Director of Policy & Advocacy
ImmSchools • September 23, 2022
Imm Schools is seeking a Director of Policy and Advocacy to work remotely heading up advocacy, policy, and protections for immigrant children and mixed-status families.
SIJS-based Adjustment of Status with Delinquency or Crimes
Rachel Prandini, Carla Gomez • Immigrant Legal Resource Center • November 8, 2022 11:00AM – 12:30 PM PST
This webinar will discuss the eligibility requirements for SIJS and will help participants understand how to navigate situations in which youth have delinquency or criminal convictions.
Punishing Trauma: Significant Incident Reports and Children in Immigration Proceedings
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) (September 2022)
This report documents the shortcomings of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s “Significant Incident Reports” and provides recommendations on how ORR can overhaul this system in order to better protect the mental and physical health and safety of unaccompanied children.
Doing Better By Refugee And Immigrant Families
Louise El Yaafouri, Hunt Daily News (September 1, 2022)
This article gives specific tips on how educators can connect with and support refugee and new immigrant families.
Dozens of Migrant Children Reported Missing in Houston, Raising Alarms
Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson, Reuters (September 2, 2022)
Dozens of unaccompanied minor children have been reported missing in Houston, in addition to many who have been missing since last year, and federal and local officials are struggling to locate them.
Feds Seek to Toss DACA Challenge, Say Regulations Make Case Moot
Andrew Kreighbaum, Bloomberg Law (September 2, 2022)
The GOP-led states’ legal arguments against the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program will no longer matter once the Biden administration’s new regulations take effect.
DHS Unwinds Trump-era ‘Public Charge’ Rule for Immigrants
Kelly Garrity, Politico (September 8, 2022)
The Department of Homeland Security has finalized a new public charge regulation, undoing the Trump era policy that sought to limit immigration benefits for immigrants who use government aid.
Judge: ICE Violated Federal Law by Holding Migrant Teens in Adult Custody
Paul Ingram, Tuscon Sentinel (September 9,2022)
Following a ruling that transferring minor children to adult detention centers right when they turn 18 was illegal, a judge ruled that ICE violated federal law by holding teens.
Family-Based Immigration Backlogs
Andrew Moriarty, FWD.us (September 14, 2022)
The waitlist for green cards for family-based immigrants has made lawful immigration and reunification unimaginably difficult for millions of families who must sometimes wait decades apart.
Florida, Texas Escalate Flights, Buses to Move Migrants
Associated Press, Boston Herald (September 15, 2022)
Republican governors from Texas and Florida have been sending buses and flights of immigrants to Democratic stronghold states in an attempt to demonstrate the Biden administration’s failure to deal with the influx of immigrants along the border, including two flights to Martha’s Vineyard paid for by Florida.
Biden Guts Public Charge Rule, But Immigrants Still Fearful
Sunita Sohrabji, Inquirer.net (September 19, 2022)
Although the Biden Administration has altered the public charge rule so that it no longer penalizes immigrants who may use social services, immigrants fear whether the changes will hold up in a new administration.
‘It’s all behind us now.’ 1,700 Migrant Children See Hope In Nation’s Largest School System
Polo Sandoval, CNN (September 20, 2022)
Hundreds of asylum seekers find hope in the New York Public School System and more funding is needed in these schools to provide adequate support to students and their families.
CBP Is Expelling Thousands of Infants and Toddlers to Mexico After Midnight
David J. Bier, CATO Institute (August 1, 2022)
New data indicates that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expelling thousands of immigrant infants and toddlers into Mexico during the night despite documented danger and agreements that no expulsions should occur between 10pm and 5am.
Family Formation Under the Law: How Immigration Laws Construct Contemporary Latino/a Immigrant Families in the U.S.
Vanessa Delgado, Sociology Compass (August 18, 2022)
This article builds on the research of sociologists of the family on how U.S. laws play a fundamental role in shaping the outcomes of family members, including how immigration law impacts family formation in LatinX immigrant families.
What is the DACA Rule and How Does it Impact Me?
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 31, 2022)
This resource outlines key information for immigrants as they navigate access to DACA both currently and when the new rule goes into effect on October 31, 2022.
The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?
Protecting Immigrant Families (September 8, 2022)
This explainer contains information for immigrant families about what the public charge rules does, why it was changed, and how it might be challenged in the future.
The ICE Parental Interests Directive: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Advocate with ICE to Ensure Fair Treatment of Detained or Deported Parents
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 7, 2022)
This resource for child welfare agencies reviews the ICE Parental Interests Directive and provides tips on how to utilize it as an advocacy tool when working with detained or deported parents.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Summary
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 12, 2022)
This practitioner’s guide discusses the potential future of DACA, the current order preventing the processing of initial DACA requests, and how to address this situation with clients.
Webinar: Understanding and Measuring Latino Racial and Ethnic Identity
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families • October 6, 2022 10am – 11am PDT
In this webinar, experts will share their expertise and insights on how comparison group research involving Latino populations has evolved over time and considerations for implementing this research design, including the strengths and challenges of the two approaches.
