A closer look at these unaccredited, live-in facilities where teens are forced to attend for reasons ranging anywhere from 'thinks new stepdad sucks' to serious addictions and mental illnesses.
What's it like to leave for work every day and carefully avoid the fake carnage that has been set in place by the crew, and have to stay out of the way during filming?
Even after an immigrant has entered Texas via Mexico, their journey still isn't over. Sanctuaries like Immaculate House are just one part of that journey.
Like millions of other kids under deferred action, I was brought to the US at the age of two. And even with protection from deportation, the path of permanent legal status continues to be a nightmarish, unfinished road.
It may seem like we're intentionally seeking out just the grossest, most horrifying jobs in the world for these articles, but we assure you we're not doing it on purpose.
While they were busy getting degrees, raising families and starting careers, a civil war snuck up and slapped the people of Ukraine right in their pants.
When your students have physical conditions that make it difficult for them to even sit in a chair or hold a pencil, an already thankless job is taken to a whole other level.
As anybody who's sadly tried to suck the last of the whipped cream out of the can can attest, nitrous oxide can get you high. And, like any powerful drug, it breeds its own kind of addicts.
