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NYC high school graduates at a 2019 ceremony in Brooklyn.
En 2022, unos 100.000 estudiantes indocumentados se graduaban de las escuelas secundarias de los Estados Unidos. En Nueva York, se calcula que unos 4.500 estudiantes indocumentados se graduaban de las escuelas secundarias en todo el estado en 2019.
Según la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP por sus siglas en inglés), entre febrero y finales de abril de 2022, hubo más de 20.000 encuentros con ucranianos, muchos de estos ocurrieron en la frontera con México.
“This policy, while likely formed with good intent, is short-sighted and places more strain on a system that is close to breaking. It also shifts focus and continues to villainize individuals who need help, rather than providing the resources that they desperately need. This is a band-aid, meant to make the problem less visible, ignoring the real issues.”
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