{"id":8486,"date":"2021-11-11T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=7494"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:44:59","slug":"la-llegada-de-ninos-afganos-a-ee-uu-provoca-desacuerdos-sobre-quien-debe-cuidarlos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/11\/11\/as-afghan-children-come-to-the-us-disagreements-ignite-over-who-should-care-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"A medida que los ni\u00f1os afganos llegan a EE.UU., surgen desacuerdos sobre qui\u00e9n debe cuidarlos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b8cf70\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>On a recent Saturday, a group of 30 organizers stood in front of a Heartland Alliance facility for unaccompanied minors in Chicago\u2019s Bronzeville neighborhood shouting, \u201cFree the kids!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/11\/17\/a-medida-que-los-ninos-afganos-llegan-a-los-estados-unidos-los-desacuerdos-se-encienden-sobre-quien-deberia-cuidarlos\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b8e6ab\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here to advocate for interrupting the separation process and disabling the policies and the rhetoric that justifies the capture of children,\u201d said Marta, a local organizer who helped plan the two-hour \u201cSolidarity with Migrant Children\u201d action in Bronzeville, and uses a pseudonym for her safety.<\/p>\n<p>The protestors were calling for children to be released from facilities run by Heartland Alliance into the care of sponsors or families. The Chicago-based nonprofit \u2014 whose mission is to serve those who are homeless, living in poverty or seeking safety \u2014 receives unaccompanied children through a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of Refugee Resettlement. The children remain at the facilities, which ORR calls \u201cshelters,\u201d while Heartland professionals work to reunify them with family members.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from Heartland Alliance say that their facilities are superior to state-run alternatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandalliance.org\/facts-about-our-shelters\/\">providing essentials<\/a> like a dedicated bed for each child, daily outdoor activity, weekly field trips, and healthcare and legal services for each child. But critics argue that these facilities are no different than detention centers or jails. While children are allowed visits from family members, they are not able to leave as they wish and must abide by fixed rules and schedules. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandalliance.org\/news_clip\/heartland-staff-responds-to-disinformation\/\">Heartland Alliance website<\/a>, children spend an average of 50 days at their facilities, but some children have been known to stay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/illinois-chicago-children-teens-immigration-shelters-heartland\">for more than a year<\/a>. This has led some immigrant advocates to argue that the best thing for unaccompanied immigrant children would be the closure of these facilities and an overhaul of the refugee housing system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b91d33\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/211024_Heartland_04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">About 30 people gathered outside Heartland Alliance\u2019s Bronzeville facility for unaccompanied minors calling for its closure on Oct. 24, 2021 in Chicago, Ill.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo by Chelsea Verstegen for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b92bda\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Calls for Heartland to free the children <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2019\/12\/18\/this-is-an-abolitionist-struggle\/\">are not new<\/a>, but they have amplified in recent weeks following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The chaotic evacuation led to a global refugee crisis that has separated families, many of whom arrived stateside and were sent to military bases and other temporary facilities. Since August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/dozens-of-traumatized-afghan-kids-struggle-inside-a-shelter-thats-ill-equipped-to-care-for-them\">over 900 Afghan children<\/a> have come to the U.S. as unaccompanied minors. The Department of Health and Human Services <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/10\/28\/dozens-of-traumatized-afghan-kids-struggle-inside-a-shelter-thats-ill-equipped-to-care-for-them\/\">says that a \u201cvast majority\u201d have been placed with sponsors<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/lawmakers-call-for-immediate-action-at-chicago-shelter-housing-afghan-children\">185 Afghan children<\/a> are currently under government care. Seventy-three Afghan children are currently being housed across Heartland Alliance\u2019s four locations in Chicago, the most being housed by any single organization in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f6125b93577\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-5878\" class=\"post-5878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-femme\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210409_FemmeDefensa_059_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"gender-based, violence, domestic, femme, Little Village, Chicago, Pilsen, community, care, protection, survivors, immigrant, strength, safety, food , housing, garden, La Ruda Farm, Femme Defensa\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How a Femme Liberation Collective is Practicing Community Care<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/april-alonso\/\" title=\"View all posts by April Alonso\">April Alonso<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">mayo 13, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cAs long as there are children alone and seeking refuge in the U.S., we will help them,\u201d a representative for Heartland Alliance told Borderless Magazine in a statement. \u201cHeartland is committed to ensuring that the children are safe and cared for as we navigate the country\u2019s dismantled and under-resourced system to support people seeking safety here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Immigrant rights activists like those at the Bronzeville protest along with members of Chicago\u2019s Afghan community have raised concerns over the trauma that living in these facilities might cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor immigrant children who\u2019ve fled war, violence, and other harm, conditions of government custody and prolonged separation from family or community can exacerbate symptoms of trauma,\u201d said Noorjahan Akbar, a spokesperson for the Young Center for Immigrant Children\u2019s Rights. 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Ayesha T. Qazi-Lampert, a Chicago Public Schools teacher and member of the Afghan community, lives a few blocks away from Heartland&#8217;s Bronzeville shelter. She said she was heartbroken when she learned that there were Afghan children in the facility facing mental health crises and that she wishes Heartland communicated with the local community about the challenges they were facing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am part of a larger active Chicago Afghan community and we could have provided that immediate support,&#8221; said Qazi-Lampert. &#8220;I am disappointed in the lack of communication with the public. Many of us from the Afghan diaspora live in Chicago and we are willing to help if we are aware of what is going on. I hope the shelter provides a space for our larger community to engage and help but most importantly essential high-quality services, therapy and support to the young children who are suffering in this facility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"a-checkered-history\">A checkered history<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The recent controversy over the Heartland facilities comes as Illinois is dramatically shifting how it works with the federal government\u2019s immigration enforcement and detention network. On August 2, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law the <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/08\/02\/illinois-to-end-immigrant-detention-with-new-bill\/\">Illinois Way Forward Act<\/a>, bringing an end to immigrant detention in the state. Among other provisions, jails can no longer enter into contracts with the U.S. government to hold immigrants. Immigrant detention centers in McHenry, Kankakee and Pulaski counties will effectively close on January 1, 2022. Heartland Alliance, as a nonprofit, can continue operating its facilities for immigrant children, however, following rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>Heartland Alliance facilities is licensed to house up to 359 migrant youth in the Chicago area, but the sudden influx of Afghan children, combined with a lack of resources and an ecosystem battered by <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2019\/11\/20\/funding-cuts-under-trump-are-forcing-clinics-and-organizations-that-serve-refugees-to-close\/\">four years of cuts to refugee services<\/a> under the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/10\/28\/dozens-of-traumatized-afghan-kids-struggle-inside-a-shelter-thats-ill-equipped-to-care-for-them\/\">has overwhelmed Heartland employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several years, the nonprofit has come under fire for allegations of abuse and lax supervision. In 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/illinois-chicago-children-teens-immigration-shelters-heartland\">ProPublica Illinois<\/a> published a series of investigations including reports of sexual, physical and medical abuse, as well as accounts of employees threatening misbehaving children with delays to their immigration cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b9a352\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/211024_Heartland_06-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Heartland Alliance\u2019s Bronzeville facility for unaccompanied minors pictured on Oct. 24, 2021 in Chicago, Ill.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo by Chelsea Verstegen for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b9b150\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Though Heartland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-met-heartland-alliance-internal-investigation-20180731-story.html\">internal investigation<\/a> found no evidence supporting those claims, four of the nine locations shuttered in the months following the publication of the investigations. But challenges persist at the remaining locations. In April 2020, Heartland officials said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/at-least-19-children-at-a-chicago-shelter-for-immigrant-detainees-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19?utm_content=buffer5f63a&amp;utm_medium=social+&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=ProPublica+Illinois+#942144\">42 immigrant children tested positive for COVID-19<\/a> at the Bronzeville location, which is the largest of its facilities. At the time, there were 69 children in their care across three facilities. According to ProPublica, the outbreak may have been the largest outbreak of COVID-19 at a detention center for migrant children.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the outlet published <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/10\/28\/dozens-of-traumatized-afghan-kids-struggle-inside-a-shelter-thats-ill-equipped-to-care-for-them\/\">new accounts of inadequate care<\/a> at Heartland\u2019s facilities pertaining to the Afghan children under their supervision. No employees at these facilities were able to speak Pashto or Dari, the childrens\u2019 primary languages. Additionally, there were reports of immigrant minors harming themselves or other children, threatening staff members and requiring psychiatric hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these allegations, lawmakers called for a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durbin.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2021-11-01%20Letter%20to%20Principal%20Deputy%20IG%20Grimm.pdf\"> federal investigation<\/a> by the Department of Health and Human Services, improved mental health services and further information regarding<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durbin.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2021-11-01%20Letter%20to%20Director%20Huang.pdf\"> how the Office of Refugee Resettlement ensures facilities have adequate resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfghan refugees should never have received such a traumatic reception in our nation,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois\u2019 1st congressional district. \u201dThese kinds of unwelcoming circumstances must come to a screeching halt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heartland Alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandalliance.org\/about\/annual-report-2015\/\">released a statement<\/a> in support of the lawmakers\u2019 intervention and explained that its lack of resources stemmed from the policies of the Trump administration. The nonprofit has since brought in 36 interpreters that speak Dari or Pashto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b9c1a0\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/211024_Heartland_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">About 30 people gathered outside Heartland Alliance\u2019s Bronzeville facility for unaccompanied minors calling for its closure on Oct. 24, 2021 in Chicago, Ill.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo by Chelsea Verstegen for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b9cfaf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cIt is important to note that our City and State has grossly inadequate capacity to provide mental health services for youth,\u201d the statement from Heartland read. \u201cWe have been working closely with City and State partners to remove significant systemic barriers to streamline access to psychiatric care for the youth in our care who are experiencing sad, profound urgent mental health needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Akbar, the spokesperson for the Young Center for Immigrant Children\u2019s Rights, stressed the importance of providing mindful care that caters to the youths\u2019 specific backgrounds, behaviors and abilities. The Young Center advocates for unaccompanied and separated immigrant youth through a team of lawyers, social workers, and bilingual volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Afghan children] require and deserve specialized services \u2014 not just in their language, but from experts in providing culturally competent, trauma-informed care,\u201d she told Borderless Magazine. \u201cIn fact, <em>all<\/em> children need this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"if-not-us-then-who\">\u201cIf not us, then who?\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Heartland\u2019s staff remains adamant that they are doing their best under current circumstances to meet the needs of children. But in these last few months, they have often faced unprecedented challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my 27 years of doing social services, the journey of this population of children is drastically unreal,\u201d Vanessa Igess, a program director for the International Children\u2019s Reception Center at Heartland Human Care Services, told Borderless Magazine. \u201cWe have children from India who took nine months on a journey to get here, and they face many different dangers. And still, it&#8217;s not as traumatizing as this group of children who were swept up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f6125b9ee1c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  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