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Today, unaccompanied children are being detained and deported at three times the rate as they were under the first Trump administration. Those without attorneys face an extremely high risk of deportation compared to those with legal representation. Children as young as 2-years-old, many of whom do not speak English, have been forced to represent themselves in immigration hearings across the ...

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Pregnant, Postpartum, and Nursing Immigrants Suffer Medical Neglect in Detention   Pregnant women in ICE custody are being denied prenatal and other essential health care, suffering miscarriages alone without timely medical treatment, and waiting weeks to be seen by hospital or medical staff, only to ultimately have their appointments canceled or postponed. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports that between ...

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Thursdays in Black ambassadors met on 3 August, re-engaging their global network and reviewing a 12-month activity framework covering theological, advocacy, creative, and institutional themes. 

A group of youth delegates from the League of Creative Minds, based in the US, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 5 August, as part of a study trip to Europe to learn about and research nuclear policy, peace, and diplomacy, among other topics.

In 2016, the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act was introduced in Congress for the first time to guarantee legal counsel for all unaccompanied children and other vulnerable individuals in immigration court proceedings. Reintroduced in the 119th Congress, the legislation now also contains additional safeguards to ensure that unaccompanied children have access to counsel throughout their case and fair ...

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WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay was featured in a interview with Christian Peschken, Geneva correspondent for EWTN Germany since 2014. The interview will appear on EWTN and CNA Deutsch. 

In a continuing commitment to global justice and ecumenical partnership, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) convened a meeting with Juana Martínez González, the ambassador of Cuba in Germany. The dialogue was led by Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, general secretary of the WCRC, Hanns Lessing, executive secretary of communion and theology, and Muna Nassar, […]

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Five young researchers joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 2026: four through the Climate Curve Constellations Fellowship, a programme placing early-career researchers with organizations working on climate change, and one returning for a second internship in the WCC’s work on children’s rights. They came from Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and the United States. Ask any of them why climate justice, and the answer starts somewhere specific. A farm, a marsh, an audit desk.

On 5 June, churches and faith-based organizations from Colombia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, together with investment and ecumenical partners, submitted a complaint under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct concerning HSBC Holdings plc and its financial relationship with Glencore, the company operating the Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. This is the second of a three-part feature story that illustrates the grave health effects—particularly on children—of the Cerrejón mining operation. 

Participants from three countries describe how Bahá’í educational programs are helping young people see their studies, work, and service as part of one coherent life.