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Margarita Almaraz, second right, and Alfonso Mejia, left, embrace their two daughters, Ashanti, center, and Ashley upon their arrival at the airport in Mexico City, Monday, July 18, 2011. The parents were deported from the United States in 2009 after being caught without proper documents and could not get visas to appear to testify before U.S. courts for their daughters custody hearings but their lawyer convinced a court in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to accept the testimony via Skype. It is the first time a U.S. court has allowed testimony in a custody case to be made over the Web via Skype according to their lawyers. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte.
Children of Deported Immigrants Languish in Foster Care as the Obama Administration Fights Itself
Sasha Chavkin for New York World  |  November 17, 2011 4:00 AM | 1 Comment
A recent reports says a growing number of children in New York City have been put in foster care after their undocumented parents were detained or deported.
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Out of Foster Care — and into What?
Marissa Miller for Gotham Gazette  |  September 1, 2011 10:03 AM | 2 Comments
Many young people turn up on the streets or in jail after they age out of the city's childcare system. The latest in Gotham Gazette's poverty series looks at efforts to change that.VIDEO
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