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Jun 21
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Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-Based Immigration Cases

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Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-Based Immigration Cases

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 21, 2019)

Over the last month, some practitioners have reported that USCIS has issued a number of NTAs in connection with denied U and T visa applications. Given these reports, ILRC, ASISTA, CAST, Freedom Network USA, American Association of Immigration Lawyers (AILA), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles created a practice update to address some of the actions practitioners can take in individual cases as well as to support policy-level advocacy efforts.

Jun 19
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$4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border

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$4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border

Emily Cochrane, The New York Times (June 19, 2019)

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to send $4.6 billion in additional aid to the southwestern border, as federal agencies there warn that they will run out of money to house and cope with the flow of Central American immigrants.

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Jun 14
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Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers

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Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 14, 2019)

This guide, created by the ILRC and Californians for Safety and Justice, is an effort to turn these “rare cases” into the rule, rather than the exception, by helping to build the capacity of legal service providers and pro bono attorneys to provide post-conviction relief to immigrants who would face certain deportation without it.

Jun 13
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Teen Mom and Prematurely Born Baby Neglected at Border Patrol Facility for 7 Days

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Teen Mom and Prematurely Born Baby Neglected at Border Patrol Facility for 7 Days

Angelina Chapin, Huffpost (June 13, 2019)

A prematurely born infant and her 17-year-old mother spent seven days being almost entirely neglected in Border Patrol custody, according to lawyers who visited an immigrant processing station in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Jun 11
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Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability

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Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability

Aruna Sury, Sally Kinoshita, & Erin Quinn, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 11, 2019)

The Trump administration is considering publishing a U.S. Department of Justice draft regulation interpreting the provision of deporting legal permanent residents who’ve used public benefits. This practice advisory provides an overview of current law.

Jun 11
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Children and Youth Organizations Condemn Cuts to Services for Migrant Children

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Children and Youth Organizations Condemn Cuts to Services for Migrant Children

CLASP, (June 11, 2019)

In a joint letter to officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the groups urged the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to maintain the supportive services that every child needs to thrive—and that are specified by the Flores settlement and state licensure requirements.

Jun 10
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Trump Administration Moves to Release Migrant Children Faster from U.S. Custody

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Trump Administration Moves to Release Migrant Children Faster from U.S. Custody

Reuters, The New York Times (June 10, 2019)

The Trump administration is again changing the way it vets people who want to sponsor minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone in an effort to speed up the release of thousands of migrant children currently in U.S. custody.

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Jun 07
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New Texas Jail Will House 1,600 Immigrant Youths, Won’t be Subject to Child Welfare Licensing Requirements

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New Texas Jail Will House 1,600 Immigrant Youths, Won’t be Subject to Child Welfare Licensing Requirements

Amanda Robert, ABA Journal (June 7, 2019)

A complex in Texas will hold 1,600 immigrant children who arrive in the United States without their families and will be designated as an emergency shelter which will not be subject to the state’s child welfare licensing requirements.

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Jun 05
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Migrant Children May Lose School, Sports and Legal Aid as Shelters Swell

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Migrant Children May Lose School, Sports and Legal Aid as Shelters Swell

Miriam Jordan, The New York Times (June 5, 2019)

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would begin restricting or canceling education, legal aid and playground recreation for migrant children housed in government shelters as a result of financial constraints created by the “crisis at the border.”

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