Childcare Providers: Cristina Parker and Grassroots Leadership

childcare providers: Immigrant welfare advocates celebrated the failure of the bills, which they said would have caused further physical and psychological harm to children, according to Metro News. Still, the federal government continues to hold some families long past the allotted time. The proposals that died in the legislative session would have licensed the immigrant detention facilities as childcare providers to avoid a requirement stipulating minors can be held no longer than 20 days. The failure of the bill as good of news as that is doesn't seem to have done these families any good, said Cristina Parker, immigration programs co-ordinator for the Austin-based non-profit Grassroots Leadership. The family had operated schools in Afghanistan with a western-style curriculum, one of which the Taliban destroyed. Hakimi, her two young sons, sister-in-law and baby nephew are seeking political asylum from the Taliban. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.