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Law/Policy Highlight

Putting Our Children at Risk: The Impact of the Public Charge Rule on Immigrant Children and Families

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Putting Our Children at Risk: The Impact of the Public Charge Rule on Immigrant Children and Families

Center for the Study of Social Policy (September 2019)

This briefs highlights the negative consequences that the public charge rule will have on immigrant children and their families, including with respect to access to health coverage, food security, and housing stability.

Custody and Care of Children at the Border: 2019 Congressional Briefing Book

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Custody and Care of Children at the Border: 2019 Congressional Briefing Book

Multiple Authors (September 2019)

This briefing book contains a white paper that provides background on the situation at the U.S.-Mexico Border and recommendations to improve care for children as well as experts’ biographies and contact information and additional materials.

Separation of Families via the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’

By | Family Separation, Federal Policy, Highlighted Resources, Law/Policy Highlight

Separation of Families via the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’

Leah Chavla, Women’s Refugee Commission (August 16, 2019)

The Women’s Refugee Commission filed this complaint to the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of numerous families who were separated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials along the U.S. southwestern border, where at least some member(s) of the family were placed into the administration’s so-called Migrant Protection Protocols and sent back to Mexico.

HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule is the Latest Attack on the Immigrant Community

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HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule is the Latest Attack on the Immigrant Community

Milicent Sasu, National Immigration Law Center (July 8, 2019)

This article reviews how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) proposed policy changes to low-income housing eligibility are the most recent in the long string of attacks on the immigrant community.

Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability

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Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability

Aruna Sury, Sally Kinoshita, & Erin Quinn, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 11, 2019)

The Trump administration is considering publishing a U.S. Department of Justice draft regulation interpreting the provision of deporting legal permanent residents who’ve used public benefits. This practice advisory provides an overview of current law.

House Passage of the Dream and Promise Act: A Victory for Immigrants, Families, and the Nation

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House Passage of the Dream and Promise Act: A Victory for Immigrants, Families, and the Nation

CLASP (June 4, 2019)

The passage of the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 by the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote  is an important win for 2 million+ people with long-term roots in the United States who are key supports to their families and communities.

Eight Key U.S. Immigration Policy Issues: State of Play and Unanswered Questions

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Eight Key U.S. Immigration Policy Issues: State of Play and Unanswered Questions

Doris Meissner & Julia Gelatt, Migration Policy Institute (May 2019)

This report examines a range of policy areas that have not been at the forefront of debate and deserve greater information sharing with the public and policymakers. The report provides a brief summary of the issue, evidence or analysis, and areas where more information is needed to clarify outcomes or suggest policy fixes.

Immigration-Related Policy Changes in the First Two Years of the Trump Administration

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Immigration-Related Policy Changes in the First Two Years of the Trump Administration

Sarah Pierce, Migration Policy Institute (May 2019)

This document chronicles immigration-related policy changes, large and small, broken down by major issues area. Among other things, it includes Justice Department policies that affect how the immigration courts operate, humanitarian programs and statuses, adjustments to how the State Department processes visa applications and admits foreign nationals to the United States and enforcement changes.

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