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HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule is the Latest Attack on the Immigrant Community

By | Highlighted Resources, Law/Policy Highlight

HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule is the Latest Attack on the Immigrant Community

Milicent Sasu, National Immigration Law Center (July 8, 2019)

This article reviews how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) proposed policy changes to low-income housing eligibility are the most recent in the long string of attacks on the immigrant community.

350 Migrant Children Remain in CBP Custody, Acting DHS Chief Says

By | In the News

350 Migrant Children Remain in CBP Custody, Acting DHS Chief Says

Paul LeBlanc, CNN (July 7, 2019)

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday said 350 migrant children remain in US Customs and Border Protection custody — down from 2,500 last month — after Congress passed a $4.6 billion border funding bill allowing CBP to shift more children into the Department of Health and Human Services’ shelter system.

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Doctor Says Border Patrol Often Misses Early Signs of Illness in Migrant Children

By | In the News

Doctor Says Border Patrol Often Misses Early Signs of Illness in Migrant Children

Bob Ortega, CNN (July 1, 2019)

Johansson, a pediatrician who specializes in emergency medicine and intensive care, says there’s another pressing problem: The medical screening the Border Patrol gives to undocumented children is “absolutely, unequivocally inadequate.”

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Federal Judge Orders Intervention in Texas Detention Centers Holding Immigrant Children

By | In the News

Federal Judge Orders Intervention in Texas Detention Centers Holding Immigrant Children

Amanda Robert, ABA Journal (July 1, 2019)

After lawyers’ reports on conditions at a Texas detention center prompted a national outcry in June, a federal judge has ordered an independent monitor to improve health and sanitation at facilities holding unaccompanied immigrant children.

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Early Bird Conference Registration: “Beyond Separation: Protecting Cross Border Families”

By | Opportunities

Early Bird Conference Registration: “Beyond Separation: Protecting Cross Border Families”

International Social Service (Early Bird Registration open until August 31, 2019)

This 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

Migrant Children Describe Neglect, Mistreatment At Texas Border Facility

By | In the News

Migrant Children Describe Neglect, Mistreatment At Texas Border Facility

Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke, & Martha Mendoza, Huffpost (June 21, 2019)

The bleak portrait emerged Thursday after a legal team interviewed 60 children at the facility near El Paso that has become the latest place where attorneys say young migrants are describing neglect and mistreatment at the hands of the U.S. government.

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ICE Is Expected to Begin Operation on Sunday Targeting 2,000 Immigrant Family Members

By | In the News

ICE Is Expected to Begin Operation on Sunday Targeting 2,000 Immigrant Family Members

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times (June 21, 2019)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to send agents into communities on Sunday morning to begin a coordinated operation deporting undocumented immigrant family members across the country, according to two Department of Homeland Security officials.

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