This document from the American Immigration Lawyers Association summarizes and details the recent Biden administration changes to immigration laws and policies.
This essay (page 35) discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted systemic issues of inequality in the health care system and economy for Latinx immigrant children and families in the United States. It concludes with a call to action to address related macro- and mezzo-level systemic weaknesses impacting this population.
This research article looks at the impacts of child care arrangement disruptions on low-income Hispanic families as well as the relevance of this issue during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The policies enacted under the Trump administration that resulted in family separation have been condemned globally and will continue to be pressing issues for the Biden administration. This article offers suggestions for how the Biden administration can work to address these issues.
President Biden took immediate action on immigration after being sworn into office, with six of his 17 initial orders addressing immigration. This article details these policy changes and proposals.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that they would pause deportations for specific non-citizens in the U.S. for 100 days, would not accept any new enrollment into the Migrant Protection Protocols policy, i.e., the “remain in Mexico” program, and is planning to complete a full review of immigrations policies and programs.
The immigration legislation proposed by President Biden would incorporate protections for children that are migrating from Central America, a plan to hire more immigration judges for asylum cases, alternatives to immigrant detention centers, and replacing the term “alien” with “noncitizen” in immigration laws.
The Justice Department has rescinded the memo that established the “zero tolerance” enforcement policy. This policy was created to prosecute adults that crossed the border illegally and caused thousands of family separations.
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked a 100-day pause on deportation. This is the first legal challenge to President Biden’s immigration agenda.
President Biden’s proposed immigration bill demonstrated that he prioritizes immigration reform. Sources have insisted on the importance of progress, which could mean trying to move pieces of the reform through Congress one at a time.
The Biden administration has plans to create a task force dedicated to the reunification of children and parents that were separated at the border as a result of Trump-era immigration policies. Familiar sources report that first lady Jill Biden plans on being a part of this task force to reunite families separated at the border.
Esther Olavarria, the deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and one of President Biden’s top immigration advisers, told U.S. mayors that President Biden plans to sign an executive order that would rescind the limits set on legal immigration by former President Donald Trump. President Biden may also sign another directive to review the public charge rule.
U.S. border officials were given permission by a three-member panel of circuit judges to utilize an emergency policy from the Trump-era to expel unaccompanied migrant children without an asylum interview or court hearing. Former President Trump appointed all three judges.
This webinar will discuss ways that programs can recognize the needs of their clients and connect them with the resources and services that are available within their community.
This webinar will examine new changes to the DACA program and provide suggestions of strategies that practitioners can use to support DACA recipients as well as other young undocumented immigrants.
This webinar will look at developing issues with the public charge rule and discuss President Biden’s plan to reverse the new public charge rule.
This roundtable will bring immigration practitioners together to examine the recent immigration policy changes set forth by the Biden administration, talk about their implications, and understand their implementation timeline.
This webinar will examine the effects of the recent policy changes by the Biden administration and discuss developing issues.
This resource documents the main Biden-Harris administration policy changes and their impact on children in immigrant families, while highlighting key talking points. This document outlines the changes to DACA, the census, the Muslim and African bans, Migrant Protection Protocols, the Zero Tolerance Policy, immigration enforcement, and the proposed pathways to citizenship.
This report details findings about why immigrant families are not utilizing federal nutrition and food programs and offers recommendations for helping immigrant families navigate these obstacles. The report also describes the importance of its findings in the context of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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