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Daily News Lesson January 04 2024

Chicago leaders demand help from White House to deal with surge of migrants in city

Learn about ways some large cities are struggling with migrant arrivals

FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Greeley, Colorado

Daily News Lesson February 28 2023

Top stories: Report details child labor exploitation + News wrap 2/28/23 + Student video

The Biden administration has vowed to crack down after media report on child labor exploitation by major companies

Asylum seeking migrants in Penitas, Texas

Daily News Lesson April 01 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.

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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