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Sep 10
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Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Parenting, Public Charge, Research, Research Highlight, Topics

Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use

Jeanne Batalova, Michael Fix, and Mark Greenberg, Migration Policy Institute ( June 2018)

The expected public charge rule could have wide-reaching effects on legal immigration to the United States and lead to a sharp drop in use of public benefits by legally present non-citizens and their dependents. This report analyzes use of public benefits by non-citizens, naturalized citizens, and the U.S. born to understand the potential magnitude of the draft proposed rule’s effects.

 

Sep 06
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Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Allow Longer Detention Of Migrant Children

By | In the News

Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Allow Longer Detention Of Migrant Children

Joel Rose, NPR (September 6, 2018)

The Trump administration is proposing to lift court-imposed limits on how long it can hold children in immigration detention. Under proposed regulations, the administration seeks to replace the Flores settlement, a decades-old agreement that dictates how long the government can hold migrant children, and under what conditions.

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Sep 06
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Families separated at U.S. border now living in Massachusetts sue Trump administration, seeking punitive damages to cover therapy

By | In the News

Families separated at U.S. border now living in Massachusetts sue Trump administration, seeking punitive damages to cover therapy

Jacqueline Tempera, MassLive ( September 6, 2018)

Lawyers are asking President Donald Trump’s administration to pay for mental health treatment for kids who were separated from the parents at the U.S. border, arguing the children will suffer lifelong psychological damage at the hands of a “malicious” administration.

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Sep 06
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Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, State Policies, Topics

Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families in California

The Children’s Partnership & California Policy Center (August, 2018)

The Children’s Partnership and the California Immigrant Policy Center launched Healthy Mind, Healthy Future, a research and policy project focused on better understanding the impact of immigration enforcement on the mental health and wellbeing of children in immigrant families.

Apr 27
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Detention and Removal of Alien Parents or Legal Guardians (formerly Parental Interests Directive)

By | Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Law & Policy, Parental Interests Directive

Detention and Removal of Alien Parents or Legal Guardians (formerly Parental Interests Directive)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (August 29, 2017)

This updated version of the Parental Interests Directive was recently made available to the public and contains new language and information.

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Apr 27
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Identity and the Second Generation: How Children of Immigrants Find Their Space

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Practice, Practice Highlight, Research, Social Workers

Identity and the Second Generation: How Children of Immigrants Find Their Space

Faith G. Nibbs & Caroline Brettell, Vanderbilt University Press (April 4, 2016)

Using ethnographic research, the contributors of this text explore and present how children of immigrants build a sense of identity and community in the age of the digital world.

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Apr 27
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ACLU files class action against ICE, President Trump detainment policy

By | Detention, ICE, In the News, Legal/Law

ACLU files class action against ICE, President Trump detainment policy

Erin McCarthy Holliday, Jurist (April 12, 2018)

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit against President Trump and other administration officials on behalf of a Rhode Island resident and Guatemalan native, along with six similarly-situated plaintiffs, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The lawsuit argues that ICE’s efforts to detain and remove the non-citizens in the suit violates the rights of all petitioners under the due process and equal protection guarantees of the US Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act and its regulations, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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