In the wake of the largest-ever immigration raid in a single state, child welfare services were left grappling with children who came home from school to find their parents had been arrested at one of the seven Mississippi food processing plants targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s proposed changes to a regulation affecting green card and visa applications have prompted immigrants to forgo accessing public benefits, according to an Urban Institute study released on Wednesday.
Read MoreThough Trump has followed through on many similarly harsh anti-immigrant plans, others remain simply threats. But dispersed through proposals, tweets, public provocations, leaks and the media, those unrealized proposals have already had dramatic consequences.
Read MoreThis article details the decline in Mexicans who make up the U.S. undocumented immigrant population while an increase has been noted in lawful U.S. immigrants.
This report provides data and information on the changed characteristics of migration reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. It concludes with addressing the crisis gripping the border and calls for a transformation.
Doctors associated with Harvard and Johns Hopkins called for an investigation into health care at border facilities in a letter to members of Congress Thursday. The letter comes in response to the deaths of six migrant children either in government custody or soon after their release.
Read MoreFor the first time, an employee inside Homestead is speaking out – offering unique insights into how the migrant children are being treated.
Read MoreThe American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate migrant children from their parents, saying in court documents that more than 900 children have been separated from their parents since the practice was ordered to be stopped last year.
Read MoreThe Migration Policy Institute is launching a major new initiative—Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy—that aims to generate a big-picture, evidence-driven vision of the role immigration can and should play in America’s future. This multi-year initiative will provide research, analysis, and policy ideas and proposals. This conference will be the launching of this initiative and will include a discussion among individuals from both political parties.
Link to RegistrationThis two-day event will take place on October 17th and 18th, 2019 at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. This conference will allow legal, judicial, social service, and advocacy professionals to share and implement best practices to protect the long term safety of cross border children and families.
Link to Early Bird Registration
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