On Monday, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee rejected the request for “limited relief” from the Flores agreement, that served as the basis for a 2015 court order preventing the federal detention of migrant children for more than 20 days.
Read MoreAlmost a quarter of the nation’s children younger than 5 are at risk of not being counted in the 2020 census, which could have serious implications for the well-being of children around the United States, according to a recent study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Read MoreThe American Immigration Council filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with ICE and CBP on October 13, 2017, seeking data on enforcement actions and outcomes since January 2016. With this data, the Council will be able to assess who is being targeted for removal and what the consequences are of the current enforcement framework.
“Then it was the child’s turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigration judge, who could hardly contain his unease with the situation during the portion of the hearing where he asks immigrant defendants whether they understand the proceedings…”
Read MoreAs Congress weighs bills and the Administration considers policies that would result in the long-term detention of families, this backgrounder explains why modifying the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement – which sets national standards regarding the detention, release, and treatment of all children in immigration detention – and expanding family detention cannot be the answer to the Trump administration’s self-created family separation policies.
The Vera Institute is one of several organizations that has a family reunification tool. On June 29th, it launched the Immigrant Connection Project (ICON), a tool for parents who have been separated from their children as a result of the administration’s zero tolerance policy. They are unable to share any data from their database, but if they find a connection, they can connect a parent or their representative to an agency that has had contact with the child.
NPR’s David Greene talks with Linda Rivas, an immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas, about the difficulties of reuniting parents separated from their children.
Read MoreA free webinar from the Rapid Response program of the ABA Group: Civil Rights and Social Justice.
The domestic violence deportation ground at INA § 237(a)(2)(E) sets out four bases for deportability. This advisory will provide a brief overview of the deportation ground, and outline recent decisions and how they may affect representation in California and the Ninth Circuit.
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