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Post January 09 2025

Unethical moments in U.S. medical research history

Effects of medical racism by the U.S. government have global effects decades later

FILE PHOTO: DHS Secretary Mayorkas speaks at the White House in Washington

Daily News Lesson May 09 2023

Border towns prepare for end of COVID migrant restrictions + Newswrap 5/9/23 + Student video

Discuss the end of Title 42, and what that will mean for immigration and border towns like El Paso, Texas

Asylum seeking migrants in Penitas, Texas

Daily News Lesson March 29 2021

How migrants are being ‘expelled’ from the U.S. border

The Biden administration has been struggling to solve the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Migrants from Central America camp outside the El Chaparral border crossing, hoping to cross and request asylum in the U.S, in Tijuana,

Daily News Lesson March 10 2021

Biden administration scrambles to respond to surge of migrant children at border

This lesson discusses the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border with the number of detained migrant children tripling in recent weeks.

Claudia Maquin mother of Jakelin Caal, a 7-year-old girl who handed herself in to U.S. border agents earlier this month and died after developing a high fever while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reacts during her daughter's funeral

Daily Video December 27 2018

Why children in U.S. custody need specific pediatric expertise

In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn why specific pediatric expertise is needed in the care for immigrant children.

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