Learn more about U.S. immigration policy and the lives of immigrants in our nation and groups that study, serve or advocate for them by reading the articles and reviewing the websites below. Let them guide your efforts to become an immigrant advocate.
Viator House In The News
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/when-unaccompanied-minors-turn-18-living-options-shift
Bethany House of Hospitality, Our Sister Program For Young Women Seeking Asylum
http://bethanyhouseofhospitality.com
Some Roots Of The Migration Crisis
The Asylum System Explained
https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Asylum-Fact-Sheet-_Update_Final.pdf
The Cost Of Keeping An Asylum-Seeker In Detention
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/cost-us-immigrant-detention-trump-zero-tolerance-tents-cages.html
(In contrast, it costs Viator House $55 a day to provide housing, food and case management for one participant.)
Immigration Advocacy & Research
http://www.immigrantjustice.org
https://www.migrationpolicy.org
Most Viator House participants arrived in the U.S. as minors without adults. Read more here about the system they encountered when they arrived.
http://www.immigrantjustice.org/issues/unaccompanied-immigrant-children
http://The Young Center of Immigrant Children’s Rights www.theyoungcenter.org