This brief details updates to USCIS services offered during the COVID-19 pandemic and includes information about USCIS’s automatic 60-day extension to Requests for Evidence (RFEs), Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) and additional responses that are applicable through March 31, 2021.
This document reviews and evaluates the role that the Department of Justice played in developing and implementing the zero tolerance policy along with the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services and finds that DOJ failed to effectively prepare for and manage the implementation of this policy.
This document from the American Immigration Lawyers Association summarizes and details the recent Biden administration changes to immigration laws and policies.
This essay (page 35) discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted systemic issues of inequality in the health care system and economy for Latinx immigrant children and families in the United States. It concludes with a call to action to address related macro- and mezzo-level systemic weaknesses impacting this population.
This research article looks at the impacts of child care arrangement disruptions on low-income Hispanic families as well as the relevance of this issue during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The policies enacted under the Trump administration that resulted in family separation have been condemned globally and will continue to be pressing issues for the Biden administration. This article offers suggestions for how the Biden administration can work to address these issues.
President Biden took immediate action on immigration after being sworn into office, with six of his 17 initial orders addressing immigration. This article details these policy changes and proposals.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that they would pause deportations for specific non-citizens in the U.S. for 100 days, would not accept any new enrollment into the Migrant Protection Protocols policy, i.e., the “remain in Mexico” program, and is planning to complete a full review of immigrations policies and programs.
The immigration legislation proposed by President Biden would incorporate protections for children that are migrating from Central America, a plan to hire more immigration judges for asylum cases, alternatives to immigrant detention centers, and replacing the term “alien” with “noncitizen” in immigration laws.
The Justice Department has rescinded the memo that established the “zero tolerance” enforcement policy. This policy was created to prosecute adults that crossed the border illegally and caused thousands of family separations.
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