The Department of Homeland Security has finalized a new public charge regulation, undoing the Trump era policy that sought to limit immigration benefits for immigrants who use government aid.
Following a ruling that transferring minor children to adult detention centers right when they turn 18 was illegal, a judge ruled that ICE violated federal law by holding teens.
The waitlist for green cards for family-based immigrants has made lawful immigration and reunification unimaginably difficult for millions of families who must sometimes wait decades apart.
Republican governors from Texas and Florida have been sending buses and flights of immigrants to Democratic stronghold states in an attempt to demonstrate the Biden administration’s failure to deal with the influx of immigrants along the border, including two flights to Martha’s Vineyard paid for by Florida.
Although the Biden Administration has altered the public charge rule so that it no longer penalizes immigrants who may use social services, immigrants fear whether the changes will hold up in a new administration.
Hundreds of asylum seekers find hope in the New York Public School System and more funding is needed in these schools to provide adequate support to students and their families.
New data indicates that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expelling thousands of immigrant infants and toddlers into Mexico during the night despite documented danger and agreements that no expulsions should occur between 10pm and 5am.
This article builds on the research of sociologists of the family on how U.S. laws play a fundamental role in shaping the outcomes of family members, including how immigration law impacts family formation in LatinX immigrant families.
This resource outlines key information for immigrants as they navigate access to DACA both currently and when the new rule goes into effect on October 31, 2022.
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