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.
This brief reviews the Biden Administration’s proposed public charge rule and discusses its implications for health coverage and care of immigrant families.
This updated advisory provides current information about the public charge ground of inadmissibility, including discussion of what public charge is, who it applies to, how is it is evaluated, and whether it could make someone deportable.
This complaint filed by KIND details civil rights and civil liberties infringements experienced by unaccompanied noncitizen children in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) in 2021.
This settlement agreement states that ICE must stop unlawful arrests through vehicle stops and other enforcement tactics in the states of Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Kansas.
This document outlines the February 2022 proposed rule regarding public charge, background on the current rule, and how changing it would positively impact immigrant populations. Public comments on this proposed rule are being accepted through April 25, 2022.
This policy alert from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services highlights the changes to the new Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) policy.
This report provides a summary of immigration policies implemented during the Trump administration that significantly changed the U.S. immigration system.
This report provides a summary of Biden’s policies on unaccompanied children in his first year in office and provides recommendations to further address problems within the migration system.
This brief outlines the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) visa backlog, DHS’ Employment Authorization Document (EAD) policy that prevents SIJS recipients from applying, and provides recommendations to mediate this issue.
This factsheet reviews the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Protected Areas” memo.
This policy brief provides background and an overview of the recently introduced Immigrant Victim and Witness Protection Act, which would remove the annual limit on visas for SIJS recipients and provide important protections to immigrant survivors of trafficking, domestic violence, and other harms.
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.
This brief explains how underfunded the Recognition & Accreditation (R&A Program) is and how this prevents services from reaching remote locations and diminishes the capacity of nonprofit legal services.
This memorandum provided by DHS calls to prioritize the removal of undocumented immigrants who are a threat to public and national security, but not on the basis of their undocumented status alone.
This memorandum from DHS outlines new guidelines to stop worksite raids and to deliver harsher consequences to exploitative employers.
This memorandum replaces the 2011 sensitive locations policy and updates and expands the definition of protected areas while prohibiting enforcement action to be taken near these places.
This policy brief looks at current experience with unaccompanied and separated children to provide recommendations to help protect children arriving from Afghanistan.
This litigation discusses how ICE has been detaining unaccompanied minors that turn 18 into adult custody instead of less restrictive options. In September, a federal judge ruled these practices unlawful and required ICE to make changes to avoid further issues.
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