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DHS and DOJ Proposed Rule: COVID-19 and Asylum Claims

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

DHS and DOJ Proposed Rule: COVID-19 and Asylum Claims

DHS and DOJ (July 9, 2020)

The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice proposed a new rule to consider COVID-19 as a means to deny someone asylum. They are accepting public comment on this proposed rule until August 10, 2020.

Millions of U.S. Citizens Could Be Excluded under Trump Plan to Remove Unauthorized Immigrants from Census Data

By | In the News

Millions of U.S. Citizens Could Be Excluded under Trump Plan to Remove Unauthorized Immigrants from Census Data

Randy Capps, Jennifer Van Hook, & Julia Gelatt, Migration Policy Institute (July 2020)

Trump recently announced a move to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the 2020 U.S. Census data. MPI predicts that nearly 20 million U.S. Citizens might be excluded from the data since no foolproof way exists to discern an undocumented immigrant from documented ones.

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Start with Equity Series Part Four: Equitably Expanding High Quality Learning Opportunities for Dual Language and English Learners

By | Opportunities

Start with Equity Series Part Four: Equitably Expanding High Quality Learning Opportunities for Dual Language and English Learners

Bipartisan Policy Center (August 6, 2020)

This free webinar covers actions the state and federal government can take to bridge gaps in learning for dual language learners.

Link to Webinar

U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules

By | In the News
Miriam Jordan, N.Y. Times (June 26, 2020)

Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the release of all children held in all of the three family detention centers in the country by July 17th. This order comes as children have tested positive for COVID-19 and applies to children held in detention for more than 20 days.

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