COVID and Beyond: Rebuilding our Immigration System
LIRS (August 4, 2020)
This free event will discuss ways to help restore America’s immigration system to what it once was: a welcoming country as a global humanitarian leader.
Link to WebinarStart with Equity Series Part Four: Equitably Expanding High Quality Learning Opportunities for Dual Language and English Learners
Bipartisan Policy Center (August 6, 2020)
This free webinar covers actions the state and federal government can take to bridge gaps in learning for dual language learners.
Link to WebinarMixed-Status Families Ineligible for CARES Act Federal Pandemic Stimulus Checks
Migration Policy Institute (May 2020)
MPI’s infographic shows that 15.4 million people were excluded from COVID stimulus money due to restrictions against undocumented immigrants and their families.
Communication Toolkit: For Migrants, Refugees, and Other Limited-English-Proficient Populations
Center for Disease Control (June 5, 2020)
This communication toolkit provides resources in over 30 languages for organizations to help educate immigrant communities on COVID-19 prevention.
Family Separation Under the Trump Administration – A Timeline
Southern Poverty Law Center (June 17, 2020)
The Souther Poverty Law Center outlines the over three-year history of Trump’s policy on separating families at the U.S. – Mexico border.
Read MoreU.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules
Miriam Jordan, N.Y. Times (June 26, 2020)
Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the release of all children held in all of the three family detention centers in the country by July 17th. This order comes as children have tested positive for COVID-19 and applies to children held in detention for more than 20 days.
Read MoreNew Legislation Partially Addresses Immigrant Families Left Out of Previous COVID-19 Relief, Continues to Exclude Millions of Children
CLASP (June 16, 2020)
New legislation would allow spouses of ITIN filers with Social Security Numbers to receive stimulus payments; including millions of families in economic relief initially left out in the CARES Act. However, families whose parents do not have Social Security Numbers would remain ineligible.
Read MoreKids’ Suit Alleging Covid Relief Payments Discriminate Proceeds
Julie Steinberg, Bloomberg News (June 22, 2020)
Courts granted minors the right to sue the federal government for discrimination in COVID-19 CARES Act subsidy payments that were not allowed to go to citizen children of undocumented parents. The government must now face a proposed class action suit.
Read MoreImmigrant Teens Left Out When Trump Ended DACA are In Limbo After Supreme Court Ruling
Julia Preston, The Marshall Project (June 19, 2020)
While the Supreme Court dismissed Trump’s efforts to eliminate DACA, many young people still do not know what their future might hold. The Supreme Court’s decision has no implications for allowing new participants from applying for DACA protections.
Read MoreWhat the Supreme Court’s Ruling Means for DACA Participants and Immigrants
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (June 18, 2020)
This article outlines questions people might still have about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Trump’s administrations attempts to dismantle DACA. It covers questions pertaining to implications and next steps for DACA recipients as well as Trump’s response.
Read MoreJust 39 Unaccompanied Migrant Children Avoided Trump’s Border Expulsions in May
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (June 18, 2020)
Of the 1,001 children detained at the border in May, only 39 made it to the Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters while all other children were deported. This alarming trend is one of the most recent efforts by the Trump administration to limit immigration to the United States.
Read MoreThe True Cost of Deportation
Julia Preston, The Marshall Project (June 18, 2020)
This article delves into stories of three immigrant families with American children. It details the harsh realities of deportation on their finances, mental health, and overall livelihood.
Read More.In Roberts Opinion, SCOTUS Overturns Decision to Rescind DACA
Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal (June 18th, 2020)
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Trump’s efforts to eliminate deferred deportation for immigrants that arrived illegally as children. The court called Trumps efforts arbitrary and capricious, and that DHS failed to provide concrete reasoning to rescind DACA.
Americans Broadly Support Legal Status for Immigrants Brought to the U.S. Illegally as Children
Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center (June 17th, 2020)
Pew Research Center reports that 74% of Americans would support a law that provides legal permanent status to DACA recipients.
Read MoreThe Majority of Low-Income Hispanic and Black Households Have Little-to-No Bank Access, Complicating Access to COVID Relief Funds
Lina Guzman & Renee Ryberg, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (June 11, 2020)
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 60% of low-income Hispanic and black households have very limited, if any, access to banks. This creates issues for families eligible for CARES Act stimulus checks.
Trump Administration Proposes Sweeping Changes to U.S. Asylum System in New Rule
Priscilla Alvarez & Geneva Sands, CNN (June 10, 2020)
Trump proposed revisions to Asylum laws that will effectively shut down the asylum process in the U.S. Revisions include further scrutiny for applicants that have traveled through at least one country as well as not granting asylum for people that have lived in the U.S. for over a year as unauthorized immigrants.
Read MoreHispanic Fathers Report Frequent Involvement in the Lives of their Children
Elizabeth Wildsmith, Elizabeth Karberg, & Brooke Whitfield, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (June 8th, 2020)
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families looked at cross-sectional data sets collected by the National Survey of Family Growth to evaluate Hispanic fathers’ involvement in their children’s lives, both U.S. born and non-U.S. born. The data showed that Hispanic fathers, regardless of where they were born, were heavily involved in their children’s lives reporting engagement, warmth, and caregiving activities.
Reimagining Service Delivery for Hispanic Families During COVID-19
National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (July 7th, 2020)
This free webinar will discuss how organizations have shifted their programming in order to meet the needs of Hispanic families during COVID-19.
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How Fear Spreads the Coronavirus
Jeremy Raff, The Atlantic (May 29, 2020)
This article details the rising cases of coronavirus in Chelsea, MA where it has 6 times the rate compared to the state as a whole. One community worker details her experience and points out that immigrants are dis-enrolling and refusing to access needed services during the pandemic due to fears of public charge.
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