Darrell Silver
@darrellsilver.bsky.social
Dedicated to @theyoungcenter.bsky.social for unaccompanied minors, language access, skiing, NYC, furniture making, and my husband @stephenfoleyft.bsky.social but not in that order.
@theyoungcenter.bsky.social is still working to reunite families separated by Trump 1. SEVEN years later.
In 2018, the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy tore thousands of children from their parents. Years later, many remain separated.
Our report highlights new government records and the struggle to end a troubling immigration policy, shedding light on a dark chapter in U.S. history.
Our report highlights new government records and the struggle to end a troubling immigration policy, shedding light on a dark chapter in U.S. history.
A Look Back at the Family Separation Policy: The Struggle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Trump Administration's Wrongdoings- American Immigration Council
Our platform analyzes new records about the U.S. government’s chaotic implementation of family separations during the zero-tolerance period.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@theyoungcenter.bsky.social is still working to reunite families separated by Trump 1. SEVEN years later.
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NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Anthony DiLorenzo: PIX-11 was tipped about ICE raid. NYers react:
"People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."
"People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."
ICE agents clash with large crowd in Lower Manhattan: ‘Shame’
YouTube video by PIX11 News
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Anthony DiLorenzo: PIX-11 was tipped about ICE raid. NYers react:
"People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."
"People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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A few weeks ago in New York, over 100 people packed a courtroom in a powerful show of solidarity for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS).
Their presence was a strong reminder that the voices of immigrant youth matter, and their rights are important too 🤍
Their presence was a strong reminder that the voices of immigrant youth matter, and their rights are important too 🤍
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A few weeks ago in New York, over 100 people packed a courtroom in a powerful show of solidarity for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS).
Their presence was a strong reminder that the voices of immigrant youth matter, and their rights are important too 🤍
Their presence was a strong reminder that the voices of immigrant youth matter, and their rights are important too 🤍
One more mole-a-whacked.
+ the judge calls out @theyoungcenter.bsky.social for its difficult but critical work
+ the judge calls out @theyoungcenter.bsky.social for its difficult but critical work
September 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One more mole-a-whacked.
+ the judge calls out @theyoungcenter.bsky.social for its difficult but critical work
+ the judge calls out @theyoungcenter.bsky.social for its difficult but critical work
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Judge Timothy Kelly blocks the Trump administration from carrying out any removals of Guatemalan children, writing pretty sternly that all of its claims about reunifying them with their families at their parents’ request turned out to be false, and cover for a rushed “midnight operation.”
Judge Blocks Administration From Immediately Removing Guatemalan Children
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Judge Timothy Kelly blocks the Trump administration from carrying out any removals of Guatemalan children, writing pretty sternly that all of its claims about reunifying them with their families at their parents’ request turned out to be false, and cover for a rushed “midnight operation.”
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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To that end, Judge Kelly notes that Drew Ensign told Judge Sooknanan that all of the parents requested the return of the children. He cites a Guatemalan government report, published by Reuters days later, which says that none of the parents requested/wanted their return.
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
To that end, Judge Kelly notes that Drew Ensign told Judge Sooknanan that all of the parents requested the return of the children. He cites a Guatemalan government report, published by Reuters days later, which says that none of the parents requested/wanted their return.
Us: Children have legal rights + don't want to return to Guatemala.
Trump admin: Forces 600 kids (ages 7-17) onto planes to Guatemala at 2am Sunday of Labor Day.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Trump admin: Forces 600 kids (ages 7-17) onto planes to Guatemala at 2am Sunday of Labor Day.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Court blocks deportation flights of unaccompanied minors to Guatemala
Dozens of Guatemalan children are back in federal custody after a late-night court order temporarily halted their deportation. The ruling came after the unaccompanied minors had already been boarded o...
www.pbs.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Us: Children have legal rights + don't want to return to Guatemala.
Trump admin: Forces 600 kids (ages 7-17) onto planes to Guatemala at 2am Sunday of Labor Day.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Trump admin: Forces 600 kids (ages 7-17) onto planes to Guatemala at 2am Sunday of Labor Day.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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We must continue to stand with children and fight every single unlawful action by the government that places children in harm’s way.
Our full statement here.
www.theyoungcenter.org/press-releas...
Our full statement here.
www.theyoungcenter.org/press-releas...
Children’s Advocates Condemn the Failed, Unlawful Removal of Guatemalan Children by the Trump Admin
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from forcibly sending back Guatemalan children held in federal [...]
www.theyoungcenter.org
August 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We must continue to stand with children and fight every single unlawful action by the government that places children in harm’s way.
Our full statement here.
www.theyoungcenter.org/press-releas...
Our full statement here.
www.theyoungcenter.org/press-releas...
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No child should ever have to live with the fear of being shaken awake in the middle of the night, ordered to pack their belongings, and told they're going back to a place they're afraid of returning to.
Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
No child should ever have to live with the fear of being shaken awake in the middle of the night, ordered to pack their belongings, and told they're going back to a place they're afraid of returning to.
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BREAKING🚨: Today, CNN reported that the Trump administration is planning to return more than 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children in federal custody back to Guatemala before their immigration cases are completed—or even begin.
Exclusive: Trump administration plans to send hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody back to home country | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is moving to repatriate hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody who arrived in the United States alone, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning ...
www.cnn.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
BREAKING🚨: Today, CNN reported that the Trump administration is planning to return more than 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children in federal custody back to Guatemala before their immigration cases are completed—or even begin.
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The Young Center's #NewJersey team is looking for Volunteer Child Advocates 🤍
If you're interested in making a difference in the life of an unaccompanied immigrant child, follow these next steps:
If you're interested in making a difference in the life of an unaccompanied immigrant child, follow these next steps:
August 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Young Center's #NewJersey team is looking for Volunteer Child Advocates 🤍
If you're interested in making a difference in the life of an unaccompanied immigrant child, follow these next steps:
If you're interested in making a difference in the life of an unaccompanied immigrant child, follow these next steps:
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1/ Very moving interview.
Coach of a college prep baseball team on UWS NYC speaks about half dozen armed ICE agents approaching and harassing the kids (Latino and black youth, all U.S. citizens).
"I am willing to die today" to protect the kids.
Coach of a college prep baseball team on UWS NYC speaks about half dozen armed ICE agents approaching and harassing the kids (Latino and black youth, all U.S. citizens).
"I am willing to die today" to protect the kids.
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
1/ Very moving interview.
Coach of a college prep baseball team on UWS NYC speaks about half dozen armed ICE agents approaching and harassing the kids (Latino and black youth, all U.S. citizens).
"I am willing to die today" to protect the kids.
Coach of a college prep baseball team on UWS NYC speaks about half dozen armed ICE agents approaching and harassing the kids (Latino and black youth, all U.S. citizens).
"I am willing to die today" to protect the kids.
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From NY Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal -
July 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
From NY Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal -
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DOJ plan to prioritize revoking citizenship includes
Cases a US Attorney refers "or in connection with pending criminal charges if those charges do not fit within one of the other priorities"
"Any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important"
Cases a US Attorney refers "or in connection with pending criminal charges if those charges do not fit within one of the other priorities"
"Any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important"
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
DOJ plan to prioritize revoking citizenship includes
Cases a US Attorney refers "or in connection with pending criminal charges if those charges do not fit within one of the other priorities"
"Any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important"
Cases a US Attorney refers "or in connection with pending criminal charges if those charges do not fit within one of the other priorities"
"Any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important"
We, the USA in 2025, put 25,000 four year olds in court then Trump says they can’t have a lawyer. And the kid rarely speaks English not that it would change anything.
Article from March, screenshot from today since the Supreme Court ruling makes it less stoppable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
Article from March, screenshot from today since the Supreme Court ruling makes it less stoppable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
June 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We, the USA in 2025, put 25,000 four year olds in court then Trump says they can’t have a lawyer. And the kid rarely speaks English not that it would change anything.
Article from March, screenshot from today since the Supreme Court ruling makes it less stoppable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
Article from March, screenshot from today since the Supreme Court ruling makes it less stoppable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
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This is physical bravery. This guy is a patriot.
6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
June 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is physical bravery. This guy is a patriot.
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“As young people and their families are celebrating graduations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been ramping up enforcement across the country. One new tactic: arresting teenage students.”
immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/g...
immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/g...
At Graduation Time, ICE Targets Young Dreamers
As young people are celebrating graduations, ICE has been ramping up enforcement. One new tactic: arresting teenage students.
immigrationimpact.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“As young people and their families are celebrating graduations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been ramping up enforcement across the country. One new tactic: arresting teenage students.”
immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/g...
immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/g...
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Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
June 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
