Susan Ferriss
Susan Ferriss is a reporter specializing in children's issues at the nonprofit investigative news group the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC.
Susan Ferriss is a reporter specializing in children's issues at the nonprofit investigative news group the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. Among other stories, she's investigated policies that force farmworker kids out of school and excessive police ticketing of middle-school students in Los Angeles. As a Latin America correspondent for Cox Newspapers for nine years, Susan also reported on migration and transnational crime in Central America.
Americans’ immigration emergency: Their spouses could be deported or exiled if they seek green cards
Under a 1996 law, US citizens who try to sponsor their undocumented spouses would require the spouses to endure a minimum 10-year exile from the United States. With kids in tow, US citizens are visiting Congress to plead for help.
Tragic immigrant deaths fuel drive to ‘flip’ California GOP congressional district
Thousands of immigrants with ‘protected status’ face possible deportation
This piece of legislation could change the way the US judges refugees
In San Bernardino County, there's an epidemic of questionable arrests by school police
Soul-searching in San Bernardino County over school cops’ tactics and attitudes.
Congress, Obama tackle unequal treatment of minors in juvenile justice system
"The question is: Are we letting principals and parents deal with one set of kids and we call the police on another set of kids?" the president asked. "That's not the right thing to do,”
UPDATE: How kicking a trash can became criminal for a 6th grader
Some schools are wasting no time at reporting pupils, even very young pupils, to police and filing criminal complaints for classroom infractions. Those pupils reported are overwhelmingly of color, an investigation has found.
Central American kids wait in life-or-death limbo to see if they can stay in the US
Tens of thousands of young Central Americans crossed the US-Mexico border this year, many fleeing violence. Now they must navigate the US asylum system to try and stay here legally, but the system is being overwhelmed by the huge numbers of children.