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Dec 07
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Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) & Migration Fact Sheet

By | Family Violence, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Safety

Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) & Migration Fact Sheet

Kids in Need of Defense (December 7, 2018)

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) forces many women, girls, and LGBTI persons to flee El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Family members, gangs, and drug traffickers most frequently perpetrate SGBV, but violence by police and other authorities is also widespread. Many individuals and families fleeing SGBV are potentially eligible for protection under U.S. as well as Mexican refugee law, as the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras fail to protect their citizens from SGBV.

Dec 07
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Caregivers for 3600 Migrant Teens Lack Complete Abuse Checks

By | In the News

Caregivers for 3600 Migrant Teens Lack Complete Abuse Checks

Martha Mendoza and Garance Burke, The Tribune (December 7, 2018)

Nearly every adult working with children in the U.S. — from nannies to teachers to coaches — has undergone state screenings to ensure they have no proven history of abusing or neglecting kids. One exception: thousands of workers at two federal detention facilities holding 3,600 migrant teens in the government’s care, The Associated Press has learned.

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Dec 06
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Trump Administration Still Separates Migrant Families at the Border Despite President’s Executive Order, Data Shows

By | In the News

Trump Administration Still Separates Migrant Families at the Border Despite President’s Executive Order, Data Shows

Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News (December 6, 2018)

The government has continued to separate migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border even though President Trump signed an executive order over the summer ending the practice, government data shows.

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Dec 01
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The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Topics

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

Martha Ockenfels-Martinez, Sara Satinsky, and Jonathan Heller, Human Impact Partners & La Union del Pueblo Entero (October 2018)

This report lifts up how everyday activities, like driving, can result in severe consequences for children and families in the Valley. A minor traffic stop can snowball into the detention or deportation of a Rio Grande Valley community member. We chronicle how current practices around traffic stops, identification (ID) cards, and immigration enforcement are affecting the health and safety of the entire Rio Grande Valley.

Dec 01
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Application of the Child Status Protection Act to the Children of U.S. Citizen Petitioners

By | Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Topics

Application of the Child Status Protection Act to the Children of U.S. Citizen Petitioners

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 2018)

This practice advisory is one of a series of ILRC Practice Advisories on the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).1 CSPA, enacted on August 6, 2002, is a complex law that applies in different ways to different types of immigrant offspring. The overall intent of this law is to compensate for delays in processing that in the past caused the children of immigrants to age out and become ineligible for certain immigration benefits through their parents.

Nov 29
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Refugee Agency Accused of Helping Deport Relatives of Migrant Children

By | In the News

Refugee Agency Accused of Helping Deport Relatives of Migrant Children

Victoria Bekiempis, The Guardian (November 28, 2018)

The federal agency tasked with caring for asylum-seeking children separated from their parents at the US-Mexican border has officially taken on a new, little-publicized role in recent months: helping to deport relatives of the young migrants.

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Nov 29
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Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Topics

Applying Child Development Research to Immigration Policy

María A. Ramos-Olazagasti, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (November 2018)

This brief discusses how research on child development, neuroscience, and trauma can inform federal policy regarding the treatment of children and their families arriving at our nation’s border.

Nov 27
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US Waived FBI Checks on Staff at Growing Teen Migrant Camp

By | In the News

US Waived FBI Checks on Staff at Growing Teen Migrant Camp

Garance Burke and Martha Mendoza, AP News (November 27, 2018)

The Trump administration has put the safety of thousands of teens at a migrant detention camp at risk by waiving FBI fingerprint checks for their caregivers and short-staffing mental health workers, according to an Associated Press investigation and a new federal watchdog report.

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Nov 27
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Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed

By | In the News

Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed

Ginger Thompson, ProPublica (November 27, 2018)

Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance by another name.

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