ICE policies leave overburdened foster-care system in their wake

ICE policies leave overburdened foster-care system in their wake - News and Politics - San Antonio Current:

A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.