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Law/Policy Highlight

Trump’s Racist Attacks Against TPS Will Rip Apart Families, Harm Local Economies, and Endanger Thousands

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight

Trump’s Racist Attacks Against TPS Will Rip Apart Families, Harm Local Economies, and Endanger Thousands

Lulit Shewan, CLASP (September 8, 2025)

This brief explores the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the negative implications for TPS holders and their children and families.

Anti-Child and Anti-Family: How the Trump Administration is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us.

By | Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Anti-Child and Anti-Family: How the Trump Administration is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us.

Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (June 3, 2025)

This explainer details how the Trump administration’s policies prioritizing enforcement and family separation are harming children, particularly immigrant children, while governments are also reducing childhood protections and subjecting teens to adult consequences for political purposes.

The 2025 ICE Detained Parents Directive Vs. the 2022 ICE Parental Interests Directive

By | Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Parental Interests Directive

The 2025 ICE Detained Parents Directive Vs. the 2022 ICE Parental Interests Directive

Women’s Refugee Commission (July 2025)

This brief provides a side-by-side comparison of the key differences between the 2022 and 2025 versions of the Detained Parents/Parental Interests Directive.

New Policy Bars Many Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants from a Broad Range of Federal Health and Social Supports

By | Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

New Policy Bars Many Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants from a Broad Range of Federal Health and Social Supports

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (July 21, 2025)

This resource reviews the new HSS rule, which expands the definition of “federal public benefits” to include 13 additional programs that are now restricted to immigrants with “qualified” status, immediately barring many lawfully present and undocumented immigrants from accessing various health care, educational, and social services.

Five Ways the House Reconciliation Bill Will Be Catastrophic for Immigrant Women and Families

By | Detention, Federal Policy, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Unaccompanied Minors

Five Ways the House Reconciliation Bill Will Be Catastrophic for Immigrant Women and Families

Women’s Refugee Commission (May 19, 2025)

This issue brief explains the harmful impacts of the House Reconciliation bill for immigrant women, children, and families, including stripping healthcare coverage for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, decimating legal protections for Unaccompanied Children, and expanding ICE’s detention capacity.

Immigration Enforcement at All Costs: How the Trump Administration is Endangering Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Safety, Unaccompanied Minors

Immigration Enforcement at All Costs: How the Trump Administration is Endangering Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and National Immigrant Justice Center (May 25, 2025)

This explainer discusses how Congress and the administration have been undermining ORR’s ability to focus on child welfare, family reunification, and safety by tying ORR operations to immigration enforcement actions and provides recommendations on what can be done to support unaccompanied children.

The Health Costs to Children of Stepped-Up U.S. Immigration Enforcement

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight

The Health Costs to Children of Stepped-Up U.S. Immigration Enforcement

Valerie Lacarte, Migration Policy Institute (June 2025)

This article reviews the health impacts of recent immigration enforcement policy changes, such as the elimination of the sensitive locations policy, on children in immigrant families.

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