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Dec 09
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The Government Has Taken at Least 1,100 Children From Their Parents Since Family Separations Officially Ended 

By | In the News

The Government Has Taken at Least 1,100 Children From Their Parents Since Family Separations Officially Ended

John Washington, The Intercept (December 9, 2019)

The U.S. government is still taking children from their parents after they cross the border. Since the supposed end of family separation — in the summer of 2018, after a federal judge’s injunction and President Donald Trump’s executive order reversing the deeply controversial policy — more than 1,100 children have been taken from their parents, according to the government’s own data.

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Dec 05
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Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

By | In the News

Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

Robert Moore and Susan Schmidt, Pro Publica (December 5, 2019)

Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn’t match the Border Patrol’s account of his death.

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Dec 03
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Child Welfare & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Immigration Custody

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Child Welfare & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Immigration Custody

National Center for Youth Law (December, 2019)

In 1997, the Flores Settlement Agreement established basic standards governing the custody, detention, and release of children in federal immigration custody. These standards are based on fundamental child welfare principles, namely that detention is harmful and that children should be reunified with their families as quickly as possible.  This guide summarizes over two decades of lessons learned since its implementation and synthesizes the research and data that should ground future policy.

Dec 03
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CBP Families and Children Care Panel Final Report

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Unaccompanied Minors

CBP Families and Children Care Panel Final Report

Department of Homeland Security (November 14, 2019)

In an interim report issued in April 2019, a bipartisan panel made a set of emergency recommendations in response to the increase of immigrants, especially family units, at the southern border, including changes to asylum processing at the border. In this final report, the panel supplements the recommendations from their April report with additional recommendations related to emergency funding, U.S. government agency coordination, unaccompanied minors, federal investigative efforts, and push factors.

Dec 03
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Why Homeland Security Lost Track of Kids it Separated at The Border

By | In the News

Why Homeland Security Lost Track of Kids it Separated at The Border

Andrew Eversden, Federal Times (December 2, 2019)

DHS estimated that its border patrol agents separated more than 3,000 children for their families during those 2018 months. The department estimates that it completed over 2,100 reunifications, but the IG found 136 children with potential family relationships that DHS didn’t properly record. In a longer review of Oct. 1, 2017, to Feb. 14, 2019, the IG found another 1,233 children with potential family relationships that CBP didn’t record properly.

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Dec 03
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Job Posting With The Kino Border Initiative for a Volunteer Coordinator

By | Opportunities

Job Posting With The Kino Border Initiative for a Volunteer Coordinator

Kino Border Initiative (May, 2019)

The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for animating persons and communities to solidarity with the migrants that the Kino Border Initiative serves. This role includes collaborating with all KBI staff team to implement programs, recruiting and engaging volunteers with KBI, and ensuring compliance with the KBI Safe Environment Program.

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Nov 27
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Many Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Face Uncertain Future in U.S.

By | Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Research, Research Highlight

Many Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Face Uncertain Future in U.S.

D’Vera Cohn, Jeffery S. Passel and Kristen Bialik, Pew Research Center (November 27, 2019)

This resource finds that immigrants who have time-limited permission to live and work in the United States under a program known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) face an uncertain future amid legal and political debates over their future.

Nov 14
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Under new proposal, administration would bar most asylum-seekers from working while their cases are pending

By | Law/Policy Highlight

Under new proposal, administration would bar most asylum-seekers from working while their cases are pending

Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (November, 14 2019)

A new round of proposed regulations from the administration would make it impossible for most asylum seekers to be permitted to work while their cases are pending.

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Nov 14
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The Border, Trafficking, and Risks to Unaccompanied Children — Understanding the Impact of U.S. Policy on Children’s Safety

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Safety, Unaccompanied Minors

The Border, Trafficking, and Risks to Unaccompanied Children — Understanding the Impact of U.S. Policy on Children’s Safety

Kids in Need of Defense (November 14, 2019)

This briefing paper looks at how current policies aimed at blocking the entry of children and asylum seekers contribute toward the humanitarian crisis at the border rather than existing laws designed to protect children.

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