U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules
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.
Read MoreNew Legislation Partially Addresses Immigrant Families Left Out of Previous COVID-19 Relief, Continues to Exclude Millions of Children
CLASP (June 16, 2020)
New legislation would allow spouses of ITIN filers with Social Security Numbers to receive stimulus payments; including millions of families in economic relief initially left out in the CARES Act. However, families whose parents do not have Social Security Numbers would remain ineligible.
Read MoreKids’ Suit Alleging Covid Relief Payments Discriminate Proceeds
Julie Steinberg, Bloomberg News (June 22, 2020)
Courts granted minors the right to sue the federal government for discrimination in COVID-19 CARES Act subsidy payments that were not allowed to go to citizen children of undocumented parents. The government must now face a proposed class action suit.
Read MoreImmigrant Teens Left Out When Trump Ended DACA are In Limbo After Supreme Court Ruling
Julia Preston, The Marshall Project (June 19, 2020)
While the Supreme Court dismissed Trump’s efforts to eliminate DACA, many young people still do not know what their future might hold. The Supreme Court’s decision has no implications for allowing new participants from applying for DACA protections.
Read MoreWhat the Supreme Court’s Ruling Means for DACA Participants and Immigrants
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (June 18, 2020)
This article outlines questions people might still have about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Trump’s administrations attempts to dismantle DACA. It covers questions pertaining to implications and next steps for DACA recipients as well as Trump’s response.
Read MoreJust 39 Unaccompanied Migrant Children Avoided Trump’s Border Expulsions in May
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (June 18, 2020)
Of the 1,001 children detained at the border in May, only 39 made it to the Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters while all other children were deported. This alarming trend is one of the most recent efforts by the Trump administration to limit immigration to the United States.
Read MoreThe True Cost of Deportation
Julia Preston, The Marshall Project (June 18, 2020)
This article delves into stories of three immigrant families with American children. It details the harsh realities of deportation on their finances, mental health, and overall livelihood.
Read More.In Roberts Opinion, SCOTUS Overturns Decision to Rescind DACA
Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal (June 18th, 2020)
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Trump’s efforts to eliminate deferred deportation for immigrants that arrived illegally as children. The court called Trumps efforts arbitrary and capricious, and that DHS failed to provide concrete reasoning to rescind DACA.
Americans Broadly Support Legal Status for Immigrants Brought to the U.S. Illegally as Children
Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center (June 17th, 2020)
Pew Research Center reports that 74% of Americans would support a law that provides legal permanent status to DACA recipients.
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