A federal judge is ordering the government to explain why the data regarding missing separated parents was not provided earlier. The hope is that this data could help reunite separated families by sharing information about phone numbers and addresses that could locate the parents of these children.
Relief agencies are facing new challenges to meet demand as undocumented immigrants with citizen children are heading to food pantries instead of participating in federal assistance programs, such as receiving food stamps–another example of the ramifications of the public charge rule expansion under the Trump administration.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which allows a possible 300,000 new eligible applicants to apply for protection.
There have been at least 66 unaccompanied migrant children (ages 12-17) expelled without a court hearing or asylum interview after a federal judge had ordered the practice to stop.
The pro-immigration reform group FWD.US. recently released a study based on the 2019 American Community Survey that found that over two-thirds of undocumented immigrant workers are in frontline jobs that are deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19 in the U.S.
Immigrant advocacy groups recently met with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on family separation to discuss a plan to address the trauma and rebuild trust of immigrant families who have experienced family separation.
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit meant to block President Trump’s plan to leave out immigrants from the population count, which determines the allocation of congressional districts to states.
The U.S. government is planning on deporting more than a dozen immigrant children and parents at a Texas immigration detention center, including a four-year-old girl with a broken arm who is in need of surgery.
Immigration Hub and America’s Voice collaborated with more than 100 organization to develop an Immigration Action Plan for 2021 that advocates for ten actions that are aimed at transforming the immigration system in the United States.
This document provides a list of vetted resources that explain the risk of trauma in immigrant and refugee groups, responses and strategies to mitigate the impact of trauma in the context of the political environment in the U.S., and tools for agencies and individual providers use in practice with immigrant and refugee families.
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