The Senate parliamentarian has rejected the latest attempt to include immigration reform provisions in the Build Back Better Act.
The Department of Justice has ceased negotiations around potential financial compensation to families who were forcibly separated as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.
A 16-year-old Nicaraguan teenager experienced forced separation from his parents and detention in adult ICE facilities, including solitary confinement, after border agents questioned his age and birth certificate.
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This report documents the extent and ramifications of the SIJS backlog and offers recommendations for addressing the backlog and providing protection to this vulnerable population of children.
This report details the findings and recommendations from the second phase of the Strengthening Border Families study, which elicited the perspectives of frontline practitioners who serve immigrant families across a variety of service settings in the community about the accessibility and quality of services for immigrant families with young children in the Doña Ana County.
This article discusses issues within a Chicago shelter housing young Afghan evacuees and a request by lawmakers for a federal investigation into the mental health of these young evacuees.
This article lays out the trauma caused by the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy that separated children from their parents at the border.
This article discusses concerns raised by Governor Hutchinson of Arkansas for the well-being of the large number of unaccompanied minors arriving in the state.
This article discusses a statement from Florida’s Governor DeSantis and its impact, which has caused roughly 60 unaccompanied children to be removed from a federally-funded facility.
This article lays out the House-approved immigration provisions in the Build Back Better bill.
This article discusses how the Biden administration reopened the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee and Parole program that was closed by the Trump administration.
This article reviews investigations into federally funded shelters that house migrant children and how these shelters received government funds without proper background investigation.
This article calls on President Biden to not restart the Migrant Protection Protocols that were implemented by the Trump administration.
This article lays out rising language access concerns among non-English speaking parents across Philadelphia’s school districts, which are leaving these parents feeling excluded from their children’s education.
This article discusses the psychological trauma experienced by parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
This research report looks at public benefit programs by state and assesses the effects that parental immigration status requirements have on a child’s ability to access these programs.
This research report discusses how state policies around high school completion may have an impact on English Learners (ELs) education. It also discusses opportunities to ensure ELs are provided access to a high-quality education, while still allowing the schools flexibility to accommodate local needs.
This brief outlines the pathway to citizenship and how it would help comprehensively support long-term success and healthy development for youth and children in immigrant families.
This policy brief discusses the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act being introduced to the Senate. This Act would help provide fundamental fairness and due process to children at risk of deportation.
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