The Biden administration announced a new executive action that restricts access to asylum for migrants who enter the U.S. unlawfully when the border is considered overwhelmed.
This memo series reviews the potential threats to immigrant families and the U.S. immigration system under a second Trump administration.
Senator Manchin is leading a resolution to rescind the new Biden administration rule on the care of unaccompanied migrant children.
After a 3-month journey that included traversing the dangerous Darien Gap, a Venezuelan family is denied asylum at the border as a result of the new Biden administration asylum restrictions.
Based on data obtained by the NY Times via FOIA, the majority of unaccompanied migrant children arriving to Seattle and Portland between 2015 and 2023 were from Central America.
The ACLU and multiple migrant rights groups have sued the Biden administration over its new restrictions on asylum.
The Biden administration has announced a new program that offers legal status to undocumented immigrant spouses of U.S.-citizens.
While the Biden administration’s new Parole-in-Place program offers legal relief to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, many who miss the cutoff dates or other eligibility requirements remain in limbo.
Attorneys for unaccompanied migrant children argue that new Biden administration rules are not doing enough to protect the safety and wellbeing of unaccompanied children in government custody.
This policy brief highlights the various models child welfare agencies have developed to effectively serve immigrant children and families who touch the child welfare system and identifies policy and practice solutions to increase equitable service provision to this population.
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