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Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Announces Sweeping New Actions to Manage Regional Migration

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Announces Sweeping New Actions to Manage Regional Migration

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (April 27, 2023)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced new measures to manage migration following the end of Title 42, including some punitive and some beneficial measures.

2023 Update on Key Federal Immigration Policies and Implications for Health

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

2023 Update on Key Federal Immigration Policies and Implications for Health

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (January 30, 2023)

This brief summarizes recent updates to key immigration policies, including Title 42, the DACA program, and the public charge rule, and discusses the impacts of these policies on the health and well-being of immigrants.

Ensuring Humane and Orderly Processing of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Ensuring Humane and Orderly Processing of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Kids in Need of Defense (December 12, 2022)

This policy brief provides recommendations to improve the humane and efficient reception and processing of unaccompanied children and other migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in light of the anticipated end of Title 42.

USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 8: Admissibility, Part G, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 8: Admissibility, Part G, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (December 19, 2022)

This policy manual provide key background and information about the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility, which becomes effective December 23, 2022.

The Public-Charge Final Rule Is Far from the Last Word

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

The Public-Charge Final Rule Is Far from the Last Word

Jonathan Beier and Essey Workie, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (September 1, 2022)

In this piece, the Migration Policy Institute discusses the new public charge rule and recommends next steps in preventing barriers to accessing services for immigrant families.

The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

The Biden Public Charge Regulation: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Families?

Protecting Immigrant Families (September 8, 2022)

This explainer contains information for immigrant families about what the public charge rules does, why it was changed, and how it might be challenged in the future.

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

Emily Bartholomew, Sebastian Guzman, Hortencia Rodríguez, Shaina Aber, Alejandro Garcia, and Tammy Cho; Vera Institute (June 2022)

This report, informed by the perspectives of 32 unaccompanied young adults, contains policy recommendations to improve the system that receives unaccompanied children in the U.S.

Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults

By | Deportation, Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Parental Interests Directive

Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (July 14, 2022)

The 2022 ICE parental interest directive establishes ICE policies and procedures to protect the parental and/or guardianship rights of parents and legal guardians who are taken into ICE custody.

Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families

By | Child Well-Being, COVID-19, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (May 26, 2022)

This brief explains the Title 42 policy and its impact on border expulsions and the health and well-being of migrants, and discusses the potential implications of lifting the policy.

2022 Changes to the Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule and the Implications for Health Care

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

2022 Changes to the Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule and the Implications for Health Care

Drishti Pillai & Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (May 4, 2022)

This brief reviews the Biden Administration’s proposed public charge rule and discusses its implications for health coverage and care of immigrant families.

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