A painful choice for asylum-seekers in Canada and their American children

[Global Nation] 'The only thought is to protect your children.' Daniel Roblero and his wife Sandra Morales are both from Guatemala and lived without legal status in Detroit. After US President Donald Trump took office, they decided to seek asylum in Canada. Their six American citizen children went with them. The Morales-Roblero family is not alone. In recent years, Canada has seen a rise in requests for asylum from mixed-nationality families with US-citizen children. The children's right to stay in Canada is based on the outcome of their parents' asylum cases. But many of the families will have their asylum claims denied. When this happens, mixed-nationality families have to make a painful choice — take their American children back to their home country or have them return to the United States, where they can continue their education and live in safer conditions. [What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Plus, here are a few more stories you might have missed: [Fearing detention, undocumented immigrants seek ways to appoint guardians for their children]( Personal connections allowed activists in Rhode Island to come up with a legal way for immigrants to appoint guardians for their children in case they’re detained. [Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, preserving centuries of records about enslaved people]( Technological advances help scholars and archivists do a better job of preserving historical records — but it's not always easy. [10 US immigration issues to watch in 2020]( Last year, the Trump administration rolled out several policies that restricted access to asylum, as well as employment-based and family-based immigration pathways. With a presidential election on the horizon, 2020 could bring even more restrictions. Here's what we're watching. [One Latina's journey to college amid admissions scandals and inequities]( In the wake of the college admissions scandal and ongoing drama around affirmative action policies at elite colleges, what is it like to be a high school student, a Latina, and a first-generation college applicant? Thanks for joining us! — Marnette Federis, education editor [GlobalNation FB]( [Global Nation Twitter]( [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( Global Nation is a part of PRI - Public Radio International.