the Supreme Court kept birthright citizenship intact, but regulations leave children with parents of mixed status in the care of people who aren’t able to enroll them in school, obtain healthcare, or secure passports for family reunification…

“These children, they have legal rights as citizens to all of these benefits, but they are not able to access them because their parent was deported without being able to assign them a legal guardian.”