This report provides data and information on the changed characteristics of migration reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. It concludes with addressing the crisis gripping the border and calls for a transformation.
The below is a collection of Know Your Rights resources to help prepare parents, community members, and attorneys on ICE raids on the sponsors of unaccompanied children and families.
This article reviews policy recommendations that policymakers can implement in the response to childhood trauma.
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.
This edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book begins by exploring how America’s child population and the American childhood experience has changed since 1990. The rest of the data book includes the latest national trends and state rankings.
Over the last month, some practitioners have reported that USCIS has issued a number of NTAs in connection with denied U and T visa applications. Given these reports, ILRC, ASISTA, CAST, Freedom Network USA, American Association of Immigration Lawyers (AILA), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles created a practice update to address some of the actions practitioners can take in individual cases as well as to support policy-level advocacy efforts.
This guide, created by the ILRC and Californians for Safety and Justice, is an effort to turn these “rare cases” into the rule, rather than the exception, by helping to build the capacity of legal service providers and pro bono attorneys to provide post-conviction relief to immigrants who would face certain deportation without it.
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.
In a joint letter to officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the groups urged the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to maintain the supportive services that every child needs to thrive—and that are specified by the Flores settlement and state licensure requirements.
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.
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