This webinar will serve as a congressional briefing from migration policy experts and other leaders to discuss priorities for the incoming Biden administration and the next four years.
Developed by a coalition of organizations dedicated to the rights, health, and safety of immigrant children, this resource provides a list of 10 legislative priorities for the incoming Biden administration.
The Women’s Refugee Commission, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Justice in Motion, and the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP formed a court-appointed Steering Committee as a result of the Ms. L v. ICE class action lawsuit. This lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2018 to try and halt the separation of parents and children as they arrived in the United States. The Steering Committee is still attempting to locate parents that were separated from their children. This flyer provides a toll-free number for parents to call in an attempt to reunite families.
This brief provides an updated version of USCIS services offered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Direct and financial disaster assistance could be provided to U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals and qualified undocumented immigrants. This assistance is provided by FEMA and the state, territory or tribal government. Disaster assistance could involve money for temporary rental support, personal property loss, home repairs, and other costs that are not covered by insurance or other means.
Immigrant and refugee families are an at-risk population that are not often enrolled in home visiting program. The purpose of home visiting programs is to support children and their caretakers and for immigrant and refugee families this could mean assistance with integration-related supports that help parents access early childhood, health, and social services systems. This policy brief discusses approaches that some states have utilized to help immigrant and refugees access home visiting programs.
The Legislative Bulletin provides immigration updates and announcements on bills that have been introduced, the legislative floor calendar, dates of upcoming hearings and markups, new themes in Washington, government reports, and resources.
The H-1B visa program had not seen major changes since 1990. The Trump administration has now made a significant change to try and ensure that workers that are citizens of the United States (U.S.) would not be replaced with immigrants. This will limit U.S. businesses from being able to hire skilled immigrant workers. The H1-B program is the primary option for immigrants to obtain employment in the United States.
A national survey was conducted to look at the experiences of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Findings indicated that DACA recipients have contributed to contribute to the economy and society with 91.7% of respondents specifying that they are employed or in school. A specific finding from this survey found that the recent policy changes made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could negatively impact the progress made by recipients of DACA. These new DHS policy changes include rejecting new applicants and only allowing one-year renewals. The validity of the memo detailing the new DHS policy updates is a part of an ongoing litigation.
Every year of the Trump Administration the number of uninsured children in the United States has increased. The largest annual increase in more than a decade was seen between 2018 and 2019 when the number of uninsured children grew by 320,000. It is noted that this data was collected before the pandemic so the number of children without health insurance is expected to be significantly higher in 2020. Latino children were found to have faced one of the largest increases in coverage loss.
The Immigrant & Refugee Families Research Team from the University of Minnesota Department of Family Social Science interviewed 19 community-based non-profit health and human services providers that work with immigrant and refugee families in urban and rural Minnesota. These interviews were conducted from June through August of 2020. The main objective of the study was to provide findings to policymakers and community agencies that work with immigrant families so that they can better inform their developing policies. Particular areas that their report focuses on includes resilience, job loss/effects of losing employment, housing, health (as it relates to COVID and overall health), family relationships, coping, distance learning, and access/cost of food.
Mexico’s foreign ministry released a statement that an investigation has found that two women have alleged receiving non-consensual surgeries while they were being held by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This was found during a larger investigation of a privately-run ICE detention center, Irwin County Detention Center, located in Ocilla, Georgia. ICE has stated that these are serious concerns that warrant an investigation.
A new rule will go into effect on November 20, 2020 that will cause asylum-seekers to lose their opportunity to seek asylum in the United States if they are convicted of driving under the influence or are found to be involved in crimes that appear to support gangs.
A filing from the American Civil Liberties Union stated that a federal judge had appointed lawyers to find families that had been split up by the Trump administration and that they were unable to locate the parents of 545 children, which is around two-thirds of parents that were separated from their children and deported to Central America.
The Trump administration announced plans to increase the number of undocumented immigrants that would be eligible for quick deportation without a court hearing. This is a policy that was typically only used in border areas, but the recent announcement provides instructions to federal immigration agents nationwide.
A Stanford University report did not find a documented increase in crime for cities that implemented “sanctuary” policies. This seems to contradict the Trump administration’s belief that the “sanctuary” policies would have a negative impact on public safety. Researcher David K. Hausman made these findings in one of the first attempts to measure this impact by analyzing data on property crime and violent crime.
There are allegations that immigration officers in the United States used torture to make Cameroonian asylum seekers sign their deportation orders ahead of the elections in the United States. The Cameroonian asylum seekers that were deported were from a minority of English-speakers that had been targeted by the security forces of their government.
CNN acquired a draft memo stating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is developing a plan to locate and deport undocumented immigrants that have not voluntarily left the United States after previously stating their intentions to leave.
The recent presidential debate discussed issues of immigration. The presidential debate moderator, Kristen Welker, asked President Trump about the president’s “zero tolerance” policy and he accused former president Obama of building the cages. Presidential candidate Biden stated that was correct but that the Obama administration did not separate parents and children. This article provides a brief history of the development of the detention center and the role that the recent United States presidents have played in the policies that impact individuals that end up in the detention centers.
President Trump has limited opportunities for asylum in the United States (U.S.). Tent camps have developed on the border as individuals wait in hopes of seeking asylum in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic has made already difficult conditions worse for children and families living in these camps.
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