Federal officials repeatedly indicated there were no long-term plans to continue operation of a temporary “tent city” for unaccompanied migrant children, but an obtained letter showed that the department was making longer-term plans for the shelter before it even opened.
Read MoreThis paper draws on literature from psychology, sociology, medicine, political science, social work, and developmental psychology to outline how the anti-immigrant climate in the U.S. and the threat of immigration enforcement activities in everyday spaces are experienced by some Latino children as psychological violence.
The United States government’s inability to account for thousands of migrant children reflects a broader problem regarding the lack of due process rights in the country’s immigration system.
Read MoreThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified Congress on Wednesday that it plans to transfer up to $186 million from its programs to help cover the costs of housing a growing number of immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read MoreThis fact sheet provides an overview of the proposed changes to “public charge” policies and its implications for health and health coverage of legal immigrant families and their predominantly U.S.-born children.
This fact sheet describes proposed Trump administration changes to the “public charge” policy, how it would harm health and well-being, and what you need to know if you work with immigrant families. Available in English and Spanish.
The drama of parents being separated from their children at the border dominated the headlines this year, but thousands of immigrant families are experiencing a similar frustration: the increasing hurdles they must surmount to take custody of sons, daughters and relatives who crossed the border on their own.
Read MoreEight weeks after the federal government missed deadlines to reunite more than 2,600 migrant children separated from their parents at the Southwest border, fewer than 200 children remain in U.S. care.
Read MoreFederal officers have arrested dozens of undocumented immigrants who came forward to take care of undocumented immigrant children in government custody, and the Trump administration is pledging to go after more.
Read MoreThe proposed termination of the Flores settlement would expand the government’s ability to detain children for longer periods in family detention facilities and to lessen the standards it is required to meet in detaining unaccompanied children. This fact sheet reviews exactly what these expanded abilities would be.
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