This factsheet, updated after the implementation of the Biden Administration’s final public charge regulation, answers key questions about the public charge rule and its implications.
This list of terms reviews the legal definitions of a child and related terms to assist in understanding key concepts of domestic and international immigration protections and systems relevant for children.
According to UNICEF, the number of child migrants crossing the Darien Gap, a dangerous expanse of jungle between Colombia and Panama, increased greatly between January and April.
The DACA program was again debated in front of a federal judge, with no decision at this time.
The Judge Department has been defending the Trump administration’s family separation policy in a lawsuit brought on by five mothers who were separated from their children.
A new HSS Dept audit indicates that the Biden administration released 344 unaccompanied minors to live with nonrelative sponsors, raising concerns for implications for child labor exploitation.
HHS has released the results of a new internal audit of the Office of Refugee Resettlement on its process for sponsor vetting and placement of unaccompanied children.
Florida’s new immigration law taking effect July 1 is anticipated to have negative health and other impacts for immigrant families, especially due to the new requirement for hospitals to collect info on immigration status.
Federal agencies are investigating meatpacking and produce firms in 11 states for allegations of hiring Guatemalan children in violation of child labor laws.
An increasing number of unaccompanied children are facing deportation proceedings without legal representation.
A newly introduced Democrat-led bill aims to exempt children seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status from country caps or quotas that can delay their immigration proceedings.
A 6-year-old Afghan boy has died in federal custody as a result of a terminal illness, the third death of a child in federal custody this year.
This two-part webinar series will review how to obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) for children who have experienced abuse, abandonment, or neglect by one or both parents, including topics like state court predicate orders, I-360 forms, handling cases for children in removal proceedings, and eligibility for adjustment of status.
This report examines trends in U.S. interior immigration enforcement, outlines the negative effects for children with respect to economic security, food access, housing stability, mental health, and educational outcomes, and provides recommendations for local, state, and federal governments to mitigate these harms.
This study examined how health inequities were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic due to anti-immigrant policies like the public charge rule.
This webinar discusses findings from a recent study on unaccompanied children’s access to medical and mental health services after release from federal custody, highlighting barriers to care and recommendations to strengthen and improve access to these services for UCs. Audio, video, and Powerpoint slides are available and detailed results can be found in the new report A Path to Meeting the Medical and Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities.
This brief explores how poverty rates changed among immigrants and their children overall and by citizenship status and race/ethnicity, both before and during the pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced new measures to manage migration following the end of Title 42, including some punitive and some beneficial measures.
This policy brief outlines the negative repercussions of the proposed Secure the Border Act for unaccompanied children.
The Circumvention of Lawful Pathways final rule issued by DHS requires that individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. pursue other legal pathways and/or seek asylum in another country prior to the U.S.
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