# A Crisis Facing Immigrant Children in America

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Podcast: [The Raid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-raid-7569219)
Published: 2026-05-26T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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. https://www.safepassageproject.org/ https://theraidpodcast.org/ Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program.

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