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Law/Policy Highlight

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

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

Learning from Youth: Envisioning Freedom for Unaccompanied Children

Emily Bartholomew, Sebastian Guzman, Hortencia Rodríguez, Shaina Aber, Alejandro Garcia, and Tammy Cho; Vera Institute (June 2022)

This report, informed by the perspectives of 32 unaccompanied young adults, contains policy recommendations to improve the system that receives unaccompanied children in the U.S.

Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families

By | Child Well-Being, COVID-19, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (May 26, 2022)

This brief explains the Title 42 policy and its impact on border expulsions and the health and well-being of migrants, and discusses the potential implications of lifting the policy.

2022 Changes to the Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule and the Implications for Health Care

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

2022 Changes to the Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule and the Implications for Health Care

Drishti Pillai & Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (May 4, 2022)

This brief reviews the Biden Administration’s proposed public charge rule and discusses its implications for health coverage and care of immigrant families.

The First Year of the Biden Administration’s Policies on Unaccompanied Children

By | Child Well-Being, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

The First Year of the Biden Administration’s Policies on Unaccompanied Children

Kids in Need of Defense (January 11, 2022)

This report provides a summary of Biden’s policies on unaccompanied children in his first year in office and provides recommendations to further address problems within the migration system.

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