Biden administration appeals ruling that found DACA unlawful
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (September 10, 2021)
Biden’s administration has filed an appeal to overturn a July ruling in the Texas District court, which ruled the DACA program was unlawful.
U.S. steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump
Ben Fox, AP News (September 13, 2021)
Once located, parents of migrant children, that were separated at the border, will receive help returning to the U.S., legal residency, and other assistance for three years, with a new program just launched by the Family Reunification Task Force.
Biden reopens program that allows Central American children to come to the U.S. legally
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (September 13, 2021)
An announcement made by the Biden administration stated that applications for the Central American Minors (CAM) initiative will now be accepted.
Democrats blocked from including Immigration reform in party-line spending bill
Marianne Levine, Politico (September 19, 2021)
An attempt to include a pathway to citizenship as part of the reconciliation bill was rejected by the Senate parliamentarian.
Why are there Thousands of Haitian Migrants at the Texas Border?
Amber Phillips, The Washington Post (September 23, 2021)
Haitians are making the long journey to the U.S. to escape extreme circumstances in Haiti. However, some of them left Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010 and are migrating from South America.
Practitioners in New Mexico’s TANF program offer perspectives on Engaging Hispanic Families
Megan Finno-Velasquez, Lisa Gennetain, Sophia Sepp and Santiago Deambrosi, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (September 22, 2021)
This brief discusses a survey given to practitioners within the New Mexico TANF program to highlight, at a local and state level, how these practitioners are engaging with Hispanic families seeking services.
How Systemic Inequities in Language Access are Impacting Asian, Pacific Islander, and African Immigrant and Refugee Communities During the Pandemic
Derek Lin, MPH, Research and Policy Analyst, New Mexico Voices for Children and Judy Barnstone, Ph.D., Associate Professor, New Mexico Highlands University (August 2021)
This report documents the findings of a mixed-method study exploring language access-related challenges experienced by refugee and immigrant communities in New Mexico during the pandemic.
https://www.nmvoices.org/archives/15665
The Lasting Legacy of Exclusion: How the Law that Brought Us Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Excluded Immigrant Families & Institutionalized Racism in our Social Support System
Center for the Study of Social Policy & the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality (August 2021)
This report reviews the history and legacy of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA), highlighting its racist roots and institutionalization of anti-immigrant exclusions to a range of public benefits and tax credits.
Working Through Status with Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Practices
The Aspen Institute • September 16, 2021 • 2pm EST
This webinar will provide strategies for designing and implementing a 2Gen program that serves mixed-status immigrant and refugee families, including how to build staff capacity and access funding. This is the 2nd of the 4-part series, Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices.
A Pathway to Citizenship is Essential for Children to Thrive (One Pager)
Children Thrive Action Network (August 9, 2021)
This one-pager succinctly summarizes the key reasons a pathway to citizenship is needed for children in immigrant families.
Supporting Immigrant Providers and Families Through Child Care Relief Funds
Tiffany Ferrette, CLASP (August 11, 2021)
This brief review the two child care funding streams included in the American Rescue Plan Act, and how states can use these funds to support immigrant families with young children seeking child care as well as immigrant child care workers.
Read with Your Child and Learn about Being and Becoming a Citizen Together!
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (September 2020)
This webpage provides a compilation of books from CLINIC’s Center for Immigrant Integration for young readers about the importance of diversity, the immigrant families’ journeys to the U.S. and the responsibilities of being a U.S. citizen.
25 Years of Immigrant Exclusion from Public Benefits
Juan Gomez and Parker Gilkesson, CLASP (August 17, 2021)
This analysis provides an overview of the legacy of exclusion of immigrant from public benefits as a result of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA).
Guidance for SIJS State Court Predicate Orders in California: What You Need to Know in 2021
Katie Annand (KIND), Ashley Melwani (Legal Services for Children), & Rachel Prandini (ILRC) (June 8, 2021)
This practice guidance provides recommendations on what information to include in state court predicate orders for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) in CA as well as sample predicate orders from family, probate, dependency, and delinquency courts.
Integration Basics Podcast
Center for Immigration Integration, CLINIC (July 16, 2021)
CLINIC’s Center for Immigrant Integration released its first podcast with recommendations for promoting integration of immigrants in organizations or communities.
18th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
Virtual Event • Sept. 27-28, 2021 • 2pm – 5pm
This year’s Immigration Law and Policy Conference, hosted by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Migration Policy Institute and the Georgetown University Law Center, will include keynotes, policy and legal analysis, and discussion of important immigration topics from a variety of stakeholders, while also offering networking and other activities for attendees.
LIFT the BAR Act Resources
Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal (n.d.)
These resources provide background information on the proposed LIFT the BAR Act, which would restore access to federal public benefits, like Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, etc., for lawfully present immigrants by lifting the five-year bar and addressing other barriers to these critical programs.
Latino Child Poverty Rose During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Especially Among Children in Immigrant Families
Lina Guzman & Yiyu Chen, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (August 3, 2021)
This data snapshot, from a larger series documenting Latino families’ experiences during and after the pandemic, indicates that the pandemic’s economic toll impacted Latino children in immigrant families particularly heavily.
Building Trust with Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
The Aspen Institute (August 12, 2021)
This webinar shares best practices from three organizations for building trust with immigrant and refugee families, youth, and children, including how to forge deeper relationships and build trust with immigrant family clients across school systems, home visiting programs, and more.
Mississippi ICE Raids Two Years Later: Increased Strains and Shrinking Hope
Mississippi Center for Justice (August 6, 2021)
This report reviews the lasting impacts and problems 2 years after the 2019 ICE raids in Mississippi and provides recommendations for a path forward. Read previous report here too.
