Caracas,
Thursday
July 23,2009


UN Asked to Protect U.S.-Born Kids of Undocumented Migrants


By Sonia Osorio

MIAMI – A group of activists from Miami asked the United Nations to protect the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrant parents in the face of Washington’s delays in undertaking immigration reform.

American Fraternity announced Wednesday that it sent a letter to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in which it requested that the international body intercede on behalf of thousands of children who “despite being U.S. citizens have lost their civil and human rights.â€