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Nov 15
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Estimated Impacts of the Proposed Public Charge Rule on Immigrants and Medicaid

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers, Topics

Estimated Impacts of the Proposed Public Charge Rule on Immigrants and Medicaid

Samantha Artiga, Rachel Garfield, and Anthony Damico, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation (October 11, 2018)

This analysis provides new estimates of the potential impacts from the proposed Trump administration changes to the public charge rule. Using 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation data, it examines the (1) share of noncitizens who originally entered the U.S. without LPR status who have characteristics that DHS could potentially weigh negatively in a public charge determination and (2) number of individuals who would disenroll from Medicaid under different scenarios.

Nov 15
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Webinar: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement Threat on Latino Children and Communities

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Webinar: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement Threat on Latino Children and Communities

CFP Consortium & Society for Research (December 6, 2018)

This webinar will present an overview of the Social Policy Report, “Applying a Community Violence Framework to Understand the Impact of Immigration Enforcement Threat on Latino Children” to better understand how uncertainty and threat regarding familial safety adversely impacts the lives of Latino children in immigrant households.

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Nov 14
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Deportations Separate Families, Leaving Them Impoverished, Study Shows

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Deportations Separate Families, Leaving Them Impoverished, Study Shows

Rafael Carranza, azcentral (November 14, 2018)

Migrant advocacy groups at the Arizona border are seeing more immigrants being deported after spending many years living in the United States and a new survey by several faith-based groups details the hardships separated families face after a relative is deported.

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Nov 14
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A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

A Timeline: How the Trump Administration is Rolling Back Protections for Children

Kids in Need of Defense (October 9, 2018)

This updated publication provides a detailed timeline of the Trump administration’s actions to rollback child protections. The timeline details when all these actions took place, who put them into action, and what the impact on children is.

Nov 14
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Settling In: A Profile of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States

By | Immigrant Families Research, Research

Settling In: A Profile of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States

Julia Gelatt and Jie Zong, Migration Policy Institute (November 2018)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the characteristics of the estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States. It examines these immigrants’ countries of origin, U.S. destinations, length of U.S. residence, educational attainment and English proficiency, employment, income, and home ownership. And it includes a section on the children, most U.S. born, who have an unauthorized immigrant parent.

Nov 14
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A Record Number of US Citizens Are Seeking Asylum in Canada

By | In the News

A Record Number of US Citizens Are Seeking Asylum in Canada

Bill Bostock and Michelle Mark, Business Insider (November 14, 2018)

A record number of US citizens applied for asylum in Canada during 2017, the most since 1994. A total of 2,550 US citizens applied for asylum Canada in 2017 — six times more than in 2016, according to data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

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Nov 13
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Submit Your Own Comment to Stop Trump’s Proposal

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Submit Your Own Comment to Stop Trump’s Proposal

Protecting Immigrant Families

Before Trump’s “public charge” rule can be finalized, the administration is required by law to review and respond to every unique comment they receive about the proposed regulation. Take a few minutes now to post a public comment about why you oppose the proposed changes which threaten the health and well-being of countless families, communities, and children. Ensure that your comment is read and considered by making it unique and modifying the template provided.

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Nov 12
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Trump Asylum Ban Will Extend To Thousands Of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

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Trump Asylum Ban Will Extend To Thousands Of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

Elise Foley, Huffington Post (November 12, 2018)

A controversial Trump administration policy suspending asylum for immigrants who cross the border illegally will also apply to kids and teenagers traveling to the United States without their parents, contradicting last week’s comment by a high-level Trump official that it “does not apply” to unaccompanied minors.

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Nov 09
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President Trump Signs Presidential Proclamation to Bar Certain Refugees from Seeking Asylum in U.S.

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President Trump Signs Presidential Proclamation to Bar Certain Refugees from Seeking Asylum in U.S.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (November 9, 2018)

President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation taking steps to make it more difficult for certain asylum seekers to seek protection in the United States. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) strongly encourages the U.S. government to uphold its legal and moral obligations to allow families fleeing violence the opportunity to claim asylum in the United States.

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