Chabeli Carrazana

Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leavi...

Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.
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Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leavi...

“When they saw me, they knew something wasn’t right,” Sandra said in Spanish. “Are we never going to see our mom again?” they asked. @chabeli.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org. 19thnews.org/2025/11/ice-...

Black women’s unemployment is rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign. New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women.

We wrote about this in July when we first noticed this trend and its only gotten worse. 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...

We finally have jobs numbers out this morning from September and take a look at this: big jump again in Black women's unemployment, now 7.5% from 6.7% in August.

This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.

For a story! Looking to speak to grandparents raising grandkids in New Mexico, particularly if they are under the age of 5. Let me know if you're interested! Email is ccarrazana [at] 19thnews.org

The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs? Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.

Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.
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Gender Is the Story with The 19th News' Chabeli Carrazana -- Democracy in Color The 19th News' childcare and economy reporter Chabeli Carrazana discusses the unique beat she's formed and why reporting on the economy from a gender lens matters.

OUT NOW: @19thnews.org' @chabeli.bsky.social discusses the role childcare plays in the larger conversation about “kitchen-table” issues & the economy.

Listen now!
https://democracyincolor.com/podepisodes/2025/11/13/gender-is-the-story-with-the-19th-news-chabeli-carrazana

So much is shifting heading into 2026 — the job market, the economy, the political landscape. We cover these changes every day, but we want to know what you need most.

Please consider taking our audience survey — it should take no more than 8 mins of your time!
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States are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are out of options Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.

Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.

Many advocates in 2023 warned that a child care cliff was coming. Years later, it’s now here.
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A GoFundMe for this teacher, who is a mother of two young children, has so far raised $70k: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Getting new details on this now:

As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.

The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
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Head Start programs begin to shutter, leaving 65,000 kids at risk The government shutdown has forced providers of the early learning and child care program for lower-income families to close across the country.

134 Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico serving 58,627 children are at risk of closings as federal funds expire. Since the beginning of October, an additional six Head Start programs serving 6,525 children have been operating without federal funding.

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Can Hollywood do for paid leave what Congress hasn’t? TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave pol...

TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave policy.
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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

ICE has recently targeted patients in hospital maternity wards and on their way home from prenatal visits. As a result,
many patients are skipping virtually all of their pregnancy-related health care.
~250k babies are born every year to immigrations w/o permanent status.
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YouTube video by PBS Child Care Providers on the Frontlines of Change | MAKE A CIRCLE | Full Documentary

Ah sorry broken link! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQs...

If you haven't had a chance to catch it, Make a Circle is a beautiful, heartbreaking look into the child care workers doing absolutely essential work every day in a society that has yet to value them. It's really worth a watch, and now streaming on PBS!
Watch here: www.pbs.org/show/make-a-...

Menopause, without the noise We’re talking about it, in your inbox every Tuesday.

For the next 12 weeks, The 19th is talking all things menopause in a new, weekly by the great @jennifergerson.bsky.social!
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When it comes to rising costs, women are more worried than men — about everything A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll found that women — especially women of color — were more worried about covering the cost of groceries, housing, medical bills, child care and rent.

In every category surveyed — groceries, housing, child care, medical bills and retirement — women are more likely to say they are worried about covering those expenses.

Latinas consistently reported higher rates of worry than any other group across nearly all categories
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Thank you Sheila! Can you shoot me a message or an email?

For a story! Looking to speak to women about the cost of living — groceries, child care, housing, medical bills, retirement.

If you want to chat, I'm here or at ccarrazana(at)19thnews.org!

A gutting and beautiful piece by @oriion.bsky.social about what it's like to be the parent of a trans child in this moment. Worth a read:

What if diapers were free for the parents who need them most? Diaper Dollars, a nonprofit that gives families in need money to cover diaper expenses, could be a model for states looking to offer more solutions to the diaper need crisis.

Diaper need is a problem so big and with so few solutions that I'm always interested when I I come across a new one.

This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio:
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There's a new push to save child care on college campuses Two Democratic lawmakers are reintroducing legislation to fully fund CCAMPIS, the only federal program that funds on-campus child care.

The only federal program that funds on-campus child care, CCAMPIS, has seen unprecedented cuts this year from the Trump administration.

Today, @whipkclark.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov are reintroducing legislation to fully fund the program.
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From this story: what they saw at ICE's Alexandria Staging Facility in Louisiana. Six months apart.

‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown In Washington, D.C., where close to 40 percent of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. Many are missing work, deepening a staffin...

In Washington, D.C., where close to 40% of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence.

“What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.”
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‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown In Washington, D.C., where close to 40 percent of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. Many are missing work, deepening a staffin...

This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’”

Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.

A family’s detention and deportation through a mother’s eyes Nicolle Orozco Forero brings us inside the country's largest family detention center, where she was kept with her husband and two sons.

You may have seen our story about the impact the detention of a child care worker had on her Seattle community. She recently told me what happened to her & her family in detention.
“In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.”
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A family’s detention and deportation through a mother’s eyes Nicolle Orozco Forero brings us inside the country's largest family detention center, where she was kept with her husband and two sons.

They were soon handcuffed, stripped of their belongings and shuffled to the back of the building. Orozco Forero said she showed an ICE officer a letter from Juan David’s doctors approving a biopsy; the officer tore it apart, she said. “This no longer works,” the officer told her.

New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.

In the absence of a federal universal child care system, some states have worked to build their own systems, and New Mexico has been a leader in that effort over the past several years.
It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
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